Job Description

The Department of Neurology is seeking a Research Assistant who will be responsible for carrying out functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) experiments in healthy people and people who have had strokes, both in the hospital and at their homes or outpatient settings.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Run routine and ad hoc reports.
• Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
• Assist with data cleaning measures to ensure accuracy of data and preparation of tables.
• Lead basic activities such as data collection and data entry.
• May lead specific tasks and develop processes to ensure study activities occur effectively and efficiently.
• May conduct literature searches to support faculty in research efforts. May design and format papers/publications.
• May assist PIs in writing summaries of papers for release as policy briefs or other channels.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties above

• Will need to drive the wheel-chair accessible van, to take the fNIRS equipment to places outside the hospital.
• Will need to learn how to carry out the fNIRS experiments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient use of Epic; experience with fNIRS; experience with language experiments.
• Experience with patients with neurological deficits.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Analytical Skills - Awareness
• Attention to Detail - Awareness
• Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
• Formatting and Layout Proficiency - Awareness
• Information Gathering - Awareness
• Oral and Written Communications - Awareness
• Organizational Skills - Awareness

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Research Assistant

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD

Starting Salary Range: $17.65 - $31.05 HRLY ($50,648 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM Neuro Cerebrovascular

Personnel area: School of Medicine