Cannabis Soc Clin Research Assistant Jobs

Posting Information

Department
Psychiatry - Research-412250
Career Area
Research Professionals
Is this an internal only recruitment?
No
Posting Open Date
10/28/2022
Application Deadline
11/04/2022
Position Type
Permanent Staff (SHRA)
Position Title
Soc/Clin Research Assistant - Contributing
Salary Grade Equivalent
GN06
Working Title
Soc/Clin Research Assistant
Position Number
20051377
Vacancy ID
P016353
Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Time-Limited
Full-Time Time-Limited
If time-limited, estimated duration of appointment
Hours per week
40
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Work Location
Chapel Hill, NC
Position Location
North Carolina, US
Hiring Range
$35,104 - $37,500
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Position Summary Information

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
The Mother-Infant Biobehavioral Laboratory is part of the Stress and Health Research Program within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The primary purpose of this clinical research program is to explore the biological underpinnings of human social interactions and to understand how they are altered by biological and behavioral factors such as prenatal substance exposure or addiction, depression, pregnancy, lactation and environmental factors. A second purpose is to understand the influence these factors exert on long term physical and psychological health and disease susceptibility.
Position Summary
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as Study Coordinator in a study of mother-infant dyads with and without prenatal substance exposure to opioids, with or without cocaine, cannabis, alcohol, or tobacco. This person will 1) oversee all aspects of volunteer recruitment of women during pregnancy and retention over 14-month involvement; 2) oversee all aspects of data collection in mothers and infants including conducting psychophysiological lab protocols, surveys, interviews, measurement of maternal and infant substance exposure and/or hormones in saliva, hair, urine and expired air, infant developmental assessments, and acquisition, editing of heart rate variability in mothers and infants; 3) work with other research staff for infant MRI testing, 4) help develop and prepare data collection forms, recruitment brochures and flyers, 5) train and supervise student research assistants, 6) assist with analysis of acquired research data.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

• Valid North Carolina driver’s license and ability to drive a state-owned car for subject transportation.
• Clinical research experience with mothers and infants
• Attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

• Experience working with women with substance use disorders.
• Experience administering the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development
• Experience acquiring, editing and analyzing heart rate variability data using MindWare Technologies equipment.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work independently & in a team setting.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (excel and word).

Required Licenses/Certifications
Valid driver’s license
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
Position/Schedule Requirements

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