Research Principal

UPMC Senior Communities • $80K — $95K *
Pittsburgh, PA 15237In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Master's degree in psychology, neuroscience, counseling, sociology, or related field required.
  • Minimum two years of research and/or clinical experience necessary.
  • Proficiency in common software and basic computer skills essential.
  • Understanding of research methodology required.
  • Preference for candidates with prior supervisory experience.
  • PhD-level with experience in brain tissue immunofluorescence staining and microscopy.
  • Must be able to write and troubleshoot code in Python or MATLAB for image analysis.
  • First-authored publication record reflecting project ownership from collection to publication.

Responsibilities

  • Mentor and train junior research staff effectively.
  • Provide advanced research support for ongoing studies.
  • Conduct postmortem studies using advanced imaging techniques.
  • Oversee the organization and supervision of lab operations and experiments.
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret research data.
  • Handle operational oversight for basic science research and instrumentation.
  • Assist with recruitment and planning of research projects.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a leading psychiatric research lab.
  • Experience with cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques.
  • Chance to mentor and develop junior staff members.
  • Grant-funded position, typically offering job security.
  • Engagement in impactful research contributing to mental health understanding.
Full Job Description
This position is in the laboratory of Daniel Wonjae Chung, MD, PhD, which is part of the Translational Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. The lab's team conducts postmortem and computational research to increase our understanding of the synaptic disruptions that lead to working memory deficits in schizophrenia.

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities:
  • Mentor, train, and assist with supervising junior research staff.
  • Provide advanced level research support for the research study.
  • Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Conduct Execute postmortem studies, including expansion microscopy, nanoscale imaging and post-image processing.
  • Oversee lab organization, assist with recruitment and staff supervision, and help to plan, coordinate and supervise research projects and lab experiments/procedures.
  • Collect and analyze data.
  • Provides operational oversight of the basic science research and instrumentation.


Qualifications:

  • Masters degree required preferably in psychology, neuroscience, counseling, sociology, or related research field.
  • Minimum of two years of work experience in a research project and/or related clinical setting is required.
  • Familiarity with computers and common software packages required.
  • Working knowledge of research methodology required.
  • Prior supervisory experience preferred.
  • A PhD-level credentialed individual with hands-on experience in immunofluorescence staining of brain tissue sections and quantitative confocal and/or super-resolution microscopy.
  • Able to write and troubleshoot their own code in Python or MATLAB for quantitative post-image processing and analysis.
  • A record of first-authored publications demonstrating the ability to carry a project from data collection through analysis to publication.
  • Familiarity with computational modeling of neural circuits is an advantage.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
  • Act 34

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