Postdoctoral Research Associate - Arts & Sciences

Position Summary

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at Washington University in St. Louis, to work on a NIH-funded research project investigating how neural and motivational mechanisms of age-related change in emotion regulation vary based on depressive psychopathology and indicators of pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The position will include supervising assessment of emotion and emotion regulation, as well as analyzing data and preparing manuscripts related to the research project.

Information on being a postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis can be found at https://postdoc.wustl.edu/prospective-postdocs-2/ .

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervision
• Analyzing data
• Writing manuscripts
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Ph.D. (or about to be awarded one) in psychology or neuroscience. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with R and/or programming (e.g., Python, Mplus).
• Experience with collecting, processing, and analyzing sampling data.
• Experience with peripheral psychophysiology data collection, processing, and/or analysis.
• Excellent data analytic skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to take initiative and to work independently and as part of a team.

Salary Range

Base pay is commensurate with experience.

Questions

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Accommodation

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Pre-Employment Screening
All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

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