Post Doctoral Researcher, College of Health Sciences

The Treatment Efficacy and Language Learning Lab is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist to serve as a clinical research manager under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Owen Van Horne. The successful candidate will coordinate research funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the University of Delaware. The lab is in the final year of a clinical trial focused on grammar intervention and uptake of therapy practices by parents and clinicians, as well as research on family support groups for children with DLD. Our lab uses quantitative and qualitative approaches, including elicited production, naturalistic language sample analysis, and eye-tracking methods.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, resourceful, with excellent data management and analysis skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to multi-task. Knowledge of online sentence processing, morphosyntax development, and/or developmental language disorder would be a plus. The candidate must be able to work both independently and as part of a team and build rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Support data cleaning and analysis following open science practices.
• Update and maintain study documentation.
• Prepare data for publication.
• Ensure research and clinical service is conducted in an ethical fashion.
• Support participant recruitment and retention efforts (dependent on qualifications and interest).
• Assess children with DLD within a research protocol (dependent on qualifications and interest).
• Coordinate lab activities.
• Participate in the grant writing process.
• May be supported in developing/maintaining their own line of research.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Completed all requirements for an earned research doctorate in speech-language pathology, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, or a related field by the hire date.
• Experience setting up workflows for cleaning and analyzing large complex datasets in R.
• Shares lab commitments and values regarding open science and increasing research engagement and participation in under-represented groups.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and to build rapport with individuals from a variety of backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Holds or is eligible for ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) and Delaware licensure in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Ability to work with Spanish-speaking participants/transcribe and analyze data from Spanish-English bilingual individuals.
• Experience with qualitative and mixed methods research.
• Willing to work some evening or weekend hours to accommodate participant schedules and to travel up to 30 miles to see participants if needed.
• Publication record commensurate with experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and retirement contributions.

Pay

Budgeted salary range corresponds to the 30E pay scale in alignment with NIH postdoctoral salaries and will follow NIH pay scales.

Schedule

• One-year contract renewable dependent upon performance and available funding.
• Immediate start date available; temporary remote work possible if needed.