Research Intern (Academic Credit) - Gonzales Lab - Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai

Los Angeles, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Jan, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Clinical Research, Data Management, Statistical Analyses, Hypothesis Development, Abstract Writing, Informed Consent Process, Human Subjects Protection, Community-Based Participatory Research, Cognitive Assessments, Research Ethics, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Research Literature Review, Data Quality Assurance, Research Hypothesis Testing, REDCap

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

About Us: We are a leading research institution committed to advancing scientific knowledge and innovation. Our team is dedicated to conducting ground breaking research and providing meaningful learning opportunities for aspiring scientists. Join us and contribute to our mission while gaining invaluable experience in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Principal Investigator, Mitzi Gonzales, PhD invites you to consider this great opportunity to join her dynamic team! Overview of Department & Mentor The Goldrich Center for Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders clinic occupies 15,000 square feet on the 6th floor of the Cedars-Sinai the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion (AHSP) building, which contains 100,000 square feet of state-of-the-art wet lab and supporting space for neuroscience and neurology related research. The Center oversees the care of over 500 patients per year, has two fellowship-trained behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry specialists, one fellowship trained geriatric medicine specialist, one fellowship trained geriatric psychiatrist, three memory disorders nurse practitioners, one behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry fellow, two neuropsychologists specializing in memory disorders, and one dedicated social worker. Center research personnel include one research manager and one memory disorders clinical research coordinator. Dr. Mitzi Gonzales is an Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology and the Director of Translational Research for the Goldrich Center for Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and clinician scientist, who has led and collaborated on large-scale research efforts evaluating plasma proteins, sensory-motor functioning, and broader aging phenotypes as biomarkers for neurodegenerative disease risk. Dr. Sarah Kremen is an Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology, where she serves as the Director of the Neurobehavior Program in the Department of Neurology and the Goldrich Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders Center. She is a board-certified neurologist with subspecialty training in Neurobehavior and Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Kremen's research focuses on clinicopathological correlation in neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease clinical trials, and the lived impact of implementation of new diagnostics and therapies. Dr. Gonzales and Dr. Kremen co-lead for the Goldrich Observational ADRD Longitudinal studies, which the visiting scholar will partake in. Role Summary & Objectives The Research Intern will have the opportunity to work with an interdisciplinary team of neuropsychologists, neurologists, geriatricians, and clinical researchers with expertise in aging and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The Research Intern will be immersed in the clinical research process, gaining experience on study design and implementation. The Research Intern will be able to partake in two clinical research studies. The first, the GOAL Study, is an internally funded project that aims to establish a longitudinal cohort of individuals of across the ADRD continuum. The second is the RAPID study, which deploys brief cognitive testing and questionnaires relevant to ADRD. The Research Intern will learn fundamental skills relevant to clinical research in aging and ADRD including best practices for the informed consent process, human subjects protection, clinical cohort study design, and community-based participatory research engagement. The overarching goal is to provide foundational clinical research skills that the successful candidate can utilize to develop independent research projects in the future. In addition, the Research Intern will learn data management skills using REDCap, basic statistical analyses, hypothesis development, and abstract writing. The successful candidate will develop and implement a clinical research project that can be completed using existing datasets and will produce an abstract that can be submitted to a local or national research conference. Role Activities & Timeline January 15th - January 31st: Human subjects' training; research ethics, fundamentals of the informed consent process. February 1st – February 14th: Clinical research study design review; discussion of observational research projects; protocol review. February 15th – March 14th: Overview community-engaged research, introduction to neurodegenerative diseases; observations of observational clinical research procedures; attend consensus reviews and team meetings; introduction to data coding, REDCap; research literature review. March 15th – April 14th: introduction to cognitive assessments; hands on administration practice; observations of observational clinical research procedures; attend consensus reviews and team meetings; data quality assurance and management; research hypothesis generation. April 15th – May 15th: observations of observational clinical research procedures; attend consensus reviews and team meetings; research hypothesis testing and basic statistics, research abstract writing. All weeks: mentorship in clinical trial design, implementation, data management, statistics, and abstract writing. Systems Access: REDCap. Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents. Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

Responsibilities

The Research Intern will work with an interdisciplinary team on clinical research studies related to aging and Alzheimer's disease. They will gain experience in study design, data management, and develop a clinical research project.