Research Specialist I - Surgery Chair
Cedars-Sinai
- Los Angeles, CA
- $64,750-110,073 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Travel: Minimal (if any)
- Analytical
- Organized
- Deadline-oriented
- Adaptable
- Results-driven
- Problem-solver
- Acts as a project lead and coordinator interacting with collaborators, clinical research personnel and researchers as part of a research team.
- Participates in all aspects of clinical development and study management (protocol design, enrollment of patients, development and implementation of protocols, submission of IRB applications and approvals)
- Follows established procedures or protocols to perform laboratory tests and/or experiments which will include: basic tissue culture, immunoassays, molecular biology techniques, microscopy, animal preparation (e.g. tail vein injections) and surgery.
- Provides scientific expertise to ongoing and future trials.
- Identify and resolve common problems involved in routine research assays.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with clinical investigators and manages internal and external collaborative research projects.
- Acts as a scientific resource for the affiliated pre-clinical research laboratory (e.g., assisted with experimental designs, data analysis, interpretation of scientific literature).
- May lead or train other individuals assigned to the lab
- Prepares grant applications and oversees submission process, may including writing of grant proposal.
- Capable of exercising independent judgment while participating in the planning of experiments and evaluating and interpreting results; operates appropriate laboratory equipment.
- Monitors inventory levels, orders materials and supplies in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Operates lab computers for data entry and maintains accurate data records.
- Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, electronic mail, World Wide Web, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or test reports.
Req ID : 1556
Working Title : Research Specialist I - Surgery Chair
Department : Research - Surgery Chair
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Academic / Research
Job Specialty : Research Studies/ Clin Trial
Overtime Status : EXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
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