Dr. Lauren Shuffrey’s research program examines the role of the prenatal environment on vulnerability for both perinatal maternal mental health concerns and child neurodevelopmental disorders in order to identify mechanisms, objective markers, and modifiable factors associated with resiliency. Dr. Shuffrey’s ongoing projects are primarily focused on the effects of prenatal maternal metabolic disorders, prenatal maternal mood disorders, and substance exposure on child brain-behavioral development from birth through early childhood. Research methodologies broadly include peripheral marker assays (e.g. immunoassays), electroencephalography (EEG), eye-tracking, and behavioral paradigms.
Laboratory Manager. The laboratory manager will receive conceptual and hands-on training in longitudinal biobehavioral research with pregnant individuals and infants. The laboratory manager will work closely with Dr. Shuffrey to oversee lab administration for all projects within the lab. Duties will include building and maintain laboratory infrastructure, serving as a liaison to collaborators, spearheading IRB approvals for ongoing studies, and will additionally assist in data collection.
Required education and expertise: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, or Human Development, or a related field. The position requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal skills. Prior experience working with pregnant individuals, infants, and/or with clinical research coordination is preferred. The position is available beginning July 2023 and requires a two-year commitment. Individuals with diverse perspectives are especially encouraged to apply.
Research Assistant. The research assistant will receive conceptual and hands-on training in longitudinal biobehavioral research with pregnant individuals and infants. The research assistant will participate in activities related to recruitment and retention of study participants and administration of all study procedures under the supervision of Dr. Shuffrey. Duties will include recruiting participants from local obstetric clinics, scheduling visits, collecting maternal blood samples (training provided), developing REDCap surveys, collecting infant behavioral and EEG data, and data quality control pipelines.
Required education and expertise: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Human Development, or related field. Prior experience working with pregnant individuals, infants, or young children in a research context is required. The position requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal skills. Bilingual and bicultural Spanish-English speaking applicants are especially encouraged to apply. The position is available beginning July 2023 and requires a two-year commitment.
Postdoctoral Fellow. The ideal candidate will have experience in longitudinal biobehavioral research with pregnant individuals and/or infants, strong data analysis and programming skills (e.g. R, Matlab, and/or Python), and will be highly motivated to publish first-author papers by working closely with Dr. Shuffrey and the other lab members. Responsibilities will include supervising data collection and design, implementation, and deployment of quality control, spearheading data processing and analysis, writing manuscripts, preparing conference presentations, and writing mentored grant proposals.
Required education and expertise: PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Human Development, Biobehavioral Sciences, or related field. Experience in conducting maternal mental health assessments and/or processing child physiological data (e.g. EEG) is preferred, but not required. Individuals with diverse perspectives are especially encouraged to apply. The position is available beginning July 2023 and requires a two-year commitment.
Interested individuals should send a CV and cover letter (including contact information for 3 references) to [email protected].
Lauren C. Shuffrey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Effective July 2023
She/Her/Hers
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Child Study Center
One Park Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
[email protected]
Personal Website: http://lauren-shuffrey.squarespace.com/
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=lauren+shuffrey
Twitter: @DrShuffrey