

Bilingual Staff Research Associate I - Pediatric Autism Study
UCLA Health Systems
Posted Monday, June 9, 2025
Posting ID: 25000
Los Angeles, CA
Description
The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate I. In this role you will be responsible for research support.
Laboratory Research support duties can include:
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
Required:
The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate I. In this role you will be responsible for research support.
Laboratory Research support duties can include:
- Enter and manage research data
- Approach patients about being a part of a study
- Conduct screening interviews for study in person and/or remotely (phone or zoom)
- Consenting of subjects
- Help participants complete questionnaires
- Conduct structured diagnostic interviews
- Help with submission of IRBs and manuscripts
- Enter, clean, and analyze data
- Help with manuscript development and support with online submissions of manuscripts
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
Required:
- Spanish speaking required
- Ability to coordinate data collection and data entry for research studies.
- Ability to interact appropriately and congenially with all staff, faculty, students, patients and the public at all times.
- Ability to schedule patient and administrative appointments accurately.
- Skill at prioritizing assignments and ability to work concurrently on several projects.
- Ability to function effectively with several interruptions.
- Ability to work independently and follow through on tasks with minimal direction
- High level ability in the use of a PC using all Windows applications.
- Ability to enter data and manage research data base.
- Ability in the use of SPSS.
- Skill in maintaining organized filing systems.
- Skill in editing reports, correspondence, manuals, etc., for grammar and punctuation.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in the strictest sense.
- Skill in maintaining accurate timekeeping.
- Familiarity with child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
- BA of BS in Psychology or related field preferred
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.