Research Assistant

Yale University is hiring a Research Assistant to support two clinical trials evaluating digital interventions for alcohol/drug use disorders and cigarette smoking cessation. The role coordinates recruitment, participant enrollment and study visits, data integrity, participant payments, regulatory materials and reporting, and collaboration across research sites.

Responsibilities

• Researches and collects data through site or home visit intakes; library research; structured interviews; or through other means for designated research assignments
• Records and compiles information related to research data. Codes data accordingly to research specifications. Uses a computer terminal to input and retrieve data and to generate reports
• Processes and summarizes data using scientific or statistical techniques. Assists in data interpretation and analyses. Reports on status of research activities
• Recruits study participants and ensures that subject recruitment and follow-up are completed per protocol procedures
• Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. May assist in designing, developing, and modifying research experiments, procedures, or survey instruments. May assist research and support staff
• Performs additional functions incidental to research activities

Preferred

• At least one year of research experience in psychology
• At least one year of research experience in psychology.
• Psychology Research

Company

• Research university focused on education and knowledge advancement
• New Haven, Connecticut, USA
• https://www.yale.edu/
• Founded in 1701
• 10001+ employees

Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively and collaborate with individuals and groups from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives
• Ability to effectively conduct activities (e.g., programming surveys, clinical interviews with participants, data management) involved in the collection and/or analysis of human participant data
• Good organizational skills, good interpersonal skills, ability to work independently as well as in a team, and personal accountability
• Basic computer skills (e.g., word processing, spreadsheet, PowerPoint) required
• Knowledge of key research methods in psychology (randomized controlled trials, assessment development and administration, statistical designs and analysis) and ethical guidelines for psychological research
• Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and high school level education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or little or no work experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education
• At least one year of research experience in psychology
• Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and high school level education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or little or no work experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

Required skills

• Assessment Development and Administration, Data Management, Human Participant Data Collection and Analysis, Microsoft PowerPoint, Psychological Research Ethics, Randomized Controlled Trials, Spreadsheet Software, Statistical Design and Analysis, Word Processing

Preferred skills

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