Lab Tech/Research Assistant

The Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at UT Dallas has an opening for a Laboratory Technician to join the lab of Dr. Kathryn Smith.

This position will support an NIH-funded research project investigating biobehavioral mechanisms of loss of control eating and related eating-disorder psychopathology in children and adolescents. The position will be based at both the UTD Department of Psychology and the UTD Brain Health Imaging Center (BHIC). The candidate will oversee the implementation of the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) protocol and will serve as the lab's day-to-day presence at BHIC.

Prior hands-on experience collecting neuroimaging data is highly preferred; training on study-specific protocols will be provided. Because participants are children and adolescents accompanied by a caregiver, the applicant must also be comfortable and skilled at engaging warmly and professionally with children and families, and at explaining study procedures in a developmentally appropriate way.

This position is grant funded. Continued employment is contingent on the availability of funds and satisfactory performance.