Neurobehavioral Analyst

About Child Mind Institute

We're dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We've become the leading independent nonprofit in children's mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow's breakthrough treatments.

Position Details:

The Neurobehavioral Analyst at the Autism Center will work on NIH-funded projects and other studies investigating the neural traits and their association with behavioral and cognitive traits in children on the autism spectrum and/or those experiencing other neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD. Responsibilities include data quality control, analysis, and data collection using various methods such as MRI, EEG, physiological measures, and cognitive tasks. This role offers hands-on research experience in a collaborative environment with opportunities for peer-reviewed publications. Strong analytical, data management, and interpersonal skills are essential.

Reporting to the Research Director, this is a full-time, exempt hybrid position (in office 4 days per week) located in our Midtown, New York office.

You Will:

• Implement quality assurance protocols for behavioral data structuring, harmonization, and preprocessing, making updates as needed in collaboration with the Principal Investigator (PI), other Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Research Fellows.
• Learn and apply new statistical methods for analyzing neuroimaging, behavioral, and related data.
• Develop graphs, reports, and summary presentations to effectively communicate project results.
• Conduct scientific literature reviews under the guidance of the PI and Postdoctoral Fellows.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings through presentations and discussions.
• Help prepare peer-reviewed manuscript submissions for publication.
• Help with the collection of imaging, physiological, and behavioral data at designated facilities for assigned studies.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

You Have:

• Bachelors degree in Neuroscience, Biomedical engineering, Psychology or other related scientific fields required
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g.,python and/or R) required.
• Familiarity with neuroimaging techniques (e.g. fMRI, EEG, etc)
• Prior clinical and/or research experience in mental health, neurodevelopment and/or language, or autism or related developmental conditions

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Our Benefits

Our great compensation package and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, flexible work schedules, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.

Pay Range

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Child Mind Institute is committed to creating an inclusive culture where all employees feel welcomed and valued.

The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.

Accommodations

Child Mind Institute Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@childmind.org