Research Assistants, Department of Psychology

About the role

The Department of Psychology at the University of Denver seeks two full-time Research Assistants to assist with two grant-funded research projects investigating the development and treatment of anxiety in youth. These positions are part of the Brave Lab and come with the University's full benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting and scheduling participants
• Making phone calls
• Assisting with research study visits
• Collecting cognitive, psychophysiological, and mental health data
• Managing graduate and undergraduate student teams
• Participating as a co-facilitator of group therapy sessions
• Project management
• Data management
• IRB and clinical trials documentation and management
• Community outreach to recruit participants and disseminate results

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to manage personnel teams
• Strong organizational skills related to delegating project tasks, scheduling, and managing multiple research priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology or related field
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills including strong note-taking skills during meetings to successfully complete tasks
• Detailed-approach to tasks and ability to follow very specific research protocols
• Strong organization and detail-oriented administrative skills to include scheduling, data/file management, word processing (MS Word), spreadsheets (Excel), copying, phone skills and data entry, following protocols
• Critical thinking skills along with the ability to identify, discuss, and solve problems and issues that may arise
• English proficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coordinating research projects
• Experience in research with youth
• Prior experience in research or clinical settings with youth with neurodevelopmental and/or mental health symptoms
• Master’s degree in Counseling, Education, Psychology or related field
• Interest in staying with the project for two years

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Retail
• Paid time off
• Tuition benefit
• ECO pass

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Please do not contact Dr. Rozenman directly, as she will not reply. Only applications submitted online through the DU Jobs portal will be accepted.