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Native Spanish Speaking Volunteer Research Assistant - Harvard Project on Language and Child Psychiatry
Description:
This volunteer position supports a research project funded by a five-year National Institute of Mental Health research grant. Bilingual research assistants conduct child and family evaluations; score, enter and analyze data; and assist in various tasks part of the project’s daily operations. Research assistants work closely with research coordinator and are required to perform evaluations including extensive child language assessment testing in both Spanish and English, cognitive and achievement testing, diagnostic psychiatric interviews, and administration of questionnaires and surveys. Training will be provided.
Requirements:
- Minimum 16 hours per week; higher availability is highly desirable. Schedule is generally flexible. One-year commitment minimum.
- Applicant should be enrolled in program for or have a bachelor's degree in: psychology, speech pathology, child development, child language acquisition or related field (master's or doctoral degrees desirable but not required).
- Applicant should be Spanish/English bilingual, native Spanish speaker and have excellent computer skills.
Preferred but not required:
Experience with test administration (psychological, language), or in psychiatric, developmental and/or language research.
This position is ideal for someone:
Strongly interested in research and possibly empirical publications (data
available now)
Interested in obtaining experience in developmental language and psychological/psychiatric
research, planning to apply for graduate studies.
We offer:
- Access to libraries, facilities and multiple opportunities at Harvard and Children’s Hospital Boston
- Being part of a collegial research team in a major academic/research center
- Training and regular research meetings and supervision
- Support for research and study pre-doctoral and doctoral grant applications
- The chance to acquire or perfect highly sought-after Spanish research skills.
Contact:
Please send:
- Letter of interest and resume via email attachment to bcollins@jbcc.harvard.edu; and,
- Letter of interest and resume (hard copies),
- Three references (actual letters may be received after interview),
- Copy of college transcripts to:
Claudio O. Toppelberg, MD
Principal Investigator, Project on Language and Child Psychiatry
Judge Baker Children's Center, Harvard Medical School
53 Parker Hill Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02120-3225
For inquiries, please contact:
Brian Collins at: 617 232 8390 or by e-mail: bcollins@jbcc.harvard.edu