Research Associate 2, SOM

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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Public Health has an exciting opportunity for a full time Research Associate 2 to work in Miami, FL.

The Research Associate 2, SOM contributes to the University’s research activities under the supervision of senior staff. Moreover, the incumbent understands, interprets, and complies with research policies and protocols.

Core responsibilities:

• Performs specialized and complex experiments/studies.
• Participates in the publication of significant research results.
• Advances expertise through education, training, and research.
• Writes extramural grants/proposals to gain support when appropriate.
• Collects, prepares, analyzes, dissects, and evaluates specimens and tissue cultures.
• Weighs and anesthetizes laboratory animals for experiments.
• Operates sensitive and highly complex laboratory equipment.
• Performs calculations to complete research test results.
• Performs photography and dark room processing.
• Participates in training sessions and workshops.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions:

Our project will focus on studying the effects of indoor air on respiratory diseases, with the focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Thus, the position involves the following:

• Interaction with patients with COPD and/or asthma
• Recruiting adult subjects with asthma and/or COPD from our pulmonology and family medicine clinics
• Conducting indoor monitoring in their homes to assess their indoor and outdoor air quality
• Tracking their weekly respiratory symptoms for 4-6 months.
• Training patients in using smart watches
• At the conclusion of the study, transfer and manage all data from the air sensors and Apple Watches onto our server located in our laboratory. 
• Collect and analyze both environmental samples and biospecimen using the protocols provided
• Willing to travel to patients’ home both during weekdays and weekends for conducting indoor and outdoor air monitoring, setting and/or checking air sensors and/or their Apple Watches
• This is a 1 year limited research role, continuity after 1 year subject to funding availability.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience required
• Certification and Licensing: PREFERRED – Phlebotomist (willing to draw and process both blood and nail samples)
• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Experience working with biospecimen and environmental samples
• Interaction with patients
• Fluent in both
• Must be willing to learn
• Must be sincere
• Pay attention to details for both human subjects, clinical, biospecimen and environmental data collection and processing

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

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