New Lab Member Onboarding

Welcome to the GAB Lab! We are so excited to have you join our team of researchers. Before you get started, there are a few steps you'll need to complete to make your lab membership official. 

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First, you'll need to complete your CITI training. This is an online certification necessary to work in research/clinical settings, which usually takes about two hours to complete. Our Research Associate, Juhi Singh, will gladly walk you through this and will need a copy of your certificate when you finish. You will not be able to participate in lab research until you complete this. 

Second, we'd love to get you onto the GAB Lab's personnel page.

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Here's what we'll need from you:

1. A photo of you

2. Your name (as you'd like it to appear on the site) and pronouns

3. Your department, year and major

4. Your primary projects within the lab (it's okay if you don't know this yet!)

5. Your preferred email address to add to the site as your contact (if you'd like)

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In addition to that, here's some info about what general tasks/expectations look like for lab members:

The GAB Lab's projects have a lot of moving pieces, and many of them are time sensitive. This means that we need to be able to rely on each other for timely and precise communication. When you receive an email from any GAB Lab or BRAIN Lab personel, please read it and respond if requested within at most 3 days. 

Our projects need contribution at all levels, from design to IRB applications to data analysis to write-ups. But one of the most critical (and fun!) things we do is the actual work of data collection. We hope you'll be proactive about making sure you have some availability to proctor studies and oversee participants - this is where we need your help the most!

During the academic year, the Lab will have biweekly meetings where we share project updates, discuss ideas for future lab projects, and have the occasional professional development workshop. If you're unable to attend a meeting, it's important that you let us know beforehand and email Dr. Fahey (PI) or McKenna Flannigan (RA) with detailed updates we can share on your behalf. These updates should include details of any progress made on your projects since the last meeting. 

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For any questions you may have related to your onboarding, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Research Associate McKenna. Thank you for joining the lab and for your interest in language sciences!

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