{"id":85,"date":"2022-04-15T21:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childhealthlab.syr.edu\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:08:01","slug":"undergraduate-research-assistants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/childhealthlab.syr.edu\/?page_id=85","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Research Assistants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><sub>Last updated February 2026<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-intro-text-primary\"><strong>The Child Health Lab is not currently accepting new RA applications. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Thank you for your interest in our lab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We advise undergraduate students interested in research to explore the excellent opportunities available to them at the links below and to express their interests to their psychology course instructors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2e13466c wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/psychology\/psychology-undergraduate\/psychology-undergraduate-research\/\">Psychology Department page on Undergraduate Research<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/psychology\/psychology-undergraduate\/psychology-undergraduate-research\/summer-research-psy\/\">Summer Research Opportunities<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro-text-primary has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-intro-text-primary\"><strong>Requirements and Potential Responsibilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see whether you qualify for a Child Health Lab RAship and to better understand what our RAs do, please review the <strong><em>requirements <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>potential responsibilities<\/em><\/strong> below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minimum 3.0 GPA <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commit to approximately 10 hours of lab work each week (minimum of 6 hours\/week)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete online CITI training (required of every researcher)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibit reliability, professionalism, and strong organizational skills <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Potential Responsibilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>*Recruit, schedule, and contact participants for ongoing studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*Run in-person study visits with research participants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform literature reviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draft IRB documents <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter, check, and clean data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assist in manuscript development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Present research (if interested)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>(* = prioritized responsibility)<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-intro-text-primary\"><strong>Course Credit<\/strong> <strong>Opportunities <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to volunteering as research assistants, undergraduate students may also enroll in PSY 291 or PSY 491 to receive class credit for their work in the lab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students earn 1 class credit per 3 hours of lab work each week (3 credits = 9 hours\/week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-intro-text-primary\"><strong>Other Research Opportunities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">We encourage undergraduate students to explore the excellent research opportunities available to RAs in SU psychology labs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>Learn more here<\/strong>:<\/mark> <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/psychology\/research-overview\/\">https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/psychology\/research-overview\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated February 2026 The Child Health Lab is not currently accepting new RA applications. 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