Research Assistant
Taub Inst Res Alzheimers Disease Aging Brain
Research Assistant
- 557391
- Columbia University Medical Center
- Taub Inst Res Alzheimers Disease Aging Brain
- Full Time
- Opening on: May 21 2026
- Technical Grade 5
- Job Type: Support Staff - Union
- Bargaining Unit: SSA
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Standard Work Schedule:
- Building:
- Salary Range: $63,234.71-$63,234.71
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
The Taub institute seeks a research assistant to work on a federally funded multi-center genetics study. The incumbent reports to the principal investigator and the project manager. Primary responsibilities include contacting participant, administering cognitive testing, and performing phone or in-person interview. Adhere to university policies, technical standards and best practices for operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Work with the principal Investigator and project manager to administer and prepare the neuropsychological tests for review during diagnostic case conferences and data entry.
- Contact and recruit possible participants.
- Perform interviews to collect clinical and lifestyle information.
- Assist on the database maintenance cleaning.
- Generate automated reports to keep track of the progress of this research project, including participant enrollment, clinical tests, status of blood draws and blood processing.
- Assist PI with statistical analysis and participate in study results reports and manuscripts preparation.
- Assist PI with weekly meetings preparations.
- Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at least one and one-half years of related experience or equivalent in education.
- Knowledge of various related laboratory procedures and techniques required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Languages: proficiency in English required; proficiency in Chinese (Mandarin or/and Cantonese) preferred
- Experience working with Excel
- Experience performing data analysis using statistical analysis programs such as SAS, R, SPSS.
- Experience writing research reports.
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