Job Opportunity: Research Assistant/Project Coordinator for Project ASSIST
The Culture and Evidence-Based
Practice lab (see http://actandadapt.wix.com/cebplab)
housed at the Department of Psychology at DePaul University (Chicago, IL) is
seeking a research assistant/project coordinator for Project ASSIST, which is a
randomized control trial evaluating a group based therapy intervention for
predominately low income Latino and African-American children and adolescents
with depression delivered in public school settings. This position is part-time
(approximately 20 hours/week).
Responsibilities
include conducting interviews of youth and their parents (including clinical,
diagnostic, and language assessments) at various study sites, recruiting
families and participants, training research assistants on assessment
protocols, managing datasets and coordinating interviews and interviewers,
processing data and conducting data analyses, generating summaries and reports
of study progress, assisting with research review board applications, updating
and managing the project’s website, and helping group therapists to prepare for
child and parent sessions.
The
ideal applicant will have: bilingual (Spanish) language skills; experience /
strong interest in working with children and adolescents and those with mental
health problems; previous research assistant experience; excellent written and
verbal communications skills; and facility with statistical programs (e.g.,
SPSS), software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, websites, and
online surveys.
Interested
candidates can direct questions to Dr. Antonio Polo, or Ana Goya Arce at actandadapt1@gmail.com.
For fullest consideration, submit a CV or resume
along with a brief cover letter.
