Coordinator (PET)

Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical)        ·        US-NY-Stony Brook        ·       Full time

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):

• Bachelor’s Degree (foreign equivalent) or higher in Psychology, Biology, Neuroscience, or a related field. 
• Research activity experience.
• Experience in operating equipment, carrying out test procedures and using special methods for data collection and interpretation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working on a research study or with patients.

Brief Description of Duties:

The Research Support Specialist (RSS) will participate in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of the study is to understand the role of certain types of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. The RSS will be part of a study team dedicated to improving the lives of those with neurodegenerative and psychiatric disease.  The RSS will collaborate with clinicians, image analysts and researchers in the Center for Understanding Biology using Imaging Technology (CUBIT).  Within CUBIT, multiple brain imaging studies, sponsored by the National Institute of Aging (NIA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), within the NIH, and other funding agencies, are performed in order to better understand, diagnose and treat illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease and major depressive disorder. The RSS will work with human research participants including participants with memory impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. The RSS will directly interact with study participants, including recruiting participants, performing screenings and scheduling participants appointments. The RSS will accompany participants to imaging appointments at Stony Brook Medicine, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans.  These PET and MRI images allow examination of brain structure and function.  The RR will also carefully maintain participant data in an electronic and written form (database and documents) and ensure compliance with all Institutional Review Board policies. The CUBIT environment is cutting-edge, collaborative and educational.  The role of the RSS is critical in ensuring a calm and pleasant experience for all participants.  As such, the RSS is a critical part of the study team. Following their CUBIT experience and training, those in the RSS position have high success rates in acceptance to doctoral programs, nursing and medical school.

Duties:

• Recruit, screen and schedule appointments for research participants.
• Monitor participant progress; and prepare agendas for meetings discussing participant progress.
• Accompany participants to appointments,
• Ensure that supplies are present and available to the research study. 
• Maintain collected data in electronic/paper databases.
• Communicating with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the study team.
• Collect biological samples, including blood sampling.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special notes:

The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Non-Exempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

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In response to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) regulation requiring Hospital and Nursing Home personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, candidates selected for patient care positions or positions that may come in contact with patients or patient care employees, if not already vaccinated, must be fully vaccinated or obtain the first dose of the vaccine within three (3) calendar days of acceptance of conditional job offer and must obtain any subsequent doses in accordance with the DOH vaccine protocol. Candidates who are partially vaccinated, but not yet fully vaccinated, must complete their vaccination series within three (3) calendar days of job offer or in accordance with vaccine manufacture protocol, whichever comes later. The regulation also allows for limited exemptions with reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable law.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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Job Number: 2300507

Official Job Title: Research Support Specialist

Job Field: Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical)

Primary Location: US-NY-Stony Brook

Department/Hiring Area: Psychiatry & Behavioral Health

Schedule: Full-time 

Shift :Day Shift Shift Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm  

Posting Start Date: Feb 17, 2023

Posting End Date: Mar 3, 2023, 12:59:00 PM

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Appointment Type: Regular

Salary Grade: N11

SBU Area: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York at Stony Brook

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