Neurobehavioral Analyst

Job Summary

The Child Mind Institute has an opportunity for a 2-year Neurobehavioral Analystposition in the Autism Center Research Team. The successful candidate will work on NIH-funded and other studies investigating neural correlates of behavioral and/or cognitive traits of school-age children and preschoolers with autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions. A range of data types including functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), physiological measures (e.g., heart rate, respiration, EEG), computer-based cognitive tasks, eye-tracking and clinical questionnaires are processed with a range of analytical methods including univariate and multivariate approaches.

With strong interpersonal and organizational skills, this candidate should possess a keen attention to detail, strong data management, documentation, and analytical abilities, willingness to learn and develop additional computer and analytical skills, as well ability to contribute to manuscript writing for peer-review and presentations. The candidate should be prepared to assist in technical aspects of data collection for specific projects to gain a deeper understanding of data structure and analyses’ needs.

The Child Mind Institute fosters a collaborative environment where Neuroimaging behavioral analysts gain excellent research experience, with opportunities for peer-review publications. Reporting into the Research Director, Autism Center; Senior Research Scientist, this is an exempt, full-time position located in our NYC headquarters.

The Child Mind Institute is proud to be named a Great Place to Work-Certified company! Our competitive compensation and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k) with match, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, dependent care and discounted tickets and entertainment perks program.

Responsibilities

• Implement quality data assurance protocols and updated them, as needed, in collaborations with PI and Postdoctoral research fellow.
• Multi-site MRI and behavioral data cleaning, harmonization, and preprocessing
• Learning and implementing new statistical methods for analyses of neuroimaging, behavioral data and related data.
• Develop graphs, reports, and summary presentations of project results.
• Support research data base management of ongoing data collection projects.
• Support with implementing, execution, and maintenance of fMRI imaging analysis pipelines.
• Perform basic and advanced univariate and multivariate statistical analyses for projects and reports.
• Conduct scientific literature review under guidance of PI and postdoctoral fellows.

• Attend and present at team meetings.
• Contribute to peer-reviewed manuscript submissions for publication.
• Assist in collecting imaging, physiological, and behavioral data for assigned studies.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Biomedical engineering, Neuroscience, Psychology or other related scientific fields required; Masters Degree preferred
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Matlab, R and/or python) required.

• Familiarity with neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, EEG, etc) preferred.

• Experience with neuroimaging analysis and proficiency with one or more packages (e.g. FreeSurfer, AFNI, FSL, Workbench or SPM) preferred.
• Prior clinical and/or research experience in autism or related developmental conditions is preferred.

• Prior research experience is preferred.
• The candidate must be willing and available to work an alternative work schedule including nights and weekends.
• Strong interpersonal skills, strong written and oral communication, and the ability to work as a member of a team, as well as independently.
• Must be able to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment.

Special Considerations:

The candidate must be willing and available to work an alternative work schedule including nights and weekends.

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The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.