Research Support Specialist

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field, in hand, or to be obtained by July 1, 2024. 
Preferred ​​Qualifications:
Experience with EEG or fMRI data collection. Experience working with human participants. Experience with coding (e.g., Python, MATLAB, and Psychopy). Data management and analyzes skills. Experience with general scheduling and coordinating work. Experience in psychological, neuroscience (or related area) research.
Brief Description of Duties:
Research Support Specialists will be involved in research on how interactions between emotion, perception and cognitive control can contribute to the development and maintenance of anxiety and psychotic disorders. Research Support Specialists will have the chance to develop skills in designing psychological tasks, recruiting participants, data collection, and analysis. Since a major focus of this research is on how the brain anticipates, processes, and counteracts the effects of emotional stimuli, research assistants will also have a chance to learn computational modeling, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques. Ability to demonstrate professional competence in teamwork and research activities. 

The successful incumbent must possess:

• Excellent interpersonal, time management, problem solving skills.
• Being detail-oriented and highly responsible for work..
• Ability to demonstrate professional competence in teamwork and research activities. 

​Duties:​

• Recruiting and Scheduling.
• Arranging research compensations.
• Conducting research visits.
• Data analysis and management.
• Other duties as required. 

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Non Exempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.
Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.
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