Biological Scientist III - Endocrinology

Endocrinology•Gainesville, FL

16h

About The Position

The Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, is hiring a Biological Scientist III to support the research program directed by Dr. Kenneth Cusi, Professor of Medicine. The program focuses on obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD/MASH), and the mechanisms and treatment of diabetes-related liver disease, with ongoing clinical and translational research projects involving clinical and laboratory-based investigations. The successful candidate will provide scientific support across this research portfolio and independently coordinate complex research activities. Work includes recruiting and retaining participants; implementing studies and conducting clinical research visits; obtaining informed consent; performing transient elastography liver imaging; managing and analyzing clinical and laboratory data; developing and maintaining research databases; contributing to protocols, reports, manuscripts, preliminary statistical analyses, figures, and grant applications; and coordinating multidisciplinary research activities. The role requires independent scientific judgment and the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously. The candidate will interpret findings, identify and communicate issues affecting study implementation, refine research procedures, and provide scientific input to ongoing studies. The position also participates in a weekly two-hour research didactic meeting, including study updates, Journal Club, and discussion of analyzed findings, and contributes to dissemination through scientific meeting abstracts and oral presentations and peer-reviewed publications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in biology or a related field and seven years of experience; or a master’s degree in biology or a related field and five years of experience; or a doctoral degree in biology or a related field and two years of experience.
Ability to exercise independent scientific judgment and organize and coordinate multiple research activities simultaneously.
Ability to interpret research findings, identify and communicate issues affecting study implementation, and contribute scientific input to ongoing studies.

Nice To Haves

Experience in clinical, translational, or biomedical research.
Experience coordinating clinical research studies involving human participants.
Experience with clinical research data management, database development, and data analysis.
Experience in obesity, diabetes, metabolic disease, liver disease, endocrinology, or related biomedical areas.
Experience performing liver imaging using transient elastography in accordance with established research protocols and certification requirements.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and implement research activities across multiple clinical studies and multidisciplinary collaborators, following approved protocols and established procedures.
Manage participant research visits and ensure completion of required procedures, assessments, laboratory testing, and follow-up.
Lead informed consent activities and explain research procedures to participants in accordance with approved protocols and institutional requirements.
Perform liver imaging using transient elastography in accordance with research protocols and certification requirements.
Recruit, screen, enroll, retain, and follow up with clinical research participants as needed.
Identify and resolve issues affecting study implementation and participant follow-up, communicating significant concerns to the Principal Investigator and appropriate team members.
Maintain accurate and complete study documentation and research records.
Manage, organize, and maintain clinical and laboratory research data across ongoing studies.
Develop, maintain, and improve research databases for collecting, organizing, tracking, and analyzing clinical and laboratory data.
Perform preliminary analyses and assist in interpreting clinical, laboratory, imaging, and other research data.
Prepare figures, tables, summaries, and preliminary analyses for research meetings, presentations, manuscripts, and grant applications.
Identify trends, inconsistencies, and data-quality issues and work with the research team to resolve discrepancies and improve data integrity.
Maintain organized datasets and documentation to support reproducibility, reporting, publication, and future analyses.
Contribute significantly to developing, implementing, and refining research protocols, methodologies, and study procedures.
Collaborate with key team members to prepare scientific manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, reports, and grant applications.
Acquire and analyze research findings and present study updates and results to the research team and multidisciplinary collaborators.
Participate in the weekly research didactic meeting, including presenting assigned study updates, participating in Journal Club, and discussing findings.
Prepare and present analyzed results at scientific meetings, including abstracts and oral presentations, and contribute to peer-reviewed publications.
Coordinate communication and research activities among investigators, research staff, clinical collaborators, and other multidisciplinary partners.
Identify and improve research processes, data-collection methods, study implementation, and scientific productivity.
Provide expert scientific and technical guidance to other research team members as appropriate to assigned projects.
Perform other duties as required.