Research Assistant/Research Coordinator in Psychology

The ADHD & Learning Differences Program is hiring up to two full-time clinical research assistant/coordinator positions to work with the director to coordinate federally funded research studies and community engagement activities. If you are interested in resilience, digital mental health interventions, and/or school/community implementation and looking for ways to prepare for graduate school, consider becoming part of a collaborative clinical research team under the supervision of Melissa Dvorsky, PhD at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. The research assistant will be joining a highly productive team consisting of faculty, two postdoctoral fellows, doctoral level graduate students, and ungraduate students.

Responsibilities include: 

• Assist in the development and implementation of school/community-based research. 
• Coordinate a randomized clinical trial and/or longitudinal developmental studies, including school and participant recruitment, diagnostic assessment, and outcome monitoring.
• Support community partners including school mental health providers in implementing evidence-based practices in their settings.
• Work with the DC, MD, and VA community to support programs that ensure all youth opportunity to reach their highest level of mental health and well-being.
• Enroll participants, administer, and track data collection.
• Coordinate data management and analysis.
• Supervise and train undergraduate volunteers and delegating lab responsibilities.
• Assist with writing peer reviewed publications, preparing conference presentations and grant applications.
• Work with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to maintain research ethical compliance.
• Contribute to projects focused on promoting youth mental health equity so that all individuals have access to quality mental health care regardless of race, ethnicity, linguistic literacy/proficiency, gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, disability status, or geographical location.

This position offers:

• A leadership role in a school-based randomized controlled trial funded by the NIMH evaluating a technology-enhanced organization/time management skills intervention.
• Experience working collaboratively with community partners on providing helpful services for students struggling with executive functioning and homework/organization challenges.
• Experience on a clinical research intervention with the potential for presentations and publications.
• Access to project data as well as multiple large longitudinal and treatment datasets focused on attention, behavior, and psychosocial functioning in children, adolescents, and emerging adults. 
• Excellent preparation for graduate school in psychology.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with previous experience in the conduct of clinical research and/or behavioral interventions
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Two-year minimum commitment
• Reliable transportation
• Evening hours for occasional participant enrollment

Across Children’s National, there is a strong commitment to recruit, train, and retain trainees, faculty, and staff of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds.

To apply, please complete the following survey:  https://bit.ly/ADHDRA  

Please contact Amanda Steinberg with any questions ahsteinber@childrensnational.org

Review of applications will begin immediately.