About this opportunity
American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics lists this Sr Neuroscience Research Scientist (Full Time, Days) opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Description
Job Summary
Responsible for health outcomes research design, data collection and analysis including use of clinical data, questionnaires, and individual/group interviews. Works closely with the research and clinical teams in the planning and conducting of original research, supporting a variety of other research projects and hospital initiatives, preparing reports and scientific publications, and presenting at local and national meetings.
Job Specific Duties
Conducts studies with clinicians, caregivers, and children at multiple medical centers. Collaborates with study teams and conducts multi-site research.
Assists study team in developing outcomes measures (e.g., item writing, cognitive interviewing, statistical analysis) .
Prepares presentations and writes scientific publications.
Creates and maintains data collection forms in RedCap as needed.
Assists with coding of qualitative data and data entry of questionnaires.
Manages, cleans, organizes, and conducts analysis of large datasets using a variety of methods.
Prepares and designs reports, tables, charts, and graphs with written summaries, conclusions, and recommendations.
Interfaces with internal and external study teams to support best practices in data collection, management, and security.
Strengthens collaborations with internal and external researchers, with the goal of publishing original articles for the organization.
Assists with preparing research protocols, consent forms, and other study documents .
Contributes to identifying potential new funding sources, grant writing, and grant reporting.
Qualifications
Minimum Job Requirements
Ph.D in Neuroscience
4-7 years of work experience in health outcomes or social science measure development and mixed methods research (qualitative and quantitative); (OR) post-doctoral experience .
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of measurement principles, including familiarity with psychometric concepts such as measurement error, validity, reliability, and item response theory
Experience selecting appropriate methods and conducting statistical analyses with healthcare or social science data sets
Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research design, including mixed methods design in the social sciences
Experience creating or refining survey instruments and other measurement tools
Demonstrated record of publication (as both first author and collaborator) in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presentations in academic or medical conferences
Experience with statistical software (SPSS, SAS, or R)
Experience with, or ability to learn, qualitative analysis software (NVivo or similar)
Experience creating and managing questionnaires, data collecion forms and databases (REDCap or similar)
Ability to learn new programs and processes easily in a fast-paced environment
Ability to enter, code, and clean data
Ability to survey public databases for research purposes
Experience conducting scientific literature reviews
Ability to identify and solve a range of problems within area of expertise
Familiarity with IRB regulatory requirements and processes
Excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills
Job:
Research
Department:
BRAIN INSTITUTE ADMINISTRATION-
Job Status:
Professional
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