We are hiring a full-time Research Coordinator / Lab Manager!

The Social Interaction & Neural Computation Lab (PI: Shawn Rhoads) at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, NY) is recruiting a research coordinator / lab manager to start in late spring 2025 (start date flexible). The Research Coordinator will be a critical member of the research team and will be responsible for carrying out day-to-day research operations under the supervision of the Principal Investigator. This opportunity is ideal for individuals who would like to pursue a PhD in computational social neuroscience and/or computational psychiatry.

We will begin reviewing applications on February 21, 2025 and will continue accepting applications on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to shawn(dot)rhoads(at)mssm(dot)edu with subject line “[CRC App 2025] First Name Last Name” (e.g., “[CRC App 2025] Shawn Rhoads”), and complete the application here: https://careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3022950

The Research Coordinator will participate in various projects, including but not limited to the following topics:

• the neural and computational basis of loneliness
• dyadic and multi-agent interactions
• social learning and decision-making
• social belief inference
• affective experiences

Primary responsibilities include:

• Assisting in clinical research activities for behavioral and neuroimaging studies, including human participant recruitment, obtaining informed consent, screening for eligibility, registering participants with sponsoring agencies, administering questionnaires, collecting data, and answering phone calls
• Managing IRB protocols
• Organizing and schedules lab meetings
• Ordering supplies/equipment
• Coordinating outreach and social events
• Training and supervising research assistants
• Programming and testing experimental paradigms (PsychoPy/Pavlovia, jsPsych)
• Analyzing data and contributing to conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications
• Supporting lab IT infrastructure and data management protocol (archiving, sharing)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or related fields
• Prior research experience in any of the areas above
• Organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Interests in social computational neuroscience, behavioral economics, and/or computational psychiatry
• Interests in ecological momentary assessment, computational modeling, neuroimaging, intracranial electrophysiology, hyperscanning

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with neural data collection and/or analysis (e.g., fMRI, stereo EEG)
• Experience with large-online and/or in-person behavioral data collection
• Computational skills (e.g., prior coursework in mathematics, programming in Python)
• Computer science/IT skills

Volunteer Opportunities

We are also accepting applications for volunteer undergraduate research assistants. We are specifically looking for undergraduates in their first or second year who are based at an institution in New York City and have a strong background in math and/or computer science and interest in using computational tools to understand how we interact with others.

To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to shawn(dot)rhoads(at)mssm(dot)edu with subject line “[RA App 2025] First Name Last Name” (e.g., “[RA App 2025] Shawn Rhoads”)

Please stay tuned for additional opportunities to join the lab!