Associate Scientist

Associate Scientist (AS)

The Hussman Institute has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Scientist (AS) position. The incumbent will work on the statistical genetic aspects of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), as part of several multidisciplinary national and international consortiums. This position will work on research directed towards identifying genes and the mechanisms that they influence to increase the risk of or prevent the onset of AD.

This position will also include admixture analysis of several population data sets. As a certified bioinformatician, the AS will also be involved in the functional genomic analysis. The AS primary responsibilities will include data interpretation, manuscript preparation, training of post (pre) doctoral students and master's level analysts and reporting of results to an international AD community.

• Contributes to basic and applied research activities including authorship of scientific publications, technical and agency reports, and patent preparations.
• Publishes in refereed journals in collaboration with department leadership or independently.
• Supervises research employees and non-exempt staff.
• Writes extramural proposals with approval of senior managing staff.
• Creates and conducts experiments and analyzes results.
• Works with other researchers to use and develop end products.
• Provides ready access to all experimental data for the faculty researchers, supervisors, and other relevant staff.
• Requests or acquires equipment and supplies for assigned project(s).
• Applies for grants to continue research and prepares materials for submission to granting agencies and foundations.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

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.

• Ph.D., M.D. or other doctoral level degree required
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

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