Research Assistant - Volunteer Position
We are seeking a new research assistant (RA) to join our team. If you are an undergraduate student or recent graduate who is interested in moving toward a research career in clinical psychology or clinical social work, this position can help you learn research skills and add to your CV as you prepare to apply to graduate school.
The ideal candidate is an advanced undergraduate student or recent college graduate who is familiar with Excel and SPSS, is comfortable working independently, and has experience coding and managing data. You must be able to spend all day Friday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at the Oakland CBT Center offices, located in the Rockridge area of Oakland, easily accessible by bus or BART, and you must be prepared to make a six-month commitment at minimum.
This is a volunteer position. If you are a current student, we may be able to arrange for you to receive course credit in the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley for Psych 199 (research credits) or Psych 197 (field experience).
You will have the opportunity to work with Dr. Persons and Ms. Courry and the RA who is working now at the Center. Your tasks will include the following:
- conduct literature searches and locate articles in the online library
- manage large datasets
- prepare Powerpoint slides for conference presentations
- analyze data and help present data analyses in research papers and conference presentations
- prepare research papers and chapters
- participate in and help organize research meetings for our group
- assist in keeping our projects organized
- read and present research articles to the group
- write and revise protocols for submission to the institutional review board
- code and clean data
You may have the opportunity to develop a project of your own based on existing data or to play a sufficiently large role in an ongoing project to co-author a conference presentation or poster or paper.
You will not have any opportunities to participate in clinical work, except that you will have opportunities to learn about assessments and measures used in clinical practice, and about issues that arise in combining research and routine clinical work.
To apply, please send a CV and a statement about why you are interested in this position to Dr. Persons at persons@oaklandcbt.com.