Description

The Youth and Family Research Program seeks to be an inclusive safe space for all staff and participants. We are committed to conducting high quality research with the goal of understanding the causes, course, prevention, and treatment of ADHD and related behavioral health problems, alcoholism, and drug addictions across the life cycle. The Research Associate will coordinate participant recruitment and scheduling, data collection and monitoring, and sample retention.  

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities:

• Contact and schedule potential participants from a designated pool of individuals who have agreed to be contacted for research studies.
• Conduct subject searches to locate subjects who are unable to be contacted.
• Explain research protocol and obtain informed consent from participants.
• Conduct on-line and/or library searches as needed by the PI as necessary.
• Perform phone interviews for research project protocol(s) as needed.
• Maintain and update subject information database.
• Conduct interviews with research participants under supervision as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in psychology, neuroscience, counseling, sociology or related research field OR current enrollment in a related Bachelor's Degree program with direct experience in a research environment required.
• Familiarity with computers and common software packages required.
• Prior related work experience in a research setting preferred.
• Working knowledge of research methodology strongly preferred

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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