• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35 hours
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: 61,692.40-61,692.40

Position Summary

The Research Assistant will work at the Sergievsky Center/Taub Institute in a study of memory, aging and Alzheimer's disease among racially and ethnically diverse adults. The incumbent will perform telephone and in-person interviews and assessments of study participants. 

Responsibilities

• Administering standardized interviews of medical and family history.
• Every-day functioning, neuropsychological testing, and recruitment of research participants for brain donation.
• Assess capacity to consent and obtain informed consent in this minimal risk study following Institutional Review Board policies and regulations.
• Perform data management which includes and is not limited to:
  • Scoring protocols
  • Organizing
  • Filing
  • Data cleaning
  • Xeroxing materials
  • Presenting data collected
  • Data entry
  • Collecting and preparing biological samples
  • Phlebotomy
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

This work will take place under the supervision of the principal investigator.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 1.5 years of related experience or equivalent in education, training and experience.

Other Requirements

• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Computer skills, ability to conduct chart reviews.
• Must be able to learn and operate research project software.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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