Career Center

The Department of Neurology is seeking a Research Assistant. The activities of the Research Assistant include participation in clinically- oriented research studies under the supervision of a faculty investigator. Current research efforts are designed to enhance our understanding of the childhood movement disorder known as 'primary complex motor stereotypies' (pCMS). The disorder, occurring in otherwise normal children, includes repetitive episodes of bilateral flapping or rotating their hands and arms or fluttering fingers in front of their face. More specifically, studies in both children and adults, are designed to evaluate the presence of co-existing clinical problems, effect of movements on quali