[nabs-l] Fwd: [SANS] RA in affective neuroscience

[Benjamin C. Storm]

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Subject: 	[SANS] RA in affective neuroscience
Date: 	Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:00:39 -0500
From: 	Lisa Barrett <l.barrett at neu.edu>
Reply-To: 	l.barrett at neu.edu
To: 	announce at socialaffectiveneuro.org



The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Lab at Mass General
Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Northeastern University has an
opening for a full time Clinical Research Coordinator beginning in
January or February 2012. The IASLab is a multidisciplinary microcosm
with a focus on emotion research. The lab contains three full time
research scientists, seven postdoctoral fellows, six graduate students,
five full time research assistants and anywhere from 20 to 60 part time
undergraduate research assistants. Together, our expertise spans social,
clinical and personality psychology, visual cognition, cognitive
neuroscience, and comparative psychology. The lab is also culturally
diverse with current members from the US, China, Japan, the Netherlands,
and Greece. The successful candidate for our full time CRC position will
assist in developing and implementing studies relating to affective
processing, involving the collection of questionnaire, behavioral,
physiological (autonomic) and fMRI data.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Experiment design and implementation; recruitment,
scheduling, screening and running of fMRI study participants; computer
trouble-shooting including hardware and software upgrades; laboratory
equipment trouble-shooting and testing; programming in E-Prime and/or
Matlab; supervising undergraduate research assistants; data management,
including data backup, data reduction, and simple data analysis;
assisting with preparation of talks, manuscripts and grant applications;
administrative work relating to scanning schedules and interacting with
the IRB.

QUALIFICATIONS: Four-year college degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, or
a related field; knowledge of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint or Keynote;
familiarity with PC or Mac computer software and hardware; knowledge of
SPSS or other data analysis software; excellent communication skills,
including some skill with writing. Must be able to work a regular Monday
through Friday schedule and have good interpersonal skills and be
customer service oriented. HIGHLY DESIRABLE: experience working in Unix,
programming in Matlab or E-Prime; experience with psychophysiological or
fMRI methods.

Please send your cover letter, CV, and two letters of reference to
Rebecca Dautoff at dautoff at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
<mailto:dautoff at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>. Review of applications will begin
immediately.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.

Director, Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory; Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University

Department of Psychology, 125 Nightingale Hall, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115-5000; Voice: (617) 373-2044; Fax: (617) 373-8714

Website:http://www.affective-science.org




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