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Posted: 20-Jun-26

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 279025

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Clinical Research Assistant will support research in Dr. Liz Duval's lab within the Department of Psychiatry, contributing to studies investigating the neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory processes associated with trauma and substance use disorders. This role will involve assisting with participant-facing tasks such as recruitment and screening, coordinating study visits, administering behavioral assessments, and supporting fMRI neuroimaging and psychophysiological data collection. The Clinical Research Assistant will help ensure accurate data entry, organization, and quality control while maintaining compliance with institutional review board (IRB) protocols and ethical standards for human subject research.

The successful candidate will have strong organizational and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and an interest in clinical neuroscience and opioid addiction research. The Clinical Research Assistant will work closely with the Principal Investigator, research staff, and study participants and will be gaining hands-on experience in clinical research methods. This position is ideal for a recent psychology/neuroscience graduate who would like to obtain clinical research experience in a laboratory before applying to graduate school.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

Experience as part of a team with all 8 competency domains is expected: 

Scientific Concepts and Research Design

Ethical Participant Safety Considerations

Investigational Products Development and Regulation

Clinical Study Operations (GCPs)

Study and Site Management

Data Management and Informatics

Leadership and Professionalism

Communication and Teamwork

Project Specific Responsibilities: 

• Provide support to a federally sponsored clinical study of mechanisms underlying links between trauma and opioid use disorder. This position will be responsible for following study protocols, intervention, and data capture.
• Assist with IRB approval and renewals, clinical trials registration, progress reports, and data sharing procedures.
• Recruit, screen, and consent participants.
• Run study visits, which involves orienting participants to cognitive and neuroimaging task instructions, setting participants up for physiological data collection, monitoring tasks and incoming data for accuracy.
• Manage databases.
• Clean and score skin conductance and MRI data for future analysis.

• Assist with data analysis.

   

• Work collaboratively with other team members to fulfill the goals of the project.
• The potential exists to assist in the preparation of research papers for publication and presentations at conferences and workshops.

Supervision Received:

This position receives direct supervision and reports directly to a Project Manager. 

 

Supervision Exercised: 

None 

• High School Diploma or GED is necessary.

   

• Associate's degree in Health Science or an equivalent combination of related education and experience is desirable. 
• An understanding of medical terminology, experience in a large complex health care setting, ability to effectively communicate with staff and faculty of all levels, and knowledge of university policies and procedures is desirable.
• Experience using E-Prime to administer tasks to assess cognitive and emotional processes.
• Experience collecting physiological and/or neuroimaging data.

• Experience working with clinical populations, especially individuals with trauma and substance use disorders.

   

Flexible 40 hours per week within the following: 8am-7pm Mon-Fri.  Occasional weekends and evenings as study needs dictate.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

In addition to the screenings indicated above under Michigan law, a criminal history check including fingerprinting is required as a condition of transfer or employment for this position.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan participates with the federal EVerify system.  Individuals hired into positions that are funded by a federal contract with the FAR EVerify clause must have their identity and work eligibility confirmed by the EVerify system.  This position is identified as a position that may include the EVerify requirement.

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

 

 

 

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