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Researches, writes and / or edits high-level communications, publications, and / or reports with complex or sensitive subject matter to audiences that are either broad or highly influential. Requires subject-matter expertise and an in-depth understanding of the audience and the communication strategies that will best serve the institution with that audience. Work is of considerable difficulty and may require political acumen and sensitivity.

The Savic Lab at UCSF is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Senior Manager, Scientific Publications to join our team. In this role, you will lead the scientific communication strategy for the Savic Integrated Pharmacology Laboratory and the PReDiCTR-TB Consortium, partnering with investigators to develop high-impact manuscripts, grant applications, consortium reports, scientific presentations, and strategic communications that advance model-informed drug development (MIDD), translational pharmacology, quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP), AI-enabled translational science, and global tuberculosis research.

As the Senior Manager, Scientific Publications in the Savic Lab, you will play a pivotal role in advancing internationally recognized research programs in model-informed drug development, translational pharmacology, and AI-enabled quantitative science for infectious diseases. You will help shape the scientific voice of the Savic Lab and PReDiCTR-TB through publications, grants, scientific strategy, and international collaborations by ensuring that cutting-edge research is communicated effectively to a broad audience.

The work environment is casual; however, professional behavior, rapt attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines are clear requirements. The candidate must be able to work with prolific, high-energy lead scientists with complex schedule needs. This is a unique opportunity to combine your scientific expertise with strategic communication skills in a collaborative and innovative environment.

The Savic Lab is a global leader in model-informed drug development for infectious diseases and serves as a quantitative innovation hub for translational pharmacology, AI-enabled modeling, and next-generation regimen design. The laboratory conducts groundbreaking research across TB, HIV, malaria, pediatric infectious diseases, translational PK/PD, and systems pharmacology. Through its leadership role in PReDiCTR-TB, the lab collaborates with international partners to integrate computational science, mechanistic modeling, and clinical translation into actionable strategies that improve global health outcomes.

Through PReDiCTR-TB, the laboratory works with academic, industry, nonprofit, and regulatory collaborators to integrate heterogeneous preclinical and clinical datasets into predictive models that accelerate TB regimen optimization, dose selection, and translational decision-making.

60% of time
- Essential Function:
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• Write and edit manuscripts describing pharmacometrics, translational PK/PD modeling, quantitative systems pharmacology, AI/ML methodologies, mechanistic modeling, infectious disease pharmacology, and model-informed drug development, while tailoring communications for scientific, regulatory, funding, and consortium audiences.
• Ensure scientific accuracy, consistency, reproducibility, and alignment with consortium-wide scientific messaging and publication standards.
• Partner with investigators from study conception through publication by contributing to scientific strategy, study design, translational framing, experimental planning, and interpretation of quantitative results.
• Lead the strategic planning of scientific publication pipelines, including selecting target journals, timing of submissions, and co-author collaboration.
• Coordinate publication activities across multi-institutional collaborations, including author coordination, journal strategy, publication timelines, reviewer responses, and consortium deliverables.
• Ensure scientific rigor and audience accessibility.
• Monitor trends in scientific publishing and ensure the organization stays current with best practices and evolving standards.
• Support grant writing efforts within the Savic Lab: by helping articulate scientific vision, translational impact, model-informed drug development strategies, and interdisciplinary research plans.
• Evaluate and appropriately leverage AI-assisted…