Position Opening

[Helen Tager-Flusberg]

PROJECT MANAGER POSITION
Cognitive Psychology/Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2000

We are seeking a full-time project manager to work on a new five-year
NIH-funded research grant.  This research program focuses on social
information processing in children and adults with Williams syndrome.  The
experiments explore whether people with Williams syndrome have spared
abilities in processing faces, speech, and affective information, using
on-line methods. 

	Major responsibilities include: 
· Recruit participants;
· Preparation of stimuli and testing materials, including collecting
normative data
· Organizing testing of  project participants; Coding data
· Maintaining subject, stimulus and data files; preparation of database and
data analysis
· Supervise RA and oversee daily activities on project;
· Preparation of literature reviews, and help in manuscript preparation.

Background and skills needed for this position include: 
· Masters or Doctoral degree in Psychology with strong background in
cognitive science/social-cognition; experimental psychology and statistics; 
· Strong organizational, interpersonal, and computer skills; 
· Knowledge of Windows 97, Microsoft Office; 
· Research experience in experimental/cognitive psychology 

We are seeking a mature, independent and highly motivated person with
strong interest in the areas of the research program, who would enjoy the
experience of being involved in a large and active interdisciplinary
research center.  

This full-time position includes a competitive salary and full benefits
package. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, which is now part of the
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is a non-profit Biomedical and
Psychological  Sciences Research Center which focuses on mental
retardation, and neurodevelopmental disorders.  It is located about 10
miles from downtown Boston, and 5 miles from Harvard Square in Cambridge.

For more information, please send a cover letter, CV/resume, and the names
of 3 references to:
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D., Center for Research on Developmental Disorders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, 200 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02452
Tel:  781-642-0181; Fax: 781-642-0185; htagerf at shriver.org

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Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D.

Please contact me at the Shriver Center:
Senior Scientist
Director, Center for Research		On Sabbatical Leave 					1999-2000:
  on Developmental Disorders,		Research University 					Professor 
Psychological Sciences Division		Department of Psychology
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center		University of Massachusetts
200 Trapelo Road			100 Morrissey Blvd
Waltham, MA 02452			Boston, MA 02125-3393

http://www.shriver.org

email:	htagerf at shriver.org

Tel:	781-642-0181			617-287-6342
Fax:	781-642-0185			617-287-6336

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