Sens Post-Baccalaurate Fellowships: Regenerative Medicine (full time)
various locations through Sens Research Foundation
full-time post-graduation – application due 17 February 2020

The Sens Research Foundation's Gap-Year Program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct biomedical research to combat diseases of aging, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The program seeks to prepare participants for a career in regenerative medicine through...

Fellowship: Primary Care Medicine (full time)
MedServe, North Carolina
full-time, post-graduation – two-year position, application deadline 15 February 2020

The MedServe Fellowship is a 2-year service-learning fellowship for recent graduates interested in health careers, especially pre-med and pre-PA students. MedServe is a non-profit with the mission to improve the health of the medically underserved communities of North Carolina while exposing tomorrow’s most promising future providers...

Research Assistant Position: Associative Learning and Virtual Reality
Dr. Alexandra Acunzo and Prof. Elizabeth Phelps, Psychology/FAS
spring and summer 2020


Project description: This study examines whether virtual reality can be used to enhance extinction learning in healthy humans. Animal research has demonstrated that weak learning followed by exploration of a novel open field enhances retention of the learning the next day (Moncada, D., Ballarini, F., & Viola, H. (2015). Behavioral tagging: a translation of the synaptic tagging...

Research Assistant Position: Computational Neuroimaging
Prof. Anastasia Yendiki, Laboratory for Computational Neuroimaging, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
spring 2020


The student researcher will contribute to a project that aims to map connections in the human brain, based on a combination of in vivo diffusion MRI brain scans with prior information from microscopic resolution ex vivo MRI and optical imaging. Brain...

Internships: Brain Health
Dr. Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Integrated Brain Health Clinial and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
spring 2020


The Integrated Brain Health Clinical and Research Program (IBHCRP) at MGH is excited to announce new volunteer opportunities for student volunteers! IBHCRPis a clinical, research and training program. Our mission is to preserve and promote brain health through cutting edge mind-body and lifestyle interventions. We serve individuals on the continuum from health to illness. Dr. Ana-...

Research Coordinator Position: Sleep, Cognition and Neuropsychiatry
Prof. Dara Manoach, Sleep, Cognition and Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) Lab, MGH-Martinos Center / Harvard Medical School
full-time post-graduation (starting May 2020)


We are looking to hire a college graduate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills as a full-time research coordinator for several projects investigating the neural basis and nature of cognitive...

Research Assistant Position: Childhood Onset Depression
Mood, Brain, and Development Unit, Emotion and Development Branch, National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, Maryland)
full-time post-graduation (starting June 2020)
 

Research Associate Positions: Neuroscience and Related Fields
NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University, New York City
full time post-graduation (starting summer 2020)


We are currently seeking to hire outstanding college graduates as research technicians, with positions starting Summer 2020. Technicians generally work in a lab for 1-2 years in preparation for applying to graduate school (PhD, MD/PhD). Research areas include genetics, physiology, molecular biology, neurodegeneration, cognition and behavior, systems neuroscience, developmental biology,...

Research Assistant Positions: Cultural Evolution and Psychology of Story
Manvir Singh, Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab, Human Evolutionary Bi8ology/FAS
fall 2019


Seeking research assistants with interests in narrative, cultural evolution, and human universals to assist with research on cross-cultural patterns in story. Duties: The project will involve gathering ethnography and folklore to compile a cross-cultural database of story with the goal of identifying universal narrative patterns. Students who get involved may be invited to lead their own...

Research Assistant: Translational Neuroimaging and Cognitive Aging
Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University
Maiya Geddes, Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
fall 2019


The Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University provides an intellectually vibrant scientific environment for researchers and scientists, and invites applications for a Research Assistant to join our team. The primary objective of the position is to conduct and coordinate a randomized...

Fellowships: Medical Service-Learning
MedServe, North Carolina
full-time, post-graduation (two-year paid fellowship)


MedServe is a non-profit with the mission to improve the health of the medically underserved communities of North Carolina while exposing tomorrow’s most promising future providers to primary care practice in a way that inspires them to be life-long champions of health equity. We connect recent college graduates with a 2-year paid service-learning fellowship in an underserved primary care clinic. We have placed over 70...

Analyst Positions: Behavioral Social Science Approaches to Social Problems
Center for Radical Innovatio for Social Change (RISC), University of Chicago
full-time, post-graduation (start date August/September 2020, application deadline 13 October 2019)


The Center for Radical Innovation for Social Change (RISC) at the University of Chicago is hiring Analysts! We are a nonprofit founded by Steve Levitt to apply behavioral social sciences and a creative lens to some of the world’s biggest social problems. You will be joining a team of 10 whose...

Research Assistant Positions: Developmental Neuropharmacology
Dr. Susan Andersen, Laboratory for Developmental Neuropharmacology, McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School
fall 2019


The Laboratory for Developmental Neuropharmacology investigates how early insults change the development of neurocircuits involved in addiction and emotion processing. Interested students would be involved in investigating changes in neuroanatomical circuits, gene expression, and behavior following exposure to drugs of abuse or early life stress. Responsibilities: For students able to...