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We are seeking a Clinical Research Liaison and Assessor II to join our team! This position is in the laboratory of David A. Lewis, MD, which is part of the Translational Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. The research focuses on the neural circuitry of the prefrontal cortex and related brain regions and the alterations of this circuitry in schizophrenia. The lab is one of the NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB) Brain and Tissue Repositories (BTRs).
As a member of the NBB Clinical Psychologist team, this position is responsible for: 1) Obtaining consent for brain tissue donation from the next-of-kin of deceased individuals who are undergoing autopsies, 2) Conducting Psychological Autopsies for the deceased by interviewing the next-of-kin, 3) Requesting records from treatment (and other) facilities, 4) Writing detailed case summary reports, 5) Presenting cases at the post-mortem diagnostic conference, 6) Data entry into the NBB database for all demographic and clinical data for each case. Experience with conducting psychological assessments (e.g., SCID), report writing, and grief management.
This position is grant funded.
The Clinical Research Liaison and Assessor II will provide postmortem diagnostic evaluation of decedent research subjects, treatment referrals and counseling to next-of-kin research participants with a variety of neurodevelopmental, behavior and/or mental health concerns, diagnostic interviews/assessments with families, conducts appropriate testing as needed, and provides feedback and recommendations to research team, patients, families, and/ or community agencies/providers. They may function as a sub-specialist within the unit or provide specialty services for other programs and will coordinate with care teams to provide behavioral health treatment referrals across levels of care.
Responsibilities:
Full Time
Hospital
$69k-86k (estimate)
11/23/2023
06/23/2024
upmc.com
PITTSBURGH, PA
>50,000
1893
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
JEFFREY A ROMOFF
$10B - $50B
Hospital
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