Research Assistant (DOM Clinical Pharmacology)

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

We are seeking a Research Assistant who will assist with the activities of a research study at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Bigos Laboratory. The Research Assistant will provide support for the clinical trial Multimodal Brain Imaging of the Neural Effects of Methylphenidate in Patients with ADHD (NCT04781972), funded by the NIMH R01MH133453. The goal of this study is to develop brain imaging tools to measure the effects of methylphenidate in children and adolescents with ADHD. Specifically, we will correlate brain activity during cognitive tasks and brain chemistry with cognitive performance. These measures could then be used to develop novel drugs to treat ADHD in children and adolescents.

The Research Assistant oversees data collection, data organization, and/or data management or similar functions/tasks for research study(ies) in support of a PI or a research team.

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 PI in writing summaries of papers for release as policy briefs or other channels.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition, the Research Assistant will:

• Partner with the Research Assistant at Kennedy Krieger Institute to coordinate subjects for study visits.
• Attend all the fMRI scanning sessions and help run the scanner and the presentation software to display the imaging tasks.
• Conduct screening and neuropsychological testing of the subjects and perform blood draws.
• Assist the postdoctoral fellow with neural and cognitive data analyses.
• Help prepare manuscripts and presentations.

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.