Technical Research Assistant – Translational Neuroscience

Rochester, NY       ·      Full time

About the job

McLean Hospital is a comprehensive psychiatric hospital committed to providing easy access to superior quality, cost-effective mental health services in the Boston area, Massachusetts and beyond. Since 1811, McLean Hospital has been a world leader in the treatment of mental illness and chemical dependency, research into the cause of mental illness and the training of generations of mental health care providers. McLean’s multidisciplinary programs treat a broad range of psychiatric illnesses across the full continuum of care.

General Summary

The Haber lab seeks a scientifically minded individual with excellent organizational and analytic skills to join our group as a technical research assistant (RA). Working under the general supervision of a Research Fellow, PhD or Principal Investigator and following established policies and procedures, the RA will assist in research focused on understanding the circuits that underlie the reward system and decision making. These studies focus specifically on brain regions in which abnormal connectivity has been linked to obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and addiction.

The successful candidate will conduct a variety of data analyses where methodologies are clearly established to delineate pathways and connections between brain regions. They will engage in analyzes of histological data, tracing anatomical pathways and using these data to render brain connectivity in three-dimensional space. Applicants should have a strong interest in preclinical and translational neuroscience.

The Haber lab is a translational neuroscience laboratory that uses a multidisciplinary approach to delineate anatomic connections of prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia that underlie motivation and decision making. We use this data to develop connectivity profiles in the human brain, with a particular focus on how circuit abnormalities are related to specific connections in obsessive compulsive disorder, addiction, and depression. We use a combination of anatomic tracing data, computational tools, and imaging (diffusion MRI, and resting state MRI in both animals and humans) to model neural network interactions. The successful applicant will join a vibrant and collaborative laboratory and scientific community at McLean Hospital.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Ability to methodically record data and to analyze data using basic statistics.
• Knowledge of computer programs, databases, etc.
• Excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize a variety of tasks.
• Careful attention to detail.
• Ability to demonstrate professionalism.
• All employees must possess basic computer skills to use a variety of electronic or online systems for communication, clinical and administrative purposes

Primary Location: MA-Belmont-MCL McLean Hospital Main Campus
Work Locations: MCL McLean Hospital Main Campus
Job: Technician/Technologist/Scientist
Organization: McLean Hospital(MCL)
Schedule: Full-time
Standard Hours: 40
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Recruiting Department: MCL Research
Job Posting: Aug 2, 2022

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