Role Snapshot
Lead research scientist at UNC Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute conducting interdisciplinary research on self-regulation interventions for children and youth facing chronic adversity. Provides project leadership on federally-funded research including the Be CALM mindfulness intervention currently in a randomized controlled trial across North Carolina early college high schools.
Key Responsibilities: Conducts research on social-emotional interventions in educational settings, leads research operations for the UPSIDE team, develops and maintains partnerships with school stakeholders to support research implementation, and contributes to grant proposals and dissemination of findings.
Skills & Tools: Expertise in research design and evaluation methodology, social-emotional and self-regulation intervention development, educational partnerships and stakeholder engagement, grant writing and proposal development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Qualifications: PhD or equivalent terminal degree in psychology, education, developmental science, or related field with demonstrated research experience in intervention development and evaluation. Experience leading research projects, working in educational contexts, and managing research teams preferred.
Location: In-Person
Compensation: $110K–$160K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Research Scientist serves as a project leader on funded research project(s) at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute or other collaborative research at UNC-Chapel Hill. The position will contribute leadership within Dr. Murray's Understanding and Promoting Self-regulation Interventions across Development (UPSIDE) Team. The UPSIDE team conducts interdisciplinary research that develops, implements, and evaluates self-regulation interventions that promote resilience for children and youth across the developmental spectrum from early childhood through young adulthood, with particular focus on youth who face chronic adversity. This includes a mindfulness-based intervention for middle and high school students called Be CALM which is currently being implemented and evaluated with federal funding in a randomized controlled trial within early college high schools across NC.
The Research Scientist conducts research on social-emotional interventions in educational contexts, provides leadership for research operations on the UPSIDE team, develops and maintains partnerships with education stakeholders to support implementation of research projects in schools, and contributes to proposal development and dissemination of results.
The Research Scientist serves as a project leader on funded research project(s) at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute or other collaborative research at UNC-Chapel Hill. The position will contribute leadership within Dr. Murray's Understanding and Promoting Self-regulation Interventions across Development (UPSIDE) Team. The UPSIDE team conducts interdisciplinary research that develops, implements, and evaluates self-regulation interventions that promote resilience for children and youth across the developmental spectrum from early childhood through young adulthood, with particular focus on youth who face chronic adversity. This includes a mindfulness-based intervention for middle and high school students called Be CALM which is currently being implemented and evaluated with federal funding in a randomized controlled trial within early college high schools across NC.
The Research Scientist conducts research on social-emotional interventions in educational contexts, provides leadership for research operations on the UPSIDE team, develops and maintains partnerships with education stakeholders to support implementation of research projects in schools, and contributes to proposal development and dissemination of results.
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