Behavioral Health Quality Improvement / Data Specialist
Join us as a dedicated and innovative research assistant/quality improvement data specialist for an exciting behavioral health quality improvement project.
Suicide Prevention Implementation Research
The Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research (INSPIRE) Center is looking for undergraduate research assistants for the 2024-25 academic year. Research assistants will assist with tasks on the Signature Project, which is studying the implementation of a Suicide Prevention Consultation Center (SPCC) in emergency departments.
Research Assistant(s) for Primate Video Data Collection
Dr. Jones is looking for 1-2 reliable, collaborative, and organized students to assist with a project examining gorilla tool use. Students will learn to identify individual gorillas housed (or previously housed) at Zoo Atlanta, and use behavioral coding software (Noldus Observer) and will collect data from video footage of gorillas using tools for a few hours a week. In addition, students will attend regular meetings with Dr. Jones, and may be asked to read related articles, and complete related tasks/assignments.
Behavioral and Neural Markers of Psychopathology Risk in Early Childhood
KIds NeuroDevelopment (KIND) Lab is trying to understand the cognitive and emotional factors that put young children at risk for later mental health disorders
Psychosocial Functioning in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
My research focuses on the psychosocial functioning of children and teens with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I am particularly interested in parental stress, treatment adherence, and child psychosocial outcomes for children with very early-onset IBD. I am also actively involved in depression and anxiety screening integrated within standard GI clinical care.
Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine): Patient-oriented clinical research in adults with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
Patient-oriented clinical research in adults with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
Philadelphia Zoo Primate Research Assistant(s)
Dr. Caroline Jones is accepting applications for undergraduate research assistants to collect primate behavioral data at the Philadelphia Zoo from January to May 2025. Students will learn to use ZooMonitor software to record behaviors of white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar).
Visual development in tree shrews, macaques, and humans
Our current focus is on neural development supporting visual object recognition across mammalian species.
Improving mental health services in community settings
Improving mental health treatment in community settings for underserved individuals across the lifespan.
Independent Study Opportunities in Information Consumption and Decision Making
Intellectual humility and political discourse, scientific decision-making, expertise and predicting the future, accountability, and debiasing judgment