The Research Assistant II will provide research and administrative support to department, studies, and Institute initiatives. The incumbent will assist with recruitment of research patients, maintain a good working knowledge of study protocols and adhere to all protocol requirements, perform data entry and database tasks, coordinate and schedule program and research-related meetings, and create reports and data visualizations.
* Experience working with children with or without developmental disabilities is highly preferred
* The position is on-site with the possibility of remote
Responsibilities
1. Assist with recruitment of patients with psychiatric disorders and developmental disabilities such as anxiety disorders and autism spectrum disorders, as well as healthy control children, establishing contacts with various community sources and distributing study materials. 2. Assist in screening affected and control patients for study enrollment. 3. Maintain accurate and up-to-date research records for study databases. Ensure appropriate data quality assurance procedures are implemented and adhered to, troubleshooting as needed.4. Provide administrative support including, but not limited to, scheduling meetings for clinicians, researchers, and staff; filing; organizing; typing; formatting; proofreading and copyediting research and program materials; creating PowerPoint presentations and data visualizations.5. Update existing recruitment literature (brochures, information packets, posters, WebPages) and create similar documents for new research protocols as they arise.6. Assist with literature reviews, manuscript preparation, and submission of National Institutes of Health (NIH) and/or private foundations grant applications.7. Assist in administration of psychiatric and psychological tests and eye tracking protocols, as well as obtaining mock and real Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans.8. Attend meetings involved with research grants, contracts, faculty, committees, coordination, and administration. Take meeting minutes and distribute minutes post-meeting.9. Assist with organizing and scheduling lectures for supported programs.
QualificationsEDUCATION:Bachelor’s degree required.
EXPERIENCE:• Previous experience with research design, statistical analysis, and test scoring preferred.• Previous administrative support experience preferred.
Minimum pay rangeUSD $40,043.12/Yr. Maximum pay rangeUSD $66,204.53/Yr.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience working with children, including those with developmental disabilities
- Previous experience with research design, statistical analysis, and test scoring
- Previous administrative support experience
What We Do
Kennedy Krieger Institute is a Maryland-based, mission-driven nonprofit that transforms the lives of children, youth and adults with, or at risk for, disorders of the developing nervous system. It provides interdisciplinary clinical care for brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal conditions, alongside special education, research, professional training, community programs, advocacy and partnerships. Its work includes care for autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and rare neurological disorders.
