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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist I for the department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The Rabinowitz lab within the Rutgers Addition Research Center (https://addiction.rutgers.edu) is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist I to contribute a number of projects that focus on understanding genetic factors and environments that pay a role in substance use onset and the development of a substance use disorder. Under the direction of Dr. Rabinowitz, the employee will be responsible for the independent conduct of a significant element of a larger research activity and will conduct highly specialized and technical research.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Assist with writing and submitting IRB application.
- Conduct data cleaning, processing, and analyses (e.g., linear mixed effects models, class/latent profile analysis, latent transition analysis), with a particular emphasis on genetic analyses.
- Conduct research aligned with the scientific aims of the funded projects with an emphasis on the application of novel methodological and statistical approaches.
- Present and summarize analyses in various formats including raw output, tables, and graphics, and oral and written reports for preparation of associated manuscripts for peer review and presenting at local, national, international conferences.
- Provide support for research-related tasks (e.g., applications for publicly accessible data, funding agency project reports and communications).
- Provide support and consultation to other members of the research team, to include staying current with latest theories and analytic methods related to the scope of the work.
