Research Support Assistant II

Job Title: Research Support Assistant II

Grade: 10

Salary: $21.23 -$25.55

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is seeking a qualified hourly, part time Research Support Assistant II for a short-term position to investigate neural activity and serotonin biosensor signals obtained from brain tissue in preclinical models of stress and fear generalization

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include:

• Preprocessing and normalization of simultaneous neural activity and serotonin signals;
• Implementing and validating three computational analyses: multivariate Hidden Markov Models, Representational Similarity Analysis, and linear decoding with permutation testing
• Extracting per-animal metrics for group-level statistical comparison;
• Generating publication-quality figures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in science and/or information technology
• At least (1) Year experience with Python and MATLAB
• At least (1) Year experience analyzing time series signals
• At least (1) Year experience with probabilistic classification models in NumPy, SciPy, and SciKit-learn

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least (1) Year experience with probabilistic modeling or dynamical systems;
• Familiarity with neuroscience or biosensor data;
• Prior exposure to HiddenMarkov Models or representational similarity analysis

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

To Apply: Submit an application through our website at https://rfmh.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.