Research Assistant

• 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: $63,234.00 $63,234.00

Position Summary

The Research Assistant in the Division of Aging & Dementia and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Irving Medical Center will be working on a federally funded research project which aims to longitudinally follow a community-based cohort of aging persons.  They will work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator of the study.

Responsibilities

• Assist in coordinating and implementation of various aspects of research studies including scheduling procedures (MRI scans, lumbar puncture, and neuropsychological testing) maintaining participant files and trackers and working with various electronic interfaces to maintain and communicate study information.
• Administration of neuropsychological testing (testing, scoring, data entry, and data cleaning) and patient/informant interviews, as dictated in the protocol.
• Subject forms management, data entry, and data cleaning.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree or equivalent in education and at least 1.5 year of related experience or equivalent in education, training and experience.
• Knowledge of various related laboratory procedures and techniques required.

Preferred Qualifications

• English fluency.

• Spanish language proficiency.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to work on different tasks at once and be highly organized.

• Ability to work independently on assigned timelines to meet study goals and objectives.

• Attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate records.

• Strong self-motivation.

• Strong general computing skills.

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