Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):
Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in psychology, biology, neuroscience or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working on a research study. Experience 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 relationship between circadian rhythm and mood. The study involves day, night and weekend hours and multiple candidates are needed to cover all shifts. The RSS will work with human research participants including controls and participants with major depressive disorder.

The RSS will be part of a study team dedicated to improving the lives of those with mental illness. 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 Mental Health (NIMH), within NIH, and other funding agencies, are performed in order to better understand, diagnose and treat psychiatric illnesses like major depressive disorder.

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.

• Monitoring the research participant and ensuring their comfort.
• Preparing for the research study including discussing study protocol.
• Ensuring that supplies are present and available for the research study.
• Acquiring saliva samples once an hour using aseptic techniques.
• Documenting research encounters.
• Communicating with the Institutional Revenue Board (IRB) and the study team.
• 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 Nonexempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

Evening and weekend work will be required at times.

THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH ONLY APPLIES TO POSITIONS THAT MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH PATIENTS OR PATIENT CARE EMPLOYEES.

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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