Jobs

Lab: Research Assistant at the V.A. Medical Center and UCSD School of Medicine Sleep Deprivation, Decision Making, and Functional Brain Imaging Lab
Description:
Responsibilities Include:
1. Administer decision making tasks during day and during sleep deprivation studies
2. Format, store, manage, and analyze testing data
3. Assist in collecting functional brain imaging data
4. Administer questionaires and other cognitive tasks to subjects
5. Other opportunities exist as interest and ability dictates
Benefits: Great for someone considering grad or med school!
* Learn to administer tests, basics of software like SPSS, research methods in functional brian imaging, data management/analysis and more.
* Potentional opportunity to analyze functional brain imaging data, learning to read and score records, interview participants, publication, etc.
Requirements:
- 1 year minimum commitment
- 10 hrs/wk (including 1 overnight shift per quarter during sleep deprivation studies)
- 3.5 or better GPA overall
- B grade or better in Statistics
- Prior R.A. experience is not necessary
Contact: Dr. Sean Drummond at drummond@ucsd.edu
Date Posted: 1/26/08