Research Scientist - Woodcock

Overview

Reports to a departmental or divisional director and is responsible for direction of the research activities of a laboratory. Prepares, writes and presents research papers. Provides consultation within area of expertise to individuals both internal and external to the hospital.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors:
Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate.

• Supervises postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, and other lab personnel including hiring, training, assigning work to complete, providing feedback, evaluating performance, and when necessary, disciplining.
• Assumes primary responsibility for the development, communication and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures for research and administrative functions in the research setting, including all relevant mandatory committees such as IRB and IACUC.
• Identifies internal and external funding opportunities and works with the departmental and Brown University Health Office of Research Administration on completion of grant applications.
• Reviews current literature to update approaches to research being conducted and assigns review of specific literature to assistance.
• Determines the direction of research efforts by reviewing data from previous research and external papers to identify problem areas, sets up hypotheses and designs experiments to test them.
• Responsible for developing the research methodology used.
• Ensures accurate collection and analysis of data gathered in research experiments.
• Interprets data using statistical methodology.
• Prepares, writes and presents papers for publication as the principal investigator on research projects.
• Participates in hospital committees both research and non-research.
• Contacts individuals both internal and external to the hospital to provide professional consultation within area of expertise and to exchange information.

• Requires completion of an M.D. and/or Ph.D. in the appropriate scientific field and a Brown appointment at Instructor or Assistant Professor rank.
• Requires an in-depth knowledge of the scientific field in which research is being performed.
• Requires supervisory and administrative skills to direct a small group of research assistants.
• Requires interpersonal skills to interface both externally and internally to the hospital.
• Requires one‑year experience in research.

Pay Range: $68,000.00‑$

Location:

The Miriam Hospital – 164 Summit Ave, Providence, Rhode Island 02906

Work Type: M‑F 9‑5:30

Work Shift:

Day

Daily

Hours:

8 hours

Driving

Required:

No

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