Pre-Doc Fellow

Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Summary:
We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented part-time research assistant to support scholarly, educational, and professional activities. The fellow will work closely with faculty to assist with preparation for speaking engagements, development of slide decks and presentation materials, and background research to support manuscript preparation. This position is well suited for an individual with strong writing, research, organizational, and communication skills who is interested in academic medicine, clinical neuropsychology, psychology, or a related field.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• Speaking engagement preparation: Assist with planning and organizing materials for invited talks, lectures, workshops, professional presentations, and educational sessions.
• Slide preparation: Draft, revise, format, and polish slide decks to ensure that content is clear, visually organized, audience-appropriate, and aligned with presentation goals.
• Literature review and background research: Conduct targeted literature searches, summarize relevant findings, and identify current evidence, clinical guidelines, and key citations to support presentations and manuscripts.
• Manuscript support: Assist with preparation of scholarly manuscripts, including organizing outlines, drafting or revising sections, compiling references, checking citation accuracy, and helping prepare materials for submission.
• Content synthesis: Translate research findings into concise summaries, talking points, presentation narratives, tables, or figures as needed.
• Project organization: Maintain organized files, reference lists, timelines, drafts, and version histories for ongoing presentation and writing projects.
• Collaboration and communication: Meet regularly with supervising faculty to review priorities, receive feedback, and ensure timely completion of assigned tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required. Candidates should be presently enrolled in doctoral degree program focused on psychology, neuropsychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, education, neuroscience, or a closely related field.
• Strong academic writing skills and experience reading, summarizing, and synthesizing scientific literature.
• Experience preparing professional presentations, educational materials, slide decks, or manuscripts.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management.
• Ability to work independently while incorporating feedback from supervising faculty.
• Familiarity with APA style, reference management tools, and academic publication processes preferred.
• Interest or background in pediatric neuropsychology, clinical neuropsychology, learning and developmental disorders, or related clinical populations preferred.

Schedule and Work Arrangement

This is a 0.5 FTE part-time position. Specific schedule and distribution of hours will be determined in collaboration with the supervising faculty member and may include a combination of independent work, scheduled check-ins, and project-based deadlines. 

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

20.16 - 37.86 USD Hourly

Remote Type

Remote

Work Location

55 Fruit Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

20

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$20.16 - $29.01/Hourly

Grade

5At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

EEO Statement:

0100 Mass General Brigham Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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