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Prospective Research Coordinators

The CAR Lab is currently recruiting a full-time, post-baccalaureate Research Coordinator. This position is ideal for recent graduates seeking hands-on clinical research experience in mental health and/or neuroscience before graduate school. Please see our application for more details.

Prospective Undergraduate Research Assistants

We currently have volunteer opportunities available for motivated undergraduate students who can commit to working at least 10 hours per week for a minimum of one year. Volunteers may be trained in recruitment procedures, data processing, and analysis procedures for psychophysiology and/or fMRI data. Please complete our application or contact CARlab@usc.edu for more information.

Specific Qualifications for Research Assistants

• Must be very detail-oriented, hard-working, professional, prompt, reliable and good with people. You will be helping make the lab run; therefore, your commitment and reliability are extremely important.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communication, organization, presentation and computer skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team (e.g., share duties with other research assistants when recruiting and running study participants; complete components of data analysis, slide presentations and manuscript preparations with the PI).

Desired Qualifications for Research Assistants

• Preference will be given to students who have an interest or experience working with psychophysiology, ambulatory assessment, and/or neuroimaging data and who can commit to the lab for 1 year or more.
• Programming experience is a plus, ideally in Python and/or Matlab, or if neither of those, ability to quickly learn these types of programming languages.
• Prefer sophomores or above, and those who have taken coursework in research methods.
• Minimum GPA of 3.3 (will consider exceptions with strong potential).
• BIPOC students are strongly encouraged to apply.