Senior Research Assistant
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Job Location:
Baltimore, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
The Senior Research Assistant will carry out clinical and translational neuroimaging research with supervision from the Principal Investigator (PI). This will include oversight of lab research operations protocol development/refinement collection and analysis of data preparation of research publications and supervision/mentorship of trainees.
Responsibilities
1. Assist in the creation and maintenance of clinical research databases including but not limited to Cerebral Palsy Research Network (CPRN) the Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) Research Database and a private clinical database.
2. Assist in Institutional Review Boards (IRB) applications for clinical projects as well as grant-writing where appropriate.
3. Discuss ongoing trials with patients and assist in obtaining informed consent.
4. Work with the Principal Investigator (PIs) and other team members on single-institution and multi-institutional projects assessing clinical outcomes of medical and surgical interventions for cerebral palsy.
5. Administer research questionnaires as appropriate to level of training. If necessary additional training may be provided by the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
6. Maintain appropriate documentation of research results as required by research protocol. Recommend revisions to experimental methods based upon observations of the data following established procedures in monitoring/reviewing data quality and accuracy.
7. Keep daily lab notes including maintenance of research databases and inventory spreadsheets.
8. Assure compliance with regulatory requirements and Kennedy Krieger Institute standards policies and procedures.
9. Participate in experimental design including planning implementation evaluations and interpreting of results.
10. Organize pre-process analyze and interpret experimental data.
11. Assists in the development of new analysis techniques through journal article review programming trouble-shooting and effective reporting/documentation.
12. Conduct journal reviews as relevant to ongoing studies.
13. Participate in preparing reviewing and editing manuscripts scientific illustrations tables and computer graphics for publications.
14. Mentor the work of students involved in research.
15. Enhance professional growth and development through research meetings case conferences educational programs in-service meetings workshops academic conferences and seminars.
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
Bachelors degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or related field required.
Masters degree in STEM or related field preferred.
Coursework in database management statistics and academic publication formats preferred.
EXPERIENCE:
Candidates with a bachelors degree must have a minimum of 4-years of related experience.
Candidates with a masters degree must have a minimum of 2-years of related experience.
Experience with at least one programming language is required. Experience in MATLAB bash/c-shell and/or in using analysis scripts in AFNI TORTOISE mrtrix or other neuroimaging suites will be highly valued and preferred.
Experience with database management and manuscript preparation preferred.
Minimum pay range
Maximum pay range
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Spss
- Data Collection
- DNA Isolation
- Stata
- Biochemistry
- Qualitative Research Interviewing
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Molecular Biology
- Research Laboratory Experience
- Western Blot
About Company
Kennedy Krieger Institute improves the lives of children and adults with special health challenges through interdisciplinary hospital services and outpatient, community, education and research programs.
