Job Description Summary
The Gait Behavior Lab at Chapmans Department of Physical Therapy is seeking an undergraduate research assistant to contribute to participant recruitment scheduling and assisting with experiments related to interventions to reduce pain in participants with knee osteoarthritis. TheResearch Assistant will work exclusively at the Rinker Health Sciences Campus (Chapman University) for 40 hours per week with Dr. Natalia Sanchez in the Department of Physical Therapy. The RA is expected to help with participant recruitment and engagement help with data collection for our research studies using motion capture EMG and expired gas analyses. The RA will contribute to experimental setup and experimental cleanup
Responsibilities
Participant recruitment Scheduling experiments Data collection Assist PIs with minor research administration (e.g. ordering supplies) Help in literature review and Manuscript preparation
Required Qualifications
Undergraduate student in health sciences biological sciences applied human physiology physics Must be available and eligible to work up to 40 hours/week Highly interested in Biomechanics and exercise physiology research Motivated student looking for a research career