Term Research Assistant

Job description

The Term Research Assistant is a part of the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University and is a key individual contributor who will provide scientific support to leadership and is responsible for developing, maintaining, executing, and disseminating findings from research studies and projects. The Term Research Assistant will be working with the Vanderbilt Computational Memory Lab under the supervision of Dr. Sean Polyn. This position is a term role. About the Work Unit: The internationally renowned Department of Psychology houses several award-winning professors who are distinguished scholars in their respective fields and who are dedicated to providing world-class education and training to our undergraduate and graduate students. While our course curriculum encompasses all the sub-disciplines of Psychology, the research of our faculty centers around three major areas: Clinical Science, Cognition and Cognitive Neurosciences, and Neuroscience. Key Functions and Expected Performance:  Lab management  Supervision of undergraduate trainees  Assistance in development, running and analysis of human behavioral memory experiments  Assistance...