Undergraduate

WMHRP Undegraduate Training Opportunities

Student Research Assistants are valuable members of the Women’s Mental Health Research team and play an important role in the implementation of our research studies. Students should be self-motivated and display a high attention to detail.

Student RAs complete Initial Investigator and Human Subjects Protection HIPAA training. Depending on available studies and level of involvement, RAs may receive additional training in neurocognitive testing/scoring, specimen processing, bloodborne pathogen handling and conducting the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID).

For more information on Undergraduate Research at UIC, please visit the UIC Office of Undergraduate Research or the Undergraduate Research Experience websites.

 

Research Assistant Qualifications

The student should be in good academic standing with a strong GPA (3.0 or above) and have an interest in women’s mental health, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, nursing, epidemiology, microbiome, biology, nutrition, immunology, computational biology, engineering or related field.

We strongly prefer a 2-year commitment from students because of the effort required to train students in our research methods. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis for seniors. Students should plan to commit 10 hours per week during the school year to the WMHRP.

Preference may be given to students in the Honors College; students who have completed courses in research methods or statistics; and/or students with a background in statistics, engineering, epidemiology and/or computer science. Familiarity with Excel and/or REDCap is ideal.

Interested applicants should complete the WMHRP Research Assistant application form and send it, along with a resume and copy of current transcripts to BrainResearch@uic.edu.

Amyah Cardine | Undergraduate Research Assistant, CoNECt Lab and Women's Mental Health Research Program

Julieta Melkun | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Women’s Mental Health Research Program

Diana Mihaylova | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Women’s Mental Health Research Program

Baeyoung Yoo | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Women’s Mental Health Research Program | Department of Psychiatry, UIC