Psychology Research Assistant Resume Sample

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Emily Carter
Psychology Research Assistant

Rigorous support for real psychological research

+44 131 555 1355
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Psychology research assistant with four years supporting research at a university psychology department in Edinburgh, while preparing for doctoral study. Does the careful work research depends on — recruiting and running participants, collecting and cleaning data, running analyses, and helping write up studies for publication. Helped run studies that led to published papers and built a participant database that sped up recruitment. Recruits and runs participants, collects and analyses data, supports study design and ethics, prepares materials, and contributes to writing. Rigorous, organised and curious. Looking for a research-assistant role with a lab or institution doing rigorous psychological research worth contributing to.

Professional Experience
University of Edinburgh Psychology Dept - Edinburgh, UK

Psychology Research Assistant September 2019 to Present 7 years & 2 months

Do the careful, behind-the-scenes work that rigorous psychological research genuinely depends on day to day.
Helped run studies that led to published papers and built a participant database that sped up recruitment.
Recruit and run participants through study sessions, following protocol exactly so the data is clean and valid.
Collect, clean and analyse data, running statistical analyses that the study's conclusions rest upon.
Support study design and ethics applications, helping turn research questions into sound, approvable studies.
Prepare materials and contribute to writing up, helping move studies toward publication and real impact.
Scotland Behavioural Lab - Edinburgh, UK

Research Intern January 2019 to August 2019 8 months

Supported a research lab with data collection, entry and participant sessions, learning research work hands-on.
Ran sessions and cleaned data under supervision, building research and analysis skills quickly.
Learned data collection, analysis and research ethics on the job during this first role.
Gained the experience and master's that led into a psychology-research-assistant role of my own.
Education
University of Edinburgh

MSc in Psychological Research (September 2017 to June 2019)

Master's in psychological research methods covering experimental design, statistics, analysis and ethics, with a research project. The programme built the methodological foundation supporting rigorous psychology research requires.
University of Glasgow

BSc in Psychology (September 2013 to June 2017)

Degree in psychology covering cognition, behaviour, research methods and statistics, with a dissertation. The study built the grounding in psychology and research that assistant work depends on. It led into research.
Highlights
Toward doctoral research
Supports rigorous research while preparing for doctoral study, building the methodological skills and publication record that a strong PhD application and a research career are built upon.
Contributed to published research
Helped run studies that led to published, peer-reviewed papers. Getting research through to publication is the goal of the whole effort, so contributing to studies that reached it reflects careful, reliable work.
Sped up recruitment
Built a participant database that sped up recruitment for the lab. Recruitment is often the slowest part of research, so making it faster lets more studies run and reach results sooner across the whole lab.
Research
Contributions to Published Studies

University Psychology Department (January 2020 to Present)

Research Team

Contributed to peer-reviewed psychology studies through data collection, analysis and write-up support, helping research move from study design through to publication in academic journals.
Technical Skills
  • Participant Recruitment
  • Data Collection
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Experimental Design
  • Data Cleaning
  • Research Ethics
  • SPSS / R
  • Literature Review
  • Academic Writing
  • Lab Coordination
Languages
English (UK)
Native or Bilingual Proficiency
French
Professional Working Proficiency
Personal
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Availability
Flexible
Date of Birth
1995-09-12
Personal Skills
Rigour
Curiosity
Organisation
Attention to Detail
Communication
Activities & Interests

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