Research Assistant; Part-time​/Remote - Infectious Diseases

Position Summary

As a Research Assistant with the Light Institute for Global Health and Transformation, you will gain hands‑on experience across implementation science research, public health clinical trials, and the day‑to‑day operations that keep high‑impact projects moving. This role offers a unique mix of research, field, and administrative exposure—from contributing to multiyear studies on uptake, scale‑up, adaptation, and sustainment of evidence‑based interventions to supporting grant management, logistics, and project coordination.

Candidates looking to build both rigorous research skills and practical experience in global and public health, this is a rare opportunity to learn how meaningful public health work is carried from idea to implementation.

• Conducts research experiments and assays.
• Evaluates research results, reports findings and discusses project outcomes with staff involved.
• Performs data entry and maintains data files on research.
• Coordinates tissue cultures, reagents, probe tests, etc.
• Complies with established safety procedures and maintains required documentation on laboratory and specimen conditions.
• Coordinates research project with other institutions and investigators.
• Participates in developing hypotheses to be tested and ways of testing it.
• Assists with general supply/equipment orders, lab maintenance and cleaning.
• Performs literature research on specified topics.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Works in a laboratory environment with potential exposure to biological and chemical hazards.
• Must be physically able to wear protective equipment and to provide standard care to research animals.

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Laboratory Operations (2 Years) experience.

• No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

• A driver’s license is not required for this position.

Grade: R07-H

Salary Range: $17.10 - $29.09 / Hourly

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