Clinical Research Coordinator – Neuroimaging & Child Brain Development

Clinical        ·       Boston, MA       ·       Full time

About the job

General Summary/ Overview Statement

The candidate will serve as a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) in the Mass General Early Brain Development Initiative (EBDI), and will report to Dr. Joshua Roffman, director of EBDI. The coordinator will play a critical role in the quality control and analysis of data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, an NIH-funded effort to elucidate the influence of a variety of environmental and genetic factors on various psychopathologies from ADHD to substance use disorder (SUD). The ABCD cohort is also one of the largest imaging cohorts and offers a unique opportunity to assess psychopathology and its risk and protective factors with data from many different levels. The coordinator will largely work with structural and functional MRI images via Freesurfer, focusing on improving the quality of images for analyses, which will target brain anatomical and functional correlates of psychopathology, environmental exposures, and genetics. Must be a diligent worker with a high attention to detail; the work will entail thorough examination of many scans to implement stringent and consistent quality control measures.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Assessing quality of T1- and T2-weighted structural as well as functional MRI scans
• Implementing consistent quality control across many individuals’ brain images
• Pre-processing images to prep for imaging analyses
• Contributing to imaging analyses and prepping data for manuscripts
• Contributing to IRB submissions, amendments and continuing reviews as needed

Skills/Abilities/Competencies Required

• Well-organized and driven to succeed
• Outstanding quantitative skills and attention to detail
• Responsive to feedback
• Able to multi-task, problem-solve, and manage time/work-load
• Ability to work independently
• Familiarity with (and/or willingness to learn) Freesurfer, Bash/other scripting languages, Excel, and Powerpoint

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (e.g., psychology, engineering, neuroscience) required
• Prior experience with and/or a strong interest in neuroanatomy encouraged
• Prior experience designing, implementing, and analyzing structural and functional MRI studies a plus
• Experience with FreeSurfer software a plus

Primary Location: MA-Charlestown-MGB CNY
Work Locations: MGB CNY
Job: Clinical
Organization: Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)
Schedule: Full-time
Standard Hours: 40
Shift: Day Job
Posted Shift
Description: This job will primarily take place in an office environment/office/cubicles; occasional work from home permitted.
Employee Status: Regular
Recruiting Department: MGH Psychiatry
Job Posting: Jul 7, 2022

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