Research Associate, Clinical Research, Research Scientist

Research Associate 2

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time, Research Associate 2 to work in Miami.

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Job Summary:

The Research Associate 2, 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:

• Serve as a bridge between computational biology and wet-lab research by analyzing multi-omics datasets (bulk, single-cell, and spatial) from patient tumors and disease models.
• Collaborate with data scientists, bioinformaticians, and cancer biologists to identify gene regulatory networks and investigate mechanisms of tumorigenesis, treatment resistance, and metastasis.
• Analyze high-throughput sequencing datasets (e.g., RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq, Hi-C, and spatial transcriptomics), apply statistical modeling and machine learning, and develop computational workflows using R, Python, and Git Hub.
• Contribute to data visualization, interpretation, and manuscript preparation; assist with wet-lab techniques such as library preparation, histology, PCR, flow cytometry, and media preparation; document workflows and results according to institutional and scientific standards; and adapt to evolving project priorities, workflow improvements, and emerging analytical needs.

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
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
• Skill in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.

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