
Rigorous support for real psychological research
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.
Psychology Research Assistant September 2019 to Present 7 years & 2 months
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.
Research Intern January 2019 to August 2019 8 months
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.
MSc in Psychological Research (September 2017 to June 2019)
BSc in Psychology (September 2013 to June 2017)
University Psychology Department (January 2020 to Present)
Research Team
- Participant Recruitment
- Data Collection
- Statistical Analysis
- Experimental Design
- Data Cleaning
- Research Ethics
- SPSS / R
- Literature Review
- Academic Writing
- Lab Coordination