Term Area (Neuroscience, Course Credit Pay Researcher and Lab Description Duties
Cognitive, Option Y/N option
Developmental, Y/N
Social, and/or
Clinical)
7/22/2016 Spring Developmental Yes No PI: Dr. Yarrow Dunham, The Social Cognitive Development Lab is
2018, Fall Researchers: Various looking for highly motivated Yale
2018 undergraduates who are interested in
helping us uncover how children and adults
perceive the world around them and, more
specifically, how they think and reason about
social groups and intergroup experiences.
If interested, descriptions of graduate
student and post-doctoral research interests
can be found at http://www.socialcogdev.
com/people/. Wow
7/25/16 Spring Clinical, Yes No Dr. Dylan Gee, Assistant The Yale Clinical Affective Neuroscience &
2018 Developmental, Professor of Psychology, Yale Development Lab is seeking highly
Neuroscience Clinical Affective Neuroscience motivated Yale undergraduate students
& Development Lab looking to gain research experience in
clinical psychology and developmental
neuroscience. The lab uses behavioral,
psychophysiological, and neuroimaging
techniques to study the development of
anxiety and stress-related disorders across
childhood and adolescence. We are
especially interested in typical and atypical
trajectories of brain development related to
emotional behavior, the effects of early-life
adversity, and translating knowledge from
basic science to optimize clinical treatments.
7/26/16 Fall 2017 - Cognitive / Yes No Marvin Chun, Professor, Visual The student will be involved in cognitive
Spring Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Lab neuroscience research using fMRI and
2018 computational modeling.The student should
have superb analytic and programming
skills. Experience with R, Matlab, Python,
and/or machine learning techniques would
be a plus, but not necessary for
consideration.
January 2017 Spring Clinical and Yes, volunteer No Professor Joy Kaufman (PI), Using an implementation science frame, our
2017 - Community available as well Department of Psychiatry, research team evaluates community-based
Spring Division of Prevention and interventions with the goal of determining the
2020 Community Research factors that lead to successful
implementation of evidenced-based or
promising practices and understanding the
effecteveness of these interventions in
improving the health and safety of
community residents. We are seeking two
undergraduate research assistants to assist
with qualitative coding 1) for a variety of
public health projects that focus on cancer
control, hypertension, and obesity
prevention and 2) for a National evaluation
of interventions to reduce domestic violence
related homicide. Students will be trained in
qualitative data analytic techniques, will be
exposed to theories and methods for
community-based research and will learn
strategies to report research findings to
community providers and community
members. Please email amy.griffin@yale.
edu if interested.
2/17/17 2017-2019 Developmental, Possibly Yes Monica Ordway, PhD, APRN,
Social, Sleep Yale School of Nursing
We are conducting a descriptive study
involving recruitment of caregivers and their
12-24 month old children to examine the
relationships among stress, sleep, and
health in children living with socioeconomic
adversity. We collect sleep data using
actigraphy as well as biomarkers from hair
and saliva.
3/27/17 Fall 2017 - Behavioral No Yes Stephanie Groman, PhD, Yale We are conducting studies aimed at
Spring neuroscience School of Medicine Department identifying the neural and behavioral
2018 of Psychiatry mechanisms of drug addiction. Our studies
utilize advance neuroimaging and viral
approaches to parse apart the biological
processes that are risk factors for addiction
from those that are a consequence of the
disorder. Our work is heavily focused on
developing translationally analogous
behavioral tasks in rodents to provide results
that can be directly translated to humans.
4/6/17 Summer Social and Yes during the No Lucy Armentano, Aleena Hay,
2017, Fall Personality semester Prof. Margaret Clark (PI) of the
Do you want to better understand how close
2017, and (Volunteer Clark Relationships Lab
relationships work? Or find out more about
beyond options
how people convey emotions to one
available as
another, both in words and through body
well)
language? We are interested in questions
such as: Is what you say more important
than what you show when expressing
emotion? Is the strength of your relationship
with your partner related to how you express
emotion? Our lab seeks a few motivated
research assistants to continue running an
ongoing study examining the communication
of emotions in romantic relationships. We’re
bringing real couples into the lab to see how
they interact, in real time. Research
assistants can start quickly getting trained,
learning the ethical guidelines and being
approved to run participants, and, then,
actually running participants. Previous
research experience is preferred, although
not necessary. The Clark Lab members are
committed to making this a truly educational
experience for those broadly interested in
research.
4/6/17 Spring Social Psychology No No Roseanna Sommers (Faculty I am looking for students who are interested
2017- advisor: Tom Tyler) in the intersection of psychology and law.
Spring This position will be particularly enriching for
2018 undergraduates who plan to attend law
school or pursue an advanced degree in
psychology or public policy. No research
experience is necessary. You will learn by
doing!
4/8/17 Fall 17 - Clinical No No Seth Axelrod, Dept of Learn about problems of chronic emotional
Spring 18 Psychiatry, YIELD dysregulation and patterns of dangerous
impulsive urges and behaivor including
suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, and
substance use disorders in a Day Hospital
setting. Our studies relate to Borderline
Personality Disorder and Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT). Ideal for students
intending to pursue clinical psychology or
related fields.
4/9/17 Spring Social, Yes No Dr. Molly Crockett, Assistant Blaise Pascal described human beings as
2018, Fall Neuroscience, Professor of Psychology, “the glory and scum of the universe”. Each
2018, and Cognitive Crockett Lab of us carries blueprints for an astonishing
beyond range of social behaviors, from the heroic to
the atrocious. The Crockett Lab seeks to
understand this paradox by investigating the
psychological and neural mechanisms of
social learning and decision-making. Current
research questions include: What makes us
behave morally when no one is watching?
Why does moral outrage feel so good? What
do we think of liars? How do we decide
whether to trust someone? Our approach
integrates social psychology, behavioral
economics, neuroscience and philosophy.
We use a range of methods including
behavioral experiments, computational
modeling, brain imaging, and pharmacology.
4/11/17 Fall 2017 - Neuroscience Yes No Dr. Steve Chang, Assistant How does the human brain make social
plus Professor of Psychology and decisions impacting others? Students will
Neuroscience use novel neuroeconomics tasks designed
to understand the neural mechanisms of self
and other processing using fMRI in humans.
Students will work closely with graduate
students to design studies, collect data, and
analyze data. (http://changlab.yale.
edu/gallery/welcome-lab)
4/11/17 Fall 2017 - Developmental/Cog Y Yes Lab: Cognition & Development How do children of different ages reason
Spring nitive Lab Researcher: Richard Ahl about the “inside parts” of animals and
2018 (PhD Student) PI: Dr. complex artifacts? What expectations do
Frank Keil children hold about such features, which are
crucial to functioning but hidden from sight?
With Dr. Frank Keil, Professor of
Psychology, I explore how children and
adults mentally represent the “insides” of
complex causal systems, such as animals
and machines.
4/13/17 Spring Social, Cognitive Yes (Volunteer No Brian Earp, Experimental We are looking for a research assistant to
2018 options Philosophy and Automaticity in help with a cluster of studies looking at
available as Cognition, Motivation, and moral disagreement, perception of pain, and
well) Evaluation labs (directed by the concept and nature of true love. There
Profs Joshua Knobe and John may also be some opportunities to work on a
Bargh, respectively) project concerning belief in free will.
5/14/2017 Fall 2017 - Social Cognition Yes No The Automaticity in Cognition, There are two projects which we are
Beyond Motivation, and Emotion Lab - currently working on. (1) Do lay people exist
Professor John Bargh (PI: who can accurately judge the feelings,
Anton Gollwitzer and John thoughts, and behaviors of other people? In
Bargh) other words, do ‘super psychologists’ exist in
the general population? What cognitive,
social, and personality constructs relate to
having such an ability? Specific tasks will
include reviewing literature, designing
experiments, collecting data, editing papers.
(2) Does a domain-general dislike of pattern
deviancy underlie individuals' prejudice and
stigmatization. Can dislike of deviancy even
in simple geomtric shapes (one triangle
slightly out of line in a row of triangles)
predict prejudice and stigmatization? All are
welcome to apply! anton.gollwitzer@yale.
edu
6/8/17 Summer Clinical, Yes The McPartland Lab investigates autism
2017 - Neuroscience spectrum disorder from a clinical neuroscience
Beyond perspective. Our lab is part of the Yale Autism
Program and the Developmental Disabilities
Clinic at the Yale Child Study Center. We are
seeking highly motivated Yale undergraduate
students looking to gain research experience in
both clinical psychology and developmental
neuroscence. Our research focuses on using EEG
and eye-tracking techniques, along with
behavorial measures and clinical assessments to
better understand the social difficulties
associated with autism specrtrum disorder in
Dr. James McPartland, Associate both children and adults. The McPartland lab
Professor of Child Psychiatry and has multiple ongoing research projects in which
Psychology (PI). The McPartland interested students will have the opportunity to
Lab, Yale Child Study Center, Yale learn about and become involved in. (http:
N School of Medicine //medicine.yale.edu/lab/mcpartland)
6/28/2017 Fall 2017 Neuroscience Yes No Professor Alex Kwan, The Kwan lab is a systems neuroscience lab
and Department of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale
beyond
School of Medicine. Research in the lab uses
a variety of techniques particularly cellular-
resolution in vivo imaging and behavioral
paradigms to understand the role of frontal
cortex in cognitive behaviors and in mouse
models of neuropsychiatric diseases. We
are specifically looking for students
interested in how neural circuits are
impaired in mouse models of Alzheimer’s
disease (AD) and schizophrenia (SZ). Tasks
include analyzing in vivo imaging data from
pharmacological and genetic models of AD
and SZ, performing brain histology,
immunohistochemistry, and training mice.
Over time, the project can be extended
depending on the student’s commitment
and interests. No background is necessary,
all training will be provided. Many trainees
in the past three years have completed
honors theses in the lab, and gone on to
MD programs or won competitive
fellowships.
Average weekly Minimum
commitments Required
Semesters
Research assistants will be directly involved in 8-12 hours per week 2 preferred To learn more or apply for a
preparation of experiments, facilitation of (flexible). Weekend position, please contact the lab
experiments (within the lab and during school hours available. manager, Helena Wippick, at
and museum visits) and data collection. RAs helena.wippick@yale.edu .
may support ongoing projects in the lab or be
assigned to a specific study, depending on
need. RAs are encouraged to attend weekly lab If you are interested in a specific
meetings, weekly reading groups, and have grad student or post-doc’s work,
weekend availiability for going to recruitment please indicate that in your email.
events and weekend museum shifts. RAs must
be comfortable interacting with young children
ages 3-12 as well as parents in person and
over the phone.
10 hours/week 2 Send a CV/resume, paragraph on
Research assistants will have the opportunity to previous research experience (if
contribute to many stages of the research any) and interest in the position,
process including recruitment, phone screening class year, major, and GPA to
for clinical participants, data collection (with dylan.gee@yale.edu
children, adolescents, parents, and adult
participants), preparing participants for the MRI
scan, managing and analyzing data,
development of experiment-related materials,
and discussion of current projects and results at
our regular lab meetings. Previous research
experience is preferred but not required. This
position is ideal for students with interests in
clinical child & adolescent psychology and
neuroscience.
5-10 hours/week 1 marvin.chun@yale.edu
(flexible)
Most of the work will involve analyzing data,
although we may also seek assistance in
developing and running experiments. In the
past, advanced students have published
refereed journal papers from the lab (http:
//camplab.psych.yale.edu/links.html
Undergraduate assistants will be trained in
qualitative data analysis procedures and will
apply them to focus group and interview
transcripts. Students will be trained to code and
analyze data using NVivo software. Students
may also be asked to conduct literature reviews
or to create written summaries of findings and if
desired can be involved in the development of
manuscripts.
8-10 hours per week.
Scheduling is flexibile.
As part of your experience, you will be 1; 2 preferred monica.ordway@yale.edu
mentored, work independently/as a group on
projects/tasks, and attend weekly lab meetings.
You will be asked to attend home visits with the
principal investigator or a member of the
research team. You must enjoy interacting with
young children and their families. Such work
requires multi-tasking, patience, creativity,
respect, sensitivity, and the ability to “think on
your toes!” 5-10 hours flexible
We are looking for several highly motivated, 1 year (with stephanie.groman@yale.edu
enthusiastic individuals to assist with collecting potential to
behavioral data, conducting molecular assays extend)
(including immunohistochemistry, western blot,
and monoamine quantification), assisting with
neuroimaging studies and data analysis.
Although previous laboratory experience is
preferred, it is not necessary.
40 hrs/week
Research assistants will be able to take part in 8-10 hours with flexible 1 required (2 Contact Lucy Armentano (lucylle.
all aspects of research, from recruitment scheduling preferred) armentano@yale.edu) as soon as
through data analysis. This will involve possible for more information or to
scheduling participants, running experimental express interest
sessions with couples in the lab, emotion
coding, data management, and theoretical
discussions, among other things. (Note: We
don’t expect applicants to already know how to
do these things – they will be trained by our
research team.)
You will have the opportunity to participate fully n/a Email roseanna.sommers@yale.
in all stages of research: conducting literature edu. Please include a short
searches, planning experiments, designing paragraph describing (1) any
study stimuli and materials, recruiting research classes you have taken related to
participants, administering study materials, psychology, law, or policy, if any;
analyzing data, and discussing results. If you (2) any prior experience with
wish, you will also have the opportunity to read research, if any; and (3) your year
legal texts and cases. This is a volunteer and major (if you have one).
position; you can decide what activities you
would like to pursue, and we can tailor the
experience to your interests. Flexible
1-2 students will work on Dialectical Behavior 2 seth.axelrod@yale.edu. Please
Therapy Quality Imnprovement research include a paragraph explaining
including facilitating data collection by your interest and any prior clinical
interacting with patients and clinicians, data and/or research related
checking, and performing preliminary statistical experience.
analyses. Students will attend clinically rich
weekly team meetings. Students may also help
with literature reviews and manuscript
preparation.
10 hours/week
Research assistants are full members of the lab 1 required (2 Email Dr Crockett (molly.
and will be included in all aspects of our preferred) crockett@yale.edu) and include a
research, from literature review and CV and a brief paragraph
experimental design, to study implementation explaining your interest in the lab
(including participant recruitment and testing), and any previous research
to data analysis and presentation. experience
~10 hours per week,
flexible
Students are expected to be a motivated and 1 semester (2 steve.chang@yale.edu
engaged member of the lab. Programming or more
experiences are strongly encouraged. Students preferred)
will help design studies, collect data, and
analyze data with a graduate student mentor.
10 hours/week
I am seeking diligent, motivated, and detail- RAs will work 5-10 1; two is richard.ahl@yale.edu
oriented research assistants who will help hours per week preferred
contribute to our projects. RAs will have the (flexible).
opportunity to help design, implement, analyze,
and interpret new research studies. RAs will
gain first-hand experience with many stages of
the research process. Much of our work will
involve collecting data with children; previous
experience with children is not required, but a
willingness to learn is a must! Attendance at
weekly lab meetings (time TBD) is encouraged
but not required. Because much of our data
collection takes place at children’s museums,
RAs must work at least one weekend data
collection shift per month.
Knowledge with online survey software (like
Qualtrics) as well as experience performing
basic statistical analyses is a plus. The
research assistant will help with designing
studies and materials, searching the literature,
collecting data, and analyzing results.
Independent (supervised) projects in these
areas, e.g., for senior thesis research, are
encouraged. Contact brian.earp@yale.edu for
more information.
Specific tasks will include reviewing literature, 10 hours per week. 1 Simply contact me! anton.
locating and collecting data, statistical analysis. Scheduling is flexible. gollwitzer@yale.edu
Students may enroll for research experience, a
senior project, volunteer, and/or depending on
the level of contribution be included as an
author on possible papers
Students will learn about several aspects of the
research process; stimulus creation, literature
reviews, data collection and analysis. They will will
receive training in several aspects of
electrophysiological brain research including
experimental design; programming experimental
paradigms; analyzing and extracting EEG and ERP
data. They will also gain further experience with
data management and clinical assessments by
helping score and file measures. They will have the
oppportunity to observe cases in the autism clinic
and help with child supervision during parent
feedback sessions. Students can work towards an
independent research project, but are required to
be involved with our work in the lab for 1 year prior
to undertaking a thesis involving original data
collection. 8-10 hours per week. 2 james.mcpartland@yale.edu
Analyzing in vivo imaging data from 10 hours per week 1 (2 preferred) Email alex.kwan@yale.edu citing
pharmacological and genetic models of AD and this advert on the psychology
SZ, performing brain histology, website
immunohistochemistry, training mice and other
duties as necessary to develop the project. No
background is necessary, all training will be
provided.
 Term Area (Neuroscience, Course Credit Pay Researcher and Lab Description
Cognitive, Option Y/N option
Developmental, Y/N
Social, and/or
Clinical)
7/20/2017 Spring Clinical, child Yes No David Saunders, MD, PhD (PI: Are you interested in mindfulness and/or
2018 and psychology/psychiat Hedy Kober), Clinical & meditation practice? Do you enjoy working
Beyond ry Affective Neuroscience Lab with children? Do you ever wonder how
(Psychology, Psychiatry, meditation could impact attention regulation?
Neuroscience, Cog Sci), Child If so, we are seeking an undergraduate to
Study Center join the lab to help study mindfulness
practices in child and adolescent
populations.
Broadly speaking, the Clinical and Affective
Neuroscience Lab (PI: Hedy Kober, canlab.
yale.edu) studies the regulation of craving
from behavioral, clinical,
psychophysiological, and functional
neuroimaging (fMRI) perspectives.
Additionally (and relatedly), the lab has a
longstanding interest in mindfulness-based
interventions, both within and outside the
context of craving/addiction. At present, Drs.
Saunders and Kober are running two
mindfulness-related projects: a pilot study of
a mindfulness-based ADHD treatment for
children and a meta-analysis of mindfulness-
based interventions in children and
adolescents.
Previous research not required. This
position is ideal for bright, engaged and
interested students from all fields of study.
8/3/2017 Anytime! Behavioral Yes No Li Yan McCurdy (graduate We're interested in understanding what goes
neuroscience, student), in Michael Nitabach's on in the fruit-fly's brain during learning.
Neurobiology lab (Sterling Hall of Medicine) We've known for decades that flies can be
classically conditioned (think Pavlov's dogs)
to associate odors with punishment, but it's
less clear exactly HOW they learn it. We
know that mammalian brains learn by
performing the same computations that
machines use (i.e. machine-learning
algorithms), but it's hard to figure out how
neurons calculate things, because
mammalian brains are big and complicated.
On the other hand, fruit-flies have a much
simpler nervous system (100k neurons in
flies vs 100b neurons in humans), and we
have cool genetic tools that let us
manipulate and visualize activity in really
precise subsets of neurons. So we think flies
are a great animal to use to understand how
neurons implement computations that
generate behavior, which is a really
fundamental question in neuroscience.
8/20/17 Fall 2017 Developmental; Y Y Aaron Chuey, Emmanuel Are you interested in studying our
and Cognitive Trouche (Faculty: Frank Keil); understanding of how things work and how
beyond Cognition and Development such understandings change as we grow
Lab up? The Cognition and Development Lab is
looking for a research assistant for next Fall
and Winter to assist in one or more studies
about children’s and adults’ cognitions
concerning mechanisms in biology and
various everyday devices. If you are
interested in causality, intuitive theories,
science education, or cognitive
development, this position might interest
you. We are seeking 3 part-time paid
research assistants for the upcoming
academic year. Research assistants will
primarily assist in subject recruitment and
data acquisition, but with potential to also be
involved in stimulus design, data analysis,
and general lab tasks. RA's will primarily be
working with children ages 5-10, so
experience and comfortability with children is
a big plus. A car, while not required, is also a
plus. Please email aaron.chuey@yale.edu
with your resume/CV, research experience,
and 1 or 2 professional or academic
references.
8/31/17 Fall 2017 Neuroscience, Y N Dr. Michael Crowley Lab
and developmental,
beyond clinical Our work focuses on the broad area of child
and adolescent self-regulation. We study a
range of topics related to self-regulation
including anxiety, avoidance, risk aversion,
ostracism/social exclusion, risk-taking/
substance use risk, reward processing,
mindfulness and self-compassion.
9/6/2017 Fall 2017 Neuroeconomics Y (and N We focus on individual differences in judgment
and and Clinical volunteer) and decision making in both healthy and clinical
beyond Neuroscience populations. The most recent group of projects
investigates (1) abnormal patterns in reward
processing and uncertainty attitudes in Obsessive
Compulsive and Hoarding disorders, and (2)
social choices in individuals with hypomanic
Dr. Helen Pushkarskaya, Levy temperament. Our research combines data from
Decision Neuroscience Lab and clinical interviews, behavioral and neuroimaging
OCD Research Clinic experiments, and large-scale surveys.
9/7/2017 Summer Clinical Y (and N Molly Crossman (PI: Alan E. Our lab is dedicated to learning more about
2018 and volunteer) Kazdin, PhD), Yale Innovative how individuals of all ages interact with
beyond Interactions Lab animals and robots to improve their own
wellbeing and cope with the challenges of
daily life. Examples of ongoing projects are
an investigation of the influence of pet dogs
on maternal-child interactions and a study of
emotional contagion between people and
dogs. For summer 2018 and Fall 2019, this
position will involve recruiting and running
participants in lab-based studies, behavioral
coding, entering and cleaning data, and
participating in day-to-day administration of
the lab. Opportunities to learn the Facial
Action Coding System (FACS), DogFACS,
and/or maternal mind-mindedness (mother-
child interaction) coding schemes. Students
may also be involved in conducting literature
reviews and conducting online studies. This
is an excellent experience for students
interested in clinical psychology, children
and families, human-animal interaction, and
research. For more information please see
iilab.yale.edu
9/20/17 Fall 2018, Social Yes (Volunteer No Kathleen Oltman, PI: Dr. John
Spring options Dovidio, Intergroup Relations
2018 available as Lab
well)
11/30/17 Remainder Behavioral Yes No Carol Gianessi, (Graduate We are conducting studies aimed at
of 2017 - neuroscience Student) PI: Dr. Jane Taylor identifying the neural and behavioral
Spring Interdepartmental mechanisms of alcoholism using rodent
2018 Neuroscience Program, Yale models. Our studies utilize pharmacology
Graduate School of Arts and and viral approaches to determine the
Sciences contributions of the endogenous
cannabinoid system to the formation and
expression of alcohol habits. Our work is
focused on developing treatments for
alcohol abuse based on understanding of
the neurobiology involved.
12/4/2017 Fall 2018, Social Y (volunteer No Brian Bink (PI: Professor Are you interested in understanding
and Spring options as well) Margaret Clark). Yale relationships and what can be done to
2019 Relationships Science improve them? Do you want to learn about
Laboratory the ins-and-outs of research, including
creating, running, and analyzing studies?
And, do you want to work on research that
has the potential to improve relationships,
increase life-satisfaction, and improve one’s
well-being? If these questions excite you,
than I encourage you to apply for one of our
open research assistant positions at the
Clark Relationship Science Laboratory at
Yale University. This opportunity is available
to volunteers and students requiring course
credit, and requires a minimum of 8 hours
per week.
12/4/17 Spring Clinical, Yes Yes BJ Casey, Director of the We are looking for research assistants to
2018 & neuroscience Fundamentals of the help with the national landmark Adolescent
onward Adoelscent Brain (FAB) Lab Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD)
study to track brain development and health
in 10,000 children through adolescence (see
abcdstudy.org). At Yale, we are enrolling
and following 600 families. Experience
working with children and teens (either
formal or informal) is required.
12/4/17 Spring Clinical Yes (and N Yale Child Study Center -
2018 - volunteer) Anxiety & Mood Disorders
Summer Program. PIs: Wendy K.
2018 Silverman, Phd (Professor,
Director) and Eli Lebowitz, PhD
(Assistant Professor, Associate Under the direction of Dr. Wendy Silverman,
Director) the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program
focuses on developing and evaluating
treatments and mechanisms relevant to the
development and maintenance of anxiety
and its disorders in youth. Our studies utilize
motion tracking technology, behavioral,
imaging, and biological data to examine
these questions.
12/4/17 Fall 2018- Developmental Yes (Volunteer No TheChildLab.com (run by Drs. We are running a wide range of
Spring options Mark Sheskin Frank Keil of the developmental studies with children ages 5-
2019 available as well Yale Cognition and 12 around the world, via video chat. This is a
for current Yale Development Lab) new approach to doing developmental
students) studies, and we are excited about it for
several reasons, including the ability to
recruit from a more diverse population than
just around New Haven (including
internationally). For more information, please
see TheChildLab.com
12/4/17 Spring Developmental Y 8/30/17 Fall 2017 and beyond Neuroscience, Clinical
2018, Neuroscience
Summer
2018, Fall
2018
12/5/17 Spring Developmental Y No The Yale Infant Cognition
2018 - Fall Center PI: Dr. Karen Wynn Our research broadly focuses on social
2018 Researchers: Various cognition in infancy. We are running a
number of studies with infants & toddlers
ranging from 3-59 months. These studies
are largely focused on discovering what
infants think about various aspects of the
social world. Some of the topics we look at
include examining infants' preferences for
characters based on their social behavior or
group membership and infants' reasoning
about the natural world. More information
about our research can be found at http:
//campuspress.yale.edu/infantlab/
12/6/2017 Spring Social Y Y Social Perception and Our research in the SPCL lab broadly
2018- Communication Lab (PI: Dr. focuses on psychological
Spring Jennifer Richeson) phenomena related to cultural diversity,
2019 centering around the predictors
and consequences of stereotyping,
prejudice, discrimination, and,
ultimately, inequality. The current study aims
to replicate and extend
research related to physiological
consequences of contending with
discrimination.
Duties Average weekly Minimum
commitments Required
Semesters
Research assistants are full members of the 2 david.saunders@yale.edu --
CAN lab. You will be included in all aspects of Please include a short paragraph
the mindfulness-related projects, with the describing yourself, your interests,
potential to participate in others. why you want to work in the lab,
Responsibilities may include interacting with what you could contribute. Be sure
participants (children with ADHD) and their to also include the following
parents in all phases of the clinical trial information: - Previous research
(recruitment, screening, intervention, follow-up), and/or clinical experience (if any);
literature searches, assisting with data - Previous coursework in relevant
management, potentially data analysis and/or fields; - Year, Major, GPA; and a
data presentation. CV.
10 hours per week (or
more)
Research assistants will perform behavioral 1 liyan.mccurdy@yale.edu
experiments on fruit-flies. They will learn basic
fly husbandry, genetics and maintenance, basic
wet lab skills (e.g. pipetting), and run
sophisticated optogenetic behavioral
experiments, in which light is used to artificially
activate specific neurons during learning odor-
punishment associations, to investigate the role
of different neurons during learning. ***Previous
experience NOT required. The research project
is a great introduction to wet-lab research,
where basic wet-lab skills will be taught, whilst
performing sophisticated behavioral
experiments. Strong emphasis placed on
mentoring, so you'll be in good hands!
>=8 hours per week,
very flexible
Research assistants will be involved primarily in 1 (2 upon aaron.chuey@yale.edu
data collection, but with potential to engage in satisfactory
other aspects of the research process as well performance)
(stimulus development, data analysis, etc.).
Potential RA's will primarily work with children
ages 5-10 at local museums and preschools,
and comfortability/experience with children is a
must. (Research Assistants will receive
extensive training before formal interactions
with child participants)
5-10 hours (flexible)
1 To apply, contact: Dr. Michael
Crowley
Training will be provided on state-of-the-art
michael.crowley@yale.edu
EEG data collection techniques. Opportunities
(203) 326-8891
are available for undergraduate research
projects. Research assistants can be expected
to run patients and trials, review literature, and
other tasks.
8 hours per week.
(Flexible)
1 required, 2 To apply, contact Dr. Helen
Training will be provided on fMRI, eye-tracking, preferred Pushkarskaya, helen.
and behavioral data collection and analyses. pushkarskaya@yale.edu
Opportunities are available for undegraduate
research projects. Research assistants will
work directly with patients and healthy
participants; work on data analysis, record
keeping, and manuscript preparation.
Specifically looking for at least one person with
programing experience. 8-10 hours (flexible)
Recruiting, consenting, and running subjects, 1 molly.crossman@yale.edu
data entry and management; behavioral coding;
literature reviews; and related lab tasks.
Opportunities are available to learn behavioral
coding schemes and to participate in
manuscript preparation.
8-10 hours
RA's will qualitatively code the email responses 8 1 preferred, Please contact kathleen.
according to a standard set of instructions. This negotiable oltman@yale.edu as soon as
qualitative coding will be done primarily through possible.
"Google Sheets" so familiarity with and
understanding of Google-based systems is
required. RAs will be expected to practice the
coding scheme (identifiying positive and
negative words, identifying first- and second-
person pronouns) and demonstrate proficiency
in the qualitative coding system before
receiving access to experimental materials.
RAs may work wherever they would like, and at
their own pace, but it is our hope that RAs will
be able to commit to completing 80-100 email
codes per week.
- RAs will be responsible for maintaining their
Responsible Conduct of Research Certification
with the Yale Institutional Review Board
(certification takes 1-2 hours in an online
course available from the Yale IRB website).
We are looking for several highly motivated, 1 semester carol.gianessi@yale.edu
enthusiastic individuals to assist with collecting (with potential
behavioral data, conducting molecular assays to extend)
(including immunohistochemistry), and data
analysis. Although previous laboratory
experience is preferred, it is not necessary.
minimum 10 hrs/week
Working with participants, recruiting Minimum of 8 hours 1 required Contact Brian.bink@yale.edu
participants, analyzing data, literature searches, per week
discussing theories and ideas, planning and
preparations for future studies
2 contact bj.casey@yale.edu and
provide a resume or CV and a few
These positions offer experience in recruiting, sentences on why you would like
screening and testing participants. The to work on this study.
research will provide opportunities to gain
experience in imaging, biospecimen collection,
and in neurocognitve and clinical assessments.
Contact: bj.casey@yale.edu for more
information. 10 hours/week
We are seeking talented, highly motivated 2 carla.marin@yale.edu
undergraduates (sophomores and beyond) to
participate in research training opportunities at
the Yale Child Study Center. Training will be
provided on the day‐to‐day operations of a
childhood anxiety disorders specialty research
clinic. Students will learn about anxiety
treatment research
through direct participation. Duties include: 1)
administering questionnaires, 2) data entry and
analysis, 3) running bevarial assessment tasks.
Opportunites are available for students to
develop independent research projects under
the mentorship of a faculty member. 10 hours/week
Research assistants can get involved with 1 mark.sheskin@yale.edu
designing and running specific projects
(including, but not limited to, investigating
children's developing understanding of
science), as well as with developing the online
platform in general. Interest or previous
experience with any of the following are
plusses, but not required: working with children,
creating videos in iMovie, organizing social
media campaigns, and speaking multiple
languages fluently. Most importantly, this may
be a good fit for you if you are eager to
collaborate on building something new.
Attendance at a weekly lab meeting (Cognition
and Development Lab) is encouraged, and 10 hours per week
developing an independent project is possible. (flexible)
Y N Lab: Holmes The Holmes Lab is focused on Undergraduate research 10 hours per 1 required, 2 If interested,
Lab PI: discovering the fundamental assistants will work directly week. preferred please email
Dr. Avram organization of large-scale human with graduate students in the Scheduling is your CV and a
Holmes brain networks and the Holmes Lab. RA's can expect flexible. brief paragraph
Researchers: establishment of psychiatric risk. to gain experience in: describing your
Various Our studies typically involve recruitment, running, and reasons for
graduate working with large, open access payment of human subjects applying to the
students datasets and fMRI/behavioral data in fMRI/behavioral studies, lab manager,
collected on-site from healthy and stimulus and paradigm David Gruskin
clinical populations. More development, and data (david.
information can be found at: http: maintenance and analysis. gruskin@yale.
//www.holmeslab.yale.edu Prior experience with edu)
programming and behavioral
data collection is a plus, but
not required.
2 required Contact the lab manager Clarise
Ballesteros at clarise.
Interns will work closely with lab researchers on ballesteros@yale.edu
new and ongoing studies, participating fully in
all aspects of the research process. Interns will
become familiar with experimental methods
used in infant studies, and will immediately
become involved in recruiting and testing
participants, designing and setting up studies,
and coding and analyzing results. They will also
attend a weekly lab meeting where we discuss
the theoretical motivation for our studies,
experimental data, and relevant research 8-10 hrs/wk we work
findings from other labs. with your schedule
The SPCL research assistant will focus on 1 ivy.onyeador@yale.edu, ajua.
participant recruitment, coordination, and duker@yale.edu
management. They will be responsible for (cc both of us on the email)
collecting data for a psychophysiological study,
and will be trained in blood pressure and heart
rate monitoring methods, as well as
videotaping. Additionally, the research assistant
will engage in coding and cleaning data. Other 6-10 hours during
tasks include helping facilitate data collection semester, more
for other graduate-level students in the SPCL available in the
lab. summer
 Term Area (Neuroscience, Course Credit Pay Researcher and Lab Description
Cognitive, Option Y/N option
Developmental, Y/N
Social, and/or
Clinical)
12/7/17 Spring Cognitive, Social Y N Alexander I will be initiating a variety of adult research
2018 in the Spring. Projects include 1. Concepts
of social organizations. What happens when
an academic department, company, or club
splits in two? How do we decide who is the
true successor? How many groups exist?
This research will give students an
opportunity to familiarize themselves with
research on personal identity, concepts and
categorization, and research on social
organizations. 2. Essentialism. It has long
been observed that people treat categories
as reflecting underlying essences. For
example, if you thought something was an
apple, but genetic tests revealed it had pear
DNA, you would update your beliefs.
Essentialism also has lots of different facets
(thinking an apple cannot change, that
apple-DNA causes apple properties, etc).
We will be exploring whether all of these
facets tap into the same system of reasoning
across all different domains of categories. 3.
Social categories. I have a few possible
ideas on social categories we can discuss,
involving topics of social roles, stigma,
expectations placed on members of
categories.
12/7/17 Spring Clinical Psychology Yes No Denis Sukhodolsky, Associate The Sukhodolsky lab conduct research on
2018, Fall and/or Neuroscience Professor, The Sukhodolsky the efficacy and biomarkers of behavioral
2018 Lab, Child Study Center, Yale interventions for children with
School of Medicine neurodevelopmental disorders including
autism, Tourette Syndrome and disruptive
behavior disorders. The long-term goals of
this research are to identify the neural
mechanisms of behavioral interventions with
established efficacy, such as cognitive-
behavioral therapy for irritability, and to
develop new, neuroscience-based
treatments for children who do not respond
to existing treatments.
12/7/17 Summer Social and Clinical Possibly Our lab explores the relationship between
2018 stigma and health for marginalized
populations. We listen to people’s stories
about their lives and try to understand the
consequences of stigma on their health. We
focus primarily on sexual minority
populations who are at elevated risk for a
number of health issues including
John Pachankis, Associate depression, anxiety, suicidality, and HIV risk.
Professor, Yale School of We are working to develop LGB affirmative
Public Health, The Esteem mental health treatments to reduce the
Program impact on stigma on sexual minorities’ lives.
3/28/18 Fall 2018, Developmental and Y (and Yes Professor Julian Jara-Ettinger Our lab runs a range of studies with children,
Spring Cognitive volunteer) (PI), Computation and mainly between the ages of 4 and 9, and
2019 Cognitive Development Lab adults. Our studies focus on how both
children and adults understand abstract
social concepts, including thoughts, beliefs,
desires, and fairness. We aim to understand
how and when these concepts develop over
the course of development, and how they
are applied by adults. We also investigate
how children and adults teach and learn
from others. For past studies conducted by
Julian Jara-Ettinger visit http://www.
compdevlab.com/
12/10/17 Spring Clinical Yes (Volunteer No Lab: Affect Regulation & Broadly speaking, the ARC lab examines
2018, options Cognition (ARC) Lab risk factors for the development and
Summer available as PI: Jutta Joormann maintenance of depression and anxiety
2018, Fall well) Supervisors: Elizabeth Lewis disorders. Using a wide array of methods (e.
2018 and Reuma Gadassi Polack g., eye-tracking, psychophysiology, EEG),
there is a particular focus on the emotional
experiences within these disorders as well
as the cognitive processing of emotional
material. A total of 2-3 RAs are needed. 1-2
RA's are being recruited to assist with
projects examining the similarities and
differences of worry and rumination, two
perseverative styles of thought that have
different impacts on emotional experiences.
1 RA is being recruited to assist with a
project examining selective attention and its
relation to depressive symptoms among
pregnant women.
12/11/17 Spring Neuroscience, Not at this time Yes Alan Anticevic, PhD We are looking for undergraduate students
2018, Cognitive Anticevic Lab to gain experience in our lab in the Spring
Summer semester or Summer. (potential to do both).
2018 They will be supporting our current research
efforts which they can learn more about on
our lab website here: http://anticeviclab.
yale.edu/ They preferably should have an
interest in human neuroimaging.
Background in Psychology or Neuroscience.
Some statistical and programming skills
preferred.
12/13/17 Spring Neuroscience, N Some Hilary Blumberg, MD, Mood Multiple opportunities in various aspects of
2018-Fall Cognitive, roles Y, Disorders Research Program research in mood disorders across the
2018 Developmental, other lifespan (children through age 80 years)
Clinical volunteer including related to brain circuitry from
neuroimaging analysis (structural, functional,
diffusion-weighted MRI), behavior and mood
and related symptoms, and factors that may
influence brain circuitry such as early life
stress and genetics. Strong computer skills a
plus. Experience with imaging and statistical
software preferable. Longer time with lab
also prefered.
12.5.17 Spring Cognitive Yes Yes Yale Perception & Cognition We have openings for Yale undergraduates, See http://perception.yale.edu/Brian/misc/jobs.
2018 + Fall Laboratory: http://perception. to help study the nature of seeing and
2018 yale.edu (Professor Brian thinking in the 'Perception and Cognition
Scholl) Laboratory' run by Professor Brian Scholl.
Our RA collaborators gain experience in all
aspects of our laboratory; in particular, most
RAs help us design, run, and analyze our
various experiments exploring the nature of
visual perception, attention, and cognition.
Specific topics include phenomena such as
attention and awareness, subjective time
dilation, vision and art, and how seeing and
thinking interact.
Duties Average weekly Minimum
commitments Required
Semesters
1 alexander.noyes@yale.edu
Research assistants can be involved in any
aspect of the research project they desire. I am
more than willing to tailor duties towards skills
students want to develop. Minimum expected
duties will include helping me develop surveys
and survey materials for online studies.
Depending on interest, students can be
involved in theory development, research
design and development, data analysis, and
writing. 8-10 hours (flexible)
Become familiar with and participate in 8 to 10 hours per 1 send CV or resume to denis.
activities related to studies that use week. sukhodolsky@yale.edu
electroencephalography (EEG) and functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine
brain mechanisms of response to cognitive-
behavior therapy in children and adolescents.
Administering and scoring psychological
assessments and entering data from paper-
and-pencil forms into the electronic database.
Opportunities will be available to observe
clinical assessments of children participating in
studies of behavioral therapy for aggression
and anxiety. The students will learn about
conduct of clinical research with pediatric
populations.
Research assistant will assist in clinical trial Summer (10-12 john.pachankis@yale.edu
study execution and intervention delivery, weeks)
including subject recruitment, subject
assessments, data cleaning, data analysis,
data presentation (visual and text), and
preparation of results. Assistant will also
consult on research design for future proposals.
Assistant will gain experience investigating
social determinants of mental and physical
health. Assistant will work closely with the 20-35hrs per week.
principal investigator to execute all data Based in New York
protocols. City.
Research assistants will work closely with 8-10 hours per week 1 required, 2 contact the lab manager at
graduate students and the lab manager. RA’s (flexible) preferred madison.flowers@yale.edu
will be involved in all aspects of research
including data collection, participant
recruitment, study design and data coding and
analysis. RA’s will collect data at museums
(including the Peabody), preschools and in lab.
Some weekend availability is strongly preferred,
as is experience or comfort with children. There
will be an opportunity for RA’s to attend lab
meetings
Duties would include assisting with semi- 2 preferred elizabeth.lewis@yale.edu, reuma.
structured phone interviews to assess history of gadassipolack@yale.edu
psychopathology and eligibility for current
projects, helping run participants through study
protocols that involve the collection of self-
report, behahvioral, eye-tracking, and (neuro)
physiology data, general recruitment duties (e.
g., flyering, managing lab e-mail accounts), and
assisting with literature searches
10 hours per week
(includes a 1.5-hour
lab meeting)
Position would include but not be limited to 1 contact lab coordinator Nicole
areas of research such as functional Santamauro (nicole.
neuroimaging techniques and procedures, santamauro@yale.edu). Include a
cognitive behavioral testing, and clinical short paragraph explaining your
assessments. Candidate’s duties would interest in the position and a CV
include database management for the study,
participant recruitment, assisting with
manuscript and report preparation, conducting
literature searches, liaising with other clinicians
and team members to facilitate subject
recruitment and screening, and other relevant
administrative duties as part of this project. 8-10 hours
at least 2 hilary.blumberg@yale.edu
preferred
Depends on study aspect 8 minimum
No specific See http://perception.yale.
html constraint edu/Brian/misc/jobs.html

For more information, see http://perception.

yale.edu/Brian/misc/jobs.html
Spring 2017 Fall 2017 - Social Cognition Yes No The Automaticity in Cognition, There are two projects which we are
Beyond Motivation, and Emotion Lab - currently working on. (1) Do lay people exist
Professor John Bargh (PI: who can accurately judge the feelings,
Anton Gollwitzer and John thoughts, and behaviors of other people? In
Bargh) other words, do ‘super psychologists’ exist in
the general population? What cognitive,
social, and personality constructs relate to
having such an ability? Specific tasks will
include reviewing literature, designing
experiments, collecting data, editing papers.
(2) Can we build algorithms that determine
innocence or guilt in criminal court cases? A
number of factors have been identified
relating to false convictions, false
confessions, eye-witness identification, etc.
We plan to quantify such factors in
innovative ways allowing us to investigate
how these factors interact, in turn, leading to
wrongful convictions. All are welcome to
apply! anton.gollwitzer@yale.edu
Summer Spring Clinical, Yes No Hedy Kober, Clinical & Affective How strong is your craving for chocolate?
2017 2018, Neuroscience Neuroscience Lab (Psychology, Can you stop yourself from reaching for it
Summer Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Cog when the craving is strong? What are the
2018 and Sci) neural mechanisms that underlie our ability
beyond to regulate our craving? The ability to control
our craving (and our emotions more
generally) is central to mental and physical
health, and is particularly critical for those
with substance use disorders (AKA
‘addictions’) and binge eating. The work in
our lab includes behavioral, clinical,
psychophysiological, and functional
neuroimaging (fMRI) studies of alcohol
drinkers, cigarette smokers, cocaine users,
binge eaters, and healthy adults as they
regulate craving for food, alcohol, cigarettes,
and cocaine, using a variety of strategies.
We also investigate how people change
following treatment for addictions – do they
get better at managing their craving? We
investigate both cognitive-behavioral
treatments as well as mindfulness-based
treatments that include training in
meditation.
For more info on our research and some
recent press:
canlab.yale.edu
2/5/2018 Spring Behavioral Yes No Pree Sareen (Postdoc), in Our lab is broadly interested in
2018 and neuroscience, Michael Nitabach's lab (Sterling understanding how neural circuits generate
beyond Neurobiology Hall of Medicine) complex behaviors in the fruit-fly (Drosophila
melanogaster) and worm (C elegans). We
use a combination of genetic,
neurophysiological, behavioral, and
computational tools to probe these circuits.
Specifically, this project is focused on
understanding how fruit-flies make choices
under conflicting taste information. If you're
interested in understanding how neural
circuits create complex behaviors, and are
excited about getting some wet-lab
experience, we'd love to have you as part of
our team!
I am recruiting enthusiastic and motivated
undergraduate students to work on two
research projects. Research experience
would be a plus, but is not necessary. The
first project will examine the behavioral
response of individuals when faced with
novelty (“neophobia”). This behavior is
repeatable within an individual, but we know
little about how different individuals can
affect each others’ behavior, or about how
hormones and the brain differ between
neophobic and non- neophobic individuals.
The second project will involve creating a 3D
digital map of the house sparrow brain using
MRI, CT, and histology (microscope slides).
House sparrows are a common wild species
Animal behavior, Dr. Christine Lattin (postdoc) in used in studying physiology and behavior
Spring neurobiology/anato Dr. Rich Carson's lab (Yale but there is no good reference of neural
2/11/18 2018 my No No PET Center) anatomy available for this species - yet!
We are looking for a RA to assist with a new
research project that will be running for the
next few months. To assist with our
qualitative research on sibling relationships
in the context of emotion dysregulation, we
are hoping to recruit an undergrad student
who has a sibling who struggles with
emotion dysregulation. This individual would
Spring Joanna Watson, YNHH Adult assist with the coding of statements of need
3/72018 2018 Clinical Psychology No No DBT IOP (n=469), looking for themes in our data set.
3/28/18 Fall 2018 Social Yes No Dr. Helena Rutherford, Yale We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable,
onwards Neuroscience; Child Study Center and motivated volunteers to engage in
Developmental experimental research with families during
Science pregnancy and the postpartum period. We
want to understand how men and women
transition into their parenting role, and how
this may be affected by psychopathology
(including depression, anxiety, and
addiction).
04/03/18 Spring Behavioral Yes TBD Dr. Summer Thompson, We are conducting studies aimed at
2018 + Neuroscience upon postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jane identifying the role of the gut microbiome in
Summer discussio R Taylor's lab in Molecular complex behaviors relevant to compulsive
2018, n Psychiatry features of addiction, OCD, or binge eating.
possibility This work involves operant behavioral
to continue training and molecular techniques such as
qPCR. We are looking for motivated
volunteers who are interested in helping
conduct this research.
Specific tasks will include reviewing literature,
locating and collecting data, statistical analysis. Scheduling is flexible.
Students may enroll for research experience, a
senior project, volunteer, and/or depending on
the level of contribution be included as an
author on possible papers
There are a wide variety of opportunities,
depending on a combination of interest,
experience, skills, availability, and the lab’s
needs. These include: recruiting and screening
participants, collection and analysis of
behavioral data, collection and analysis of
psychophysiology data, collection and analysis
of fMRI data – including running scans,
programming tasks for behavioral and fMRI
tasks, and other fun and educational things.
Research assistants will perform behavioral
experiments on fruit-flies. They will learn basic Scheduling is flexible.
fly husbandry, genetics and maintenance, basic
wet lab skills (e.g. making soutions), and run
sophisticated optogenetic behavioral
experiments, in which light is used to artificially
activate/silence specific neurons in freely
moving flies, to investigate the role of different
neurons during choice-making behavior. The
research project is a great introduction to wet-
lab research in a genetically-tractable animal
model.
I am looking for a student to help carry out
behavioral trials for the neophobia study, and a
student to help digitize microscope slides (and
perhaps work with BioImaging Suite to help
create regions of interest) for the sparrow brain
atlas project. Working on either of these
projects should result in co-authorship on a
peer- reviewed scientific publication.
Train with Joanna Watson on qualitative data
anylsis methods and apply these techniques to
an inductive thematic analysis of statements of
interest/need submitted by sibling applicants to
Family Connections, a program for family
members seeking assistance and skills as they
navigate their relationship with a loved one who
has emotion dysregulation difficulties (n=469). 5-10 hours a week
Responsibilities may include the collection and
analysis of EEG, hormonal, and behavioral
(observational coding, decision making,
accuracy and reaction times) measures.
Students may also help with recruitment,
literature reviews, and manuscript preparation.
Responsibilities may include conducting
behavioral experiments and performing
molecular biology assays.
10 hours/week
10 hours per week. 1 Simply contact me! anton.
gollwitzer@yale.edu
10 hours 2 hedy.kober@yale.edu -- Please
include a short paragraph
describing yourself, your interests,
why you want to work in the lab,
what you could contribute. Be sure
to also include the following
information: - Previous research
and/or clinical experience (if any);
- Previous coursework in
psychology, neuroscience,
biology, computer science, or
philosophy; - Year, Major, GPA;
and a CV.
8 or more h/week. 1 preeti.sareen@yale.edu
Some background in Biology and
quantitative fields will be
beneficial.
If you are interested in either of
these positions, please contact Dr.
Christine Lattin at christine.
lattin@yale.edu. Include the
following information in your email:
1. Which project you are interested
in 2. Your research interests and
experiences 3. A recent
resume/curriculum vitae 4. Contact
5-10 hours a week 1 information for two references
If you are interested please
contact Joanna Watson at joanna.
1 watson@yale.edu
2 preferred If you are interested, please email
helena.rutherford@yale.edu
8-12 hours a week
2 If interested in the position, please
contact Summer at summer.
thompson@yale.edu with a CV
your availability.
10 hr/week minimum
with weekend hours
available, more hours
expected during the
summer