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Undergraduate Research Assistant Position
The ADAPT Lab is looking for motivated and dependable undergraduate research assistants to join one of the teams working on the project described below. This is an excellent opportunity to build experience and get involved in a collaborative research lab with a minimum time commitment of 5 hours per week. In addition, you will learn about psychosis risk in the context of non-verbal behavioral characteristics appearing prior to the onset of full-threshold psychotic symptoms.
The project involves organizing and clipping videos of participants as they complete a clinical interview, followed by the analysis of their non-verbal behavior. The student will be trained to use automated tools for analyzing head, hand, and body movements. These motor features are known to be implicated in psychosis and can serve as key indicators of conversion to full psychosis during the high-risk period. Specifically, we are interested in identifying the behavioral and motor cues that emerge during conversation and may predict psychosis conversion in individuals at high risk.
Interested applicants should email juliette.lozanogoupil@northwestern.edu with information about why they are interested in the opportunity and a copy of their CV.
LAB COORDINATOR POSITION in PRODROME/EARLY PSYCHOSIS
The Northwestern University Adolescent Development and Preventive Treatment (ADAPT) program is seeking applications for a lab manager.
Currently we are running a number of protocols with typically developing, prodromal syndrome and early psychosis populations focusing on biomarker, treatment, and scale development. Join our team and be involved with collecting and writing up data from any and all of these great and innovative multimodal studies. Please see our website for more details about the lab: http://www.adaptprogram.com.
The successful applicants will join a team of lab managers and project coordinators responsible for overseeing undergraduate research assistants, coordinating research projects (recruiting, scheduling, running participants), processing IRB protocols, independently running assessments, conducting cognitive assessments and both processing and analyzing data. Competitive applicants will have had previous experience working or volunteering in a human research setting. Candidates from diverse or historical marginalized backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply. This is an ideal positions for someone interested in building more skills before applying for graduate school in the next few years. You will get in-depth experience in a multidisciplinary team, build data skills, publish papers, attend conferences and make connections with a number of different psychopathology research groups. This position requires a commitment of 2 years.
Details as well as information about the application process can be found at: https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/careers. Please click on “external applicants” (about halfway down the page, under “Find a Job” and then on the next page, search for job opening, Research Study Assistant #51139 and apply).
For questions please contact the ADAPT team (adapt@northwestern.edu). Review of applications will begin right away, and start date is flexible (falling anywhere between immediately and the early summer).
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE IN PRODROME/EARLY PSYCHOSIS/DEPRESSION
The Northwestern University Adolescent Development and Preventive Treatment (ADAPT) program is seeking applications for a postdoctoral fellow.
We are looking for someone with interests in risk for psychosis, early psychosis, and other forms of serious mental illness (e.g., depression).
Prior high-risk, psychosis or depression research experience is welcomed but not required.
Currently we are running a number of protocols with typically developing, prodromal syndrome and early psychosis populations focusing on biomarker, treatment, and task and scale development. Join our team and be involved with collecting and writing up data from any and all of these great and innovative multimodal studies. The lab utilizes numerous cutting-edge approaches and there are opportunities to continuing to develop expertise or to learn new skills. Please see our website for more details: http://www.adaptprogram.com.
The successful applicant will join Vijay Mittal and an active research team and will be responsible for designing experiments, analyzing and processing data, and publishing/presenting findings. There will also be ample opportunities for advanced training (Northwestern has a number of in-depth training opportunities, covering a range of methodological and quantitative methods), collaborations (benefit from a number of active ADAPT lab collaborations), building mentorship experience (learning to direct and supervise research and career development for graduate students), and developing an independent research program. Significant attention will be placed on career development (e.g., regular conference attendance/participation, training in grant writing, peer review, mentorship, teaching, presentations/job-talks etc.) This is an ideal position for someone interested in preparing for a tenure-track job. A significant number of prior ADAPT lab trainees have moved on to running their own labs in prestigious programs.
For questions or to submit an application, please contact Vijay Mittal (vijay.mittal@northwestern.edu). Applicants should send a C.V. and a brief letter describing interests and prior experience (a short selection of exemplar publications are welcome as well). Salary is based on the NIMH Post-doctoral scale, and funding is available for up to two-years (appointments are for one year, but renewable for two years, based on progress/merit). There is a flexible start date and review of applications will begin immediately!
Northwestern University Undergraduates:
Please note that these are competitive positions, and successful undergraduate applicants typically have applicable experience or related interest and a high GPA.
The minimum time commitment for undergraduate research fellows is 1.5 years.
Although these are volunteer positions, there are also opportunities to participate in paid research fellowships through the Office Of Undergraduate Research.
There are also opportunities to participate for course credit through the Department of Psychology (see your advisor in the Psychology Advising office for details).
We also encourage students to conduct honors projects through research conducted in the ADAPT lab.
We are currently recruiting new undergraduate volunteers!
Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Students
The lab focuses on utilizing a range of cutting edge neuroscience techniques and we are eager to work with NUIN Students from Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering, School of Communication and the Children’s Memorial Research Center (CMRC). Please contact us if you are interested and we can discuss options for Funding.
Contact Us:
If you are interested in volunteering for work in the ADAPT lab, please email a copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV) to Vijay Mittal, Ph.D. at vijay.mittal@northwestern.edu.