Lab Manager
Virginia Tech Academy of Data Science · Blacksburg, VA · 1 wk ago
AnalystFull-time
Duties
- facilitating existing Community Advisory Boards, including coordinating meetings and maintaining communication with members
- coordinating community outreach events, such as school-based neuroscience education presentations and tabling at community events
- helping to maintain school-based partnerships via tasks such as attending research meetings with schools and facilitating relationships with educators within partnered schools
- maintaining and improving lab infrastructure, such as study protocols and lab resources (website, manuals, standard operating procedures, documentation), and coordinating daily lab operations
- recruiting, screening, scheduling, consenting, and running participants through study protocols involving adolescents with ADHD and risk behaviors
- supervising undergraduate research assistants
- assisting with IRB management, grant applications, data processing and analysis, and manuscript preparation
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology, neuroscience, social work, education, human development, or related field
- One year of human subjects research experience
- Demonstrated computer skills, and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or equivalent
- Demonstrated organizational, time-management, interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills; and attention to detail
- A significant interest in community-engaged work
- Strong public speaking abilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in community-engaged work (research, clinical, or otherwise)
- Demonstrated ability to work with data programs (e.g., REDCap; SPSS; R)