[ref. a36721100] Intern, Center for Health Sciences
Overview:
The SRI Center for Health Sciences is looking for a summer Intern to work on various projects in the lab. The work will involve several NIH-funded projects, each involving human participants who will be screened for study eligibility and escorted between on-campus testing sites.The Intern will score and enter study data into the lab computer databases and will get experience with clinical interviews, neuropsychological and cognitive testing, and multi-modal MRI scans. If you’re looking to get experience in a lab conducting cutting-edge research, apply here!
The Intern will work on-site in our Menlo Park, CA office. The schedule is flexible, but the expectation is to work approximately 30 hours per week.
Responsibilities:
- Interact with research study participants including greeting, escorting, obtaining lunches.
- Perform telephone screens to determine eligibility of potential participants
- Score test results and enter data into laboratory databases
- Clean and correct problematic data
- Learn MRI safety and assist in acquisition of MRI data
- Learn to conduct various cognitive tests as needed and administer questionnaires
Qualifications:
- Current undergraduate student majoring in a biosciences field
- Due to government contract requirements candidates must be a US Citizen
- Must be available to work during the 5-day work week between the hours of 9am and 5pm.
- Interest in human neuroscience, neuropsychology, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Energetic personality with deference to research leaders and respect for research protocol.
- Experience with research projects is an advantage.
- Quick learner who pays attention to detail and has good organization skills.
SRI also has a competitive benefits package, to view details please go to https://www.sri.com/resources/benefits/.
SRI is an independent nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., with a rich history of supporting government and industry. We create and deliver world-changing solutions for a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future.For more than 75 years, we have collaborated across technical and scientific disciplines to discover and develop groundbreaking products and technologies and bring innovations and ideas to the marketplace.