Post-Graduate Position in Sukhodolsky lab, Yale Child Study Center
09 Feb 2024
Postgraduate Associate Position in Sukhodolsky Lab in the Yale Child Study Center
The Sukhodolsky lab at the Yale Child Study Center is looking to fill a postgraduate (post-baccalaureate) position associated with behavioral and neuroimaging studies of children, adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Primary responsibilities will include study coordination of the multi-site Autism Center of Excellence study of neurodevelopmental biomarkers of late diagnosis in female and gender diverse autism, subject recruitment and community outreach, running subjects through clinical assessments, running fMRI scanning experiments, and managing study databases. Other responsibilities will include assisting with a clinical trial of a comprehensive behavioral intervention for irritability in adolescents with autism as well as neuroimaging study of social and emotional functioning in children with disruptive behavior. In addition to the current studies with children on the autism spectrum, the Sukhodolsky lab conducts clinical research in the areas of childhood irritability, ADHD, Tourette Syndrome and OCD. Postgraduate associates in the lab gain deep knowledge of developmental psychopathology and benefit from a collaborative environment by contributing to all projects. For additional information about the past and current studies in the Denis Sukhodolsky lab please visit: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/sukhodolsky/
The postgraduate associates will be trained in a variety of aspects of clinical research and will gain experience in childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. The positions include the following learning opportunities:
- Learn about autism and developmental psychopathology. Train on how to guide children and families through clinical and neuroimaging studies. Learn to administer, score and interpret measures of social behavior, anxiety, irritability, and neurocognitive functioning to children and adolescents.
- Become familiar with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques that are used in the Sukhodolsky lab to examine brain mechanisms of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. Postgraduate associates will learn the importance of the interface with families during all parts of the research process.
- Learn about behavioral, neuropsychological and neuroimaging research conducted with children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Postgraduate associates will have an opportunity to learn about psychological assessments of symptoms, intelligence, and adaptive functioning as well as neurocognitive tasks for evaluating brain mechanisms of cognitive and emotional functioning.
- Additional learning opportunities include attending weekly grand rounds devoted to various topics in child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry; aiding in preparation and possibly co-authoring manuscripts based on research studies conducted; learning about data management and analysis procedures in clinical research with pediatric populations.
The Postgraduate Associate position is for two years with the second-year appointment conditional of progress made in the first year. First year salary is $38,400 plus healthcare coverage.
Anticipated start date is July 1, 2024.
Eligibility Requirements: BA or BS required. Psychology, Pre-Med, or Neuroscience background required with research experience, including data management with Excel and SPSS, and experience of working with children on the autism spectrum. Postgraduate positions are open to those who have recently received a bachelor and/or master’s degree, but not doctoral degrees.
Application Information: Please submit you application as a single PDF file named as “Last name_First name.pdf” and containing a letter of interest, resume, and a copy of academic transcript (does not need to be official) to Denis Sukhodolsky, Ph.D., at Denis.Sukhodolsky@yale.edu. Please also arrange for two letters of recommendation to be emailed directly to denis.sukhodolsky@yale.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
In accordance with university requirements for a safe in-person university operations, all faculty, staff, and postdoctoral and postgraduate trainees will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Professor
Director, Evidence-Based Practice Unit
Child Study Center
Yale School of Medicine
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203) 687-9605
Email: denis.sukhodolsky@yale.edu
Lab: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/sukhodolsky/
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