Job Details

Temporary Researcher

Position Number: 6381835
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Temporary Researcher

Requisition Number: 65898
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Part Time
Posting Close Date: 18-Jul-2025
Date Posted:

Job Summary

The Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab (PI: Gruber) is seeking a Temporary Researcher! CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab (www.gruberpeplab.com) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers and students under the directorship of Dr. June Gruber who work together towards understanding positive emotional processes and their relevance for understanding adaptive and maladaptive relevant psychological-health outcomes. Our research uses a multi-modal affective science approach to understand positive emotion and reward-related difficulties in psychopathology. Her work examines perturbations in positive valence systems in clinical populations characterized by positive emotion difficulties (e.g., bipolar disorder and depression) as well as across other clinical phenomenon and in healthy community samples of adults. More information about our research can be found here: http://www.gruberpeplab.com/research.php Recent publications can be found here: http://www.gruberpeplab.com/people.php

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Primary Duties: Assist with data collection for MRI/fMRI task in young adults at risk for or diagnosed with mood difficulties (this may be remote-based).
Secondary Duties (pending time) may include: assisting with recruitment, screening and schedule study participants; creating, managing, and maintaining multiple databases (e.g., participant tracking, data (SPSS, R, Excel), follow-up using Qualtrics, RedCap and/or FileMaker).

What You Should Know

This position will start at the beginning of August 2025.

What We Can Offer

The hiring rate for this position is $20.00 per hour, 10 hours per week anticipated.

Benefits

Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.

Be Statements

Be ambitious. Be pioneering. Be Boulder.

What We Require

Prior experience with MRI/fMRI research laboratory preferred. Excellent organizational skills. B.A. or B.S. in Psychology or related field.

What You Will Need

Excellent organizational skills.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Cover Letter
Resume/CV

During the application process you will need to enter contact information for a reference who can write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. We will request the letter of recommendation immediately following your application.
Please apply by July 18th, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Temporary-Researcher/65898