Johns Hopkins Appetite Lab seeks Research Coordinator

[Afroditi Papantoni]

The Appetite Lab (PI: Susan Carnell) in the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, seeks a research coordinator. The research coordinator will be responsible for implementing research protocols and supporting the PI in research-related activities.

 

Specifically, the research coordinator will provide support for the coordination and productivity of funded studies investigating eating behaviors and body weight in infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood, with a focus on neuroimaging studies of healthy populations and individuals with eating disorders or dysregulation.

 

See here for more information: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/1998498/susan-carnell

 

Baltimore is a fun and rapidly developing US city with a vibrant arts scene, affordable neighborhood living, and a great location with good transport links and easy access to beautiful waterways and coastline as well as other exciting American cities (e.g. Washington DC, New York City).

 

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. psychology, cognitive neuroscience, nutrition). Experience in conducting behavioral obesity research in children and families, and/or neuroimaging (particularly fMRI) research, is highly desirable. Experience using behavioral or imaging data analysis packages (e.g. SPSS, SPM) is preferred. Experience in data collection and management is required.

 

If interested, please send a CV, a profile statement describing background and motivation for applying, and contact details of two references to susan....@jhmi.edu. If available, please also send a writing sample, preferably of scientific writing, e.g. research paper, college admission essay.