We are hiring!

The CDL is looking for a Research Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park. To start Spring 2024.
A position is open for a full-time research assistant to work on the National Healthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study at the University of Maryland. The HBCD study is recruiting women during pregnancy and following their infants through the first five years of their lives. https://heal.nih.gov/research/infants-and-children/healthy-brain

This project aims to conduct multi-modal brain imaging (MRI, EEG) across the first years of life as well as neurobehavioral assessment. The work will be supervised by Drs. Nathan Fox in the Child Development Laboratory, Dr. Brenda Jones Harden and Dr. Tracy Riggins. Research assistants working on this project will be involved in infant recruitment and retention, scheduling visits, behavioral assessments and collecting EEG data. Training will be provided in EEG acquisition and processing. The position will also involve working with undergraduate research assistants, including overseeing data entry and behavioral coding.

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

  • Flexible schedule on evenings and weekends is required.

  • Required education: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Human Development, or Cognitive or Affective Neuroscience.

  • The position requires excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and interpersonal skills.

  • Prior experience working with infants and/or young children in a research context is preferred.

  • The job is available beginning Spring 2024 and requires a two-year commitment.

How to Apply:

Interested individuals should send a cover letter, CV and the names and email addresses of two references to Jamie Listokin-Uvsitzky, listokin@umd.edu.

Please find the job advertisement here.

For prospective postdoctoral fellows: 

Dr. Fox is not currently considering applications for a postdoctoral fellow.


For prospective postbaccalaureate research assistants:

Please see above job posting.


For prospective undergraduate research assistants:

Dr. Fox is not accepting new undergraduates at this time.

Working in the CDL helps our undergraduates move forward in their careers:

"This past Fall (2016), I started the Masters in Psychology program at Rutgers University-Camden. I'm currently preparing a Masters thesis and assisting in data collection for several studies in the pediatric oncology unit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. My experience as an undergraduate research assistant in the Child Development Lab was invaluable and laid a strong foundation for my continued interest in psychological research." -Yael, CDL UGRA 2013-2014

"Beginning in 2015 I worked as a Child Development Lab undergraduate research assistant for graduate student Sonya Troller-Renfree. After graduating in 2016, I accepted a position as a full-time faculty research assistant to work on the Temperament Over Time Study. I am extremely grateful for my time in the lab and look forward to utilizing the research foundation I developed in the lab as I enter medical school this fall, on my path to becoming a pediatrician." - Brady, CDL UGRA 2015-2016