• Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary: 6 months
• Hours Per Week: 12
• Salary Range: $23.85-$25.00

Position Summary

The grant-funded Research Assistant (six months, part-time, up to 12 hours per week) will support a project focused on trunk control and balance improvement in children with cerebral palsy. The role involves coordinating and delivering physical therapy interventions, including motor learning-based gait training using robotic devices to enhance gross motor skills, postural control, and walking abilities.

Responsibilities

80% – Conduct Evaluations & Provide PT Interventions

• Administer motor learning and control-based physical therapy interventions for children with cerebral palsy.

  Utilize robotic training devices to improve participants’ gross motor skills, postural control, and walking abilities.

15% – Data Collection & Entry

• Collect cardiopulmonary and physical therapy measurements, including: Heart rate, Blood pressure, Timed Up & Go (TUG), test, 10-meter walk test, Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo),  and Motor learning parameters

• Accurately enter all collected data into the RedCAP database for the TruST and mTPAD Projects.

5% – Data Entry

• Maintain and update research data records as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree. 

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a research environment. 

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