Research Assistant (Child Developmental Psychology)
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21 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Early Mental Potential & Wellbeing Research Centre (EMPOWER) is a University Research Institute whose mission is to maximise every childs mental and emotional capital by uplifting neurodevelopmentaltrajectories during early sensitive periods through interdisciplinary discovery science and translational technologies. The Centre has 3 major activities and thrusts:
1) Core Discovery Research Empowering Science: Basic neuroscience research and advanced computational models to understand individual neurocognitive potential developmental trajectories and risk and resilience factors;
2) Translation to Clinic & Pedagogy Empowering Practitioners: Developing precision assessment and intervention tools to optimise parent-child social and mental health within clinical education and community settings;
3) Translation to Real-World Technologies Empowering Families: Creating scalable solutions and real-world technologies for parents to enhance their childs mental and cognitive wellbeing at home
Perform participant recruitment data collection and basic data analysis
Design and validate novel cognitive tasks
Assist with data coding of video and audio data for behavioural analysis of parent-infant social interaction and synchrony
Assist with graduate and undergraduate research student projects
Provide other administrative and research support to the PI where necessary
Key Responsibilities:
Assist in the setup and execution of experiments
Ensure that all experimental protocols are followed
Develop relationships with clinicians and other professionals to help advise on achievement of project goals.
Plan prepare and run focus group activities with parents clinicians and other interested parties
Ensure that all participant data is managed appropriately and following university protocols.
Collect record and maintain accurate data from experiments
Assist in data analysis and the preparation of reports and presentations for dissemination
Monitor project timelines and milestones and prepare reports for regular review.
Job Requirements:
Bachelors degree in Psychology Neuroscience Biomedical Engineering Medical Sciences or related Technical and Computational fields;
Experience with human psychological data collection working with children (particularly infants) and families or running focus.
Good verbal and written communication skills. This includes the ability to communicate sensitively with parents who may be worried about their childs development
Good organisational and administrative skills
Able to work independently and to adapt flexibly to changes in timelines or project goals
Experience analysing qualitative and/or quantitative data would be an advantage.
Desired
Experience with EEG and/or eye-tracking data collection;
Experience working in mental health settings;
Skills in programming and/or computational analysis of data;
Interest in parent-child social interaction and the development of early cognition
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Hiring Institution: NTURequired Experience:
Junior 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
Nanyang Technological University is one of the top universities in Singapore offering undergraduate and postgraduate education in engineering, business, science, humanities, arts, social sciences, education and medicine.
