Principal Research Associate; Dr. Anita Kinney’s Lab

Principal Research Associate (Dr. Anita Kinney’s Lab)

Recruitment/Posting Title Principal Research Associate (Dr. Anita Kinney’s Lab)

Job Category

Job Category Staff & Executive
- Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)

Department

Department CINJ
- Cancer Health Equity &

Overview

RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE VISION , MISSION , AND CORE VALUES :

VISION :

Through our science, our evidence-based actions, our openness, and our respect for those we serve, we will advance cancer-focused research worldwide and reduce the burden of cancer in our catchment area. By engaging with and empowering our exceptionally diverse populations, and addressing their questions and fears, we will engender hope for cancer patients and their families and play a critical role in strengthening the fabric of our communities by gaining and protecting their trust and providing access to the outstanding oncology care each person deserves.

MISSION :

Our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery focused on understanding cancer, innovating cancer treatment, and improving cancer prevention; to provide outstanding, novel, and compassionate patient care; to provide evidence-based and culturally informed education to physicians, nurses, researchers, staff, and the community; and to achieve cancer health equity in our state through outreach to and engagement of our extraordinarily diverse communities.

CORE VALUES :

Curiosity and Discovery: encouraging an environment of continuous inquiry, creativity, and innovation to generate new knowledge

Integrity: earning the trust of those we serve and each other through honesty, transparency, accountability, and continuous reflection

Collaboration:

approaching all opportunities with an understanding that together we are better and can achieve more; promoting and maintaining an environment of teamwork and shared knowledge

Respect and Caring: consistently demonstrating caring, compassion, and respect through our words and actions
Perseverance: maintaining an unwavering commitment to our mission; embracing change, overcoming obstacles, and creating and recreating the path to achieve our goals

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Principal Research Associate in Dr. Anita Kinney’s Lab within Cancer Health Equity and Engagement at the Rutgers Cancer Institute. Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Principal Research Associate is responsible for the direction, planning, and coordination of highly specialized and technical biobehavioral and cancer disparities research and develops and directs personnel, technical and research staff, postdoctoral trainees, and graduate, medical, and undergraduate students.

In addition, the Principal Research Associate leads the management of complex datasets and makes decisions and establishes work priorities on essential procedure-oriented operations. The Principal Research Associate also assists the Principal Investigator with study development, grant submissions, study execution, data management, quality control, regulatory activities, reporting, and the preparation of reports and manuscripts, while overseeing recruitment and other aspects of research studies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Ensures complex studies including observational, risk communication, behavioral and health services intervention research (involving biospecimens, genetic information, clinical and/or patient reported data) and implementation science projects in cancer patients and persons at risk for cancer, including socioeconomically disadvantaged and underserved racial and ethnic populations are administered as per study protocol, including enrolling and retaining study enrollees as per study timelines.
• Provides strategic and…