Research Associate, Pulmonary Internal Medicine
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Job Overview
As one of the oldest medical schools in the country, the UC College of Medicine has a reputation for training best-in-class health care professionals and developing cutting-edge procedures and research that improves the health and clinical care of patients.
The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine is recruiting a full time Research Associate to work in the laboratory of Kristin Hudock, MD, MSTR. This position will conduct basic and translational research in the field of Cystic Fibrosis, acute lung injury and pneumonia. Requires work with mice in vivo, patient samples and human and mouse cells in vitro. Occasional weekend or evening work required. Potential co-authorship opportunities for abstracts and papers.
Essential Functions
- Mouse colony maintenance: Maintain and breed transgenic mouse strains, perform genotyping, treat mice with compounds, collect in vivo samples, and test samples.
- Coordinate research studies with PI and other lab personnel.
- Review literature and adapt methods for lab use.
- Purchase supplies and prepare monthly spending reports.
- Conduct studies using primary and immortalized cell line tissue cultures, and bacteria.
- Sample testing via western blot, ELISA, enzyme assays, PCR, qPCR.
- Collection of DNA, RNA, cDNA proteins.
- Supervise and mentor students.
- Analyze and prepare data for presentation.
Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree required in a related field.
Required Experience
- Experience with performing basic procedures on mice required and familiarity with standard molecular biology techniques.
- In-depth knowledge of specialized field, process or discipline.
- May require experience with specialized software programs.
Additional Qualifications Considered
- Knowledge of confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, aseptic tissue culture technique is ideal.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Moving around the lab and building.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment
- Sitting - Continuously
- Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) - Often
- Hearing, listening - Often
- Talking - Often
- Standing - Often
- Walking - Often
- Bending - Often
- Stooping - Often
- Kneeling, squatting - Seldom
- Lifting - up to 20 pounds - Often
- Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause you to shout in order to be heard above the noise level.
- Hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts of machinery or tools used to perform work, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals.
- Atmospheric Conditions: Conditions that affect the respiratory system, such as fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
Compensation and Benefits
UC offers a wide array of complementary and affordable benefit options, to meet the financial, educational, health, and wellness needs of you and your family. Eligibility varies by position and FTE.
- Competitive salary range dependent on the candidate's experience.
- Comprehensive insurance plans including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
- Flexible spending accounts and an award-winning employee wellness program, plus an employee assistance program.
- Financial security via our life and long-term disability insurance, accident and illness insurance, and retirement savings plans.
- Generous paid time off work options including vacation, sick leave, annual holidays, and winter season days in addition to paid parental leave.
- Tuition remission is available for employees and their eligible dependents.
- Enjoy discounts for on and off-campus activities and services.
As a UC employee, and an employee of an Ohio public institution, if hired you will not contribute to the federal Social Security system, other than contributions to Medicare. Instead, UC employees have the option to contribute to a state retirement plan (OPERS, STRS) or an alternative retirement plan (ARP).
To learn more about why UC is a great place to work, please visit our careers page at https://www.uc.edu/careers.html.
For questions about the UC recruiting process or to request accommodations with the application, please contact Human Resources at jobs@uc.edu.
The University of Cincinnati is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Research Associate, Pulmonary Internal Medicine
Cincinnati, OH, US
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