Research Technician - Psychology - Dr. Brandon Gibb

　　Category:Support Staff

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　　Locations:Vestal, NY

　　Posted:Jan 22, 2024

　　Closes:Feb 22, 2024 - 11:59 PM EST

　　Type:Full-time

　　Position ID:171894

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　　About The Research Foundation for SUNY at Binghamton :

　　The Research Foundation, founded in 1951, exists to serve SUNY and to capitalize on the scope, scale and diversity of SUNY as an engine of New York State's innovation economy. We are the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.

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　　Job Description:

　　About the lab:

　　Ourresearch (https://www.binghamton.edu/psychology/people/profile.html?id=bgibb) focuses on factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of depression across the lifespan. Much of this research focuses on how information-processing biases (biases in attention, interpretation, and memory) develop and how these biases then increase risk for depression, either on their own, or when interacting with other risk factors. Our work incorporates experimental and developmental psychopathology approaches to examine a number of potential influences including genetic, molecular, neural, physiological, behavioral, environmental, and developmental factors. Much of our research seeks to integrate markers of risk across multiple units of analysis. Consistent with the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative, we also seek to examine core processes that, although relevant for depression, may be more homogeneous and/or cut across current diagnostic boundaries (e.g., anhedonia and reward processing). Our overall goal is to develop a more fine-grained understanding of risk for depression and related outcomes such as suicide and non-suicidal self-injury so that more targeted prevention and intervention efforts can be developed.

　　Position Duties:

　　This is a full-time grant-funded project coordinator position to assist with an NIMH-funded project examining mechanisms of risk for the intergenerational transmission of depression, with a focus on the role of attentional biases during the transition from childhood to adolescence (incorporating computer-based and mobile eye tracking as well as steady state visual evoked potentials).

　　Duties will include:

　　Coordinating participant recruitment

　　Preparation of study materials

　　Participant assessments

　　Database management

　　Strong interpersonal skills

　　Strong organizational skills

　　Job will require moderate amount of independent judgement

　　Requirements:

　　BA/BS in Psychology or other scientific field

　　Demonstrate a conscientious work style

　　Strong interpersonal skills

　　Prior experience working as a research assistant in a research-based Psychology, Neuroscience, or related lab

　　PREFERRED

　　Experience working with children, adolescents, and/or adults with depression, including experience with diagnostic interviewing

　　Experience conducting research with eye tracking, EEG/ERP, and/or psychophysiological assessments

　　Experience with MATLAB or R

　　Additional Information:

　　Salary: $33,800 annually.

　　Employee Benefits:The Research Foundation for the State University of New York offers a comprehensivebenefits package (https://benefits.rfsuny.org/) that is a valuable part of total compensation. This includes medical, dental, vision, dependent care subsidy and other benefits such as SUNY Tuition Assistance. Furthermore, our10 Perks of Working at the RF (https://www.rfsuny.org/about-us/careers/) provides an at-a-glance view of our top benefits that make us a great place to work.

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　　Application Instructions:

　　Interested candidates should submit the following:

　　Resume or CV

　　Cover letter/Letter of Interest

　　Names and contact information of three references.

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