Research Assistant/Data Analyst

Department:
SOM KC Neurology - Neuroimaging

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Neuroimaging Research Assistants
Position Title:
Research Assistant/Data Analyst
Job Family Group:
Professional Staff
Job Description Summary:
This position will support collaborations with the KU ADRC. The ADRC measures cognition, disease progression, and a variety of blood and brain biomarkers every year on a group of nearly 400 older adults in order to understand and identify early markers of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. By doing this, we hope to one day prevent future disability. This project focuses on analyzing the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) brain images we get from those older adults. We are measuring changes in brain structure, function, and pathology known to be related to dementia. Your work as a research assistant would be to help with imaging data entry, data analysis, and data management for the project.
This position will also support collaborations with the KUMC Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center. The PKD Center measures kidney volume and other biomarkers related to the progression of PKD every two years on a group of nearly 200 patients. We hope that by collecting these biomarkers, we will gain a better understanding of how PKD develops over time, and how the different biomarkers relate to one another. Your work as a research assistant would be to help with imaging data entry, data analysis, and data management for the project.
This position will also support other PROMUS Lab and HBIC studies as needed, and as time allows.
We're looking for someone who is interested in the brain and how it works, or someone who is interested in computer-based image analysis. You don't have to have a science degree to qualify. You will be great for this position if you have good attention to detail and like to work on your own. It's best if you like working with numbers, computers, and learning new software. Don't worry if you haven't done anything like this before. We can teach you everything you need to know. But if you really don't like working with computers, this might not be the right position for you.
Job Description:
Required Qualifications:

• Four years of relevant work experience, a bachelor’s degree, or a combination of years of work experience and college education
• Analytical and meticulous, with strong problem solving, communication and writing skills
• Interest in the brain and brain function or computer-based image analysis
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience in research and clinical studies in human subjects, including coding experimental stimulus paradigms in E-Prime, Presentation, PsychoPy, or other software
• General computing experience including familiarity working with UNIX command line (Mac/Linux), and programming in MATLAB, R, Python, or other language
• Experience with MR imaging data analysis (AFNI, SPM, FSL, or other tools)
• Knowledge of statistics, and experience with statistical analysis software (SPSS, SAS, R, or similar)

Job Duties Outlined:

• Data entry, transferring information accurately into computer-based forms and Excel spreadsheets
• Data management, organizing new electronic data into proper folders, making sure data file names are correct and data are complete
• Data analysis, viewing imaging data, checking for good data quality, running analysis scripts
• Documentation, keeping detailed and accurate notes about the tasks you complete, summarizing methods and results, helping with reports and manuscripts, making tables and figures
• Attend project progress meetings with the supervisor and study teams
• Assist with research design and implementation
• Any other duties as might be assigned from time to time
• Be a consistent, dependable and committed team member

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Employee Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Rate Type:
Hourly
Pay Range:
$20.60 - $30.90

Minimum

$20.60

Midpoint

$25.75

Maximum

$30.90