Summer Opportunity: Stanford CARE Scholars

The Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) is offering an immersive, online 9-week summer immersion in data science and vulnerable populations for undergraduate and early graduate students, with a focus on precision medicine in Asian health. This program leverages the unique aspects of Stanford’s research, technology, and medical infrastructure to train Scholars to become precision medicine researchers. You can find more information about this dynamic program on the Stanford CARE Scholars website.

Webinar: Steps to Success with the SHPEP Application

 Webinar: Steps to Success with the SHPEP Application

November 9 | 6 p.m. ET
Join Antonio Mancuso and Stephanie Vink from the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) National Program Office for a 60-minute session focused on the free educational opportunities SHPEP offers and tips for completing an application. Attendees will also gain insight into the SHPEP experience from Austin Rios, who serves as an SHPEP Ambassador. Registration is now open!

Job Opportunity: Full-time Research Assistant, DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project, BU School of Medicine

We are seeking a talented individual to serve as Clinical Research Assistant for the Boston
University (BU) Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center at the National Coordinating
Center for the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project. The DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project is an NIH-funded, 7-year, multi-center, multidisciplinary, longitudinal clinical research study of CTE. The
primary goals of the project are to: develop methods of diagnosing the neurodegenerative
disease, CTE, during life, refine and validate diagnostic criteria for the clinical diagnosis of CTE,
and investigate genetic and head impact exposure risk factors for CTE. The National
Coordinating Center is located within the BU CTE Center at BU School of Medicine. All baseline
evaluations (on former NFL players, former collegiate football players, and men with no
contact sport or military history) are complete, with follow-up evaluations being conducted
remotely.

Responsibilities
• Coordinate and conduct remote study evaluations, including consenting and determining decisional capacity
• Administration and scoring of telephone- and video-based neuropsychological tests and other assessments
• Schedule in-home phlebotomy appointments and shipping of blood samples
• Screen study participants ahead of remote evaluations
• Support study team by aiding with participant evaluations, data collection, and data management

Qualifications
• Bachelors’ degree (or equivalent) in Psychology/Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Public Health, Sports Medicine, Pre-Med track, or related field
• Exceptional organizational, interpersonal, and oral and written communication skills
• Proven excellence as a team player
• Previous experience in a clinical research setting is preferred

2-year Minimum Commitment
Team member will have exposure to a wide range of study procedures and there is potential for authorship on publications.

To Apply
Email a cover letter and resume to:
The DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project Administrative Coordinator, Kaleb Batten, kobatten@bu.edu

www.sternneurolab.org ● http://diagnosecte.com

Cambridge Coaching MCAT Webinar: Lipids

It's a weekly live webinar about a high yield MCAT topic. It's short, sweet, and packed with valuable insight into both the topic at hand and how it's tested on the MCAT. While we are in the process of developing these materials, we are offering the webinar for free. Consider yourself a pilot student for a future Cambridge Coaching MCAT course, or textbook, or self-study platform (only the future can tell). All we ask in exchange is that you keep coming, participate in Q & A, share your feedback, and let friends know about this resource. This webinar's topic will be Lipids for the MCAT, and will take place Friday October 15 at 1pm EST. 

Register for this week's webinar here.