[CogSci] Post-bacc Job Posting

[Baldwin, Sarah]

The Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CAMP) at Emory University is seeking applicants for 2 full-time paid Clinical Research Coordinator positions. Each position requires a 2-year commitment starting summer 2024. Under the direction of W. Edward Craighead, PhD, and Allison LoPilato, PhD. CAMP’s research examines treatment outcomes in children and adolescents with anxiety and mood disorders. Specifically, CAMP’s current research studies the effects of behavioral, genetic and neurological variables on treatment outcomes in adolescents receiving Behavioral Activation therapy for depression. CAMP also has funding to develop new community outreach programs for internalizing disorders in school settings. The research coordinators support the day-to-day activities of CAMP’s research projects. The position includes coordination of CAMP’s clinical activities, and over two years the selected individuals will get clinical exposure to assessment and treatment by a variety of faculty and PhD-level trainees.


The individuals in these positions are responsible for managing an active research lab with multiple adolescent treatment studies and aiding in the administration of an Intern training clinic. Research responsibilities include participant recruitment, creation of study materials, data collection and management, study scheduling, clinical interviewing of research participants (patients and healthy controls), preparation of IRB materials, and most coordinators participate in the preparation of poster presentations and research papers. Other tasks include supervising undergraduate Research Assistants, scoring and creating score reports for clinical assessments, managing various aspects of our training clinic, creating clinical schedules, and sitting-in on clinical team meetings.


Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field (e.g., pre-med, human development)

· At least one year of part-time laboratory or clinical research experience as an undergraduate student

· Experience in statistical software such as SPSS or R

· Preference given to those whose previous experience includes children or adolescents.

· Strong organizational skills and an ability to work independently

· A strong interest in a future career in clinical psychology research or medicine.


This position is particularly suitable to post-bachelor’s student looking to go to graduate school in clinical psychology or medical school, and to date all Coordinators have had the opportunity to continue graduate studies in outstanding graduate programs.


If interested in applying, please email a cover letter, a c.v. or resume, and a transcript to W. Edward Craighead, PhD, via email at ecraigh at emory.edu


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