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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
8am-5pm. Rare requirement for evening work (less than 2 days a month)
Posted Date
04/21/2025
Salary Range: $28.88 - 46.46 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
23914

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate II to participate in clinical trials of treatments for addiction with a focus on neuropsychological aspects of drug use disorders, involving physical and psychometric testing and brain imaging. You will join a team that conducts two or more clinical trials simultaneously, contributing to the overall operational management of the research studies, and to the collection and management of the data collected from study start-up activities through closeout. You will perform necessary tasks to ensure adherence to the study protocol and applicable regulations, such as institutional policy and procedures, FDA Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Duties Include:
  • Data coordination
  • Data collection, entry, management and analysis
  • Assisting with Psychophysiological experiments and behavioral / cognitive assessments
  • Acquiring neuroimaging data
  •  Other duties as assigned

Pay Range: $28.88 - $46.46 hourly 

Job Qualifications

Required:
  • Experience in cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, biological science, nursing, pharmacy or other relevant program.
  • Attention to accuracy and detail in all research tasks.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of subject and patient information.
  • Ability to set priorities that accurately reflect relative importance of current job responsibilities and ability to respond to changing priorities.
  • Skill in working independently and following through on assignments with minimal direction and/or supervision.
  • Ability to manage multiple duties and tasks efficiently and effectively.
  • Skill in speaking clearly and distinctly, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and convey information to individuals who are culturally diverse and from varying backgrounds

Preferred:
  • BA or BS preferred

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.