Research Assistant I Neurology SM

Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

Job Summary

Summary:
Provides assistance to the Principal Investigator and Study Team in coordinating research activities that may include conducting a variety of routine experiments with established methodologies, data collection and management, and other research activities as assigned.

Candidates who are in the process of completing their bachelor's degree have a grace period of six months from their hire date (up to 1 year if starting per diem) to provide degree equivalency verification.

Does this position require Patient Care?
No.

Essential Functions:
-Responsible for data collection, management, manipulation, analysis, and reporting.
-Study cohort management.
-Outreach communication with subjects, conducting mailings, follow-up on mailings, and obtaining necessary documents.
-Provides assistance on work related to epidemiological studies and other population-based research.

 

Education
Bachelor's Degree Science required

Experience
New grad with some relevant coursework 0-1 year preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Careful attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize a variety of tasks.
- Computer literacy, including database tools.
- Ability to follow directions and exhibit professionalism.

 

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Preferred:

- Work closely with experts in human stem cell to create autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) disease models in human cerebral organoids from patient-derived iPSC lines

- Perform multi-electrode array (MEA) recordings and analyze network activity in the NDD and control human cerebral organoids

- Work closely with team members in our interdisciplinary collaborations on the development and application of methods for human organoids, network recordings and network analysis

- Apply and develop computational methods for analyzing and modulating spontaneous and evoked activity from MEA recordings and/or calcium imaging

- Ensure validity and reliability of all data collected and analyzed

- Keep excellent records of experiments, undertake thorough data analysis and make active contributions to the laboratory research environment

- Write regular internal reports as agreed and draft and/or contribute to reports for submission to research sponsors

- Prepare and present findings at internal group meetings

- Draft publications and/or presentations for scientific journals/conferences

- Contribute to research grant applications

- Provide guidance to staff and students, including training to students and/or other trainees

- Be an active team member and set positive examples for other team members

- Contribute and lead administrative tasks related to research and teaching goals

- Maintain a safe workplace and follow all lab and hospital practices and procedures

- Any other duties commensurate with the post as directed by the PIs

Education & Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree (or about to be awarded at Bachelor’s degree) in one or more of the following fields: Neuroscience and Computer science

Specialist knowledge & skills:

- Experience working in a laboratory-based research environment.

- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with other group members.

- Coding skills in MATLAB and Python

Interpersonal & Communication Skills:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for working collaboratively, including communicating progress and challenges to PIs

- Rigorous scientific skills for acquiring, analyzing and presenting data

- Excellent time and project management skills

- Meticulous record keeping for both experimental procedures and for analysis

- Willingness to adjust working hours in accordance with experimental demands and as necessary for project goals

- Generosity of spirit and willingness to share and help develop skills in others