Entry Scientist, SOM

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine•Miami, FL

41d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, is currently seeking a full time Entry Scientist, SOM to work in Miami, FL. The Entry Scientist, SOM supports assigned research activities for the department. The appointee also furthers the University's research goals and objectives and advances the University's reputation as a leader in the field. 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.

Requirements

Ph.D., M.D. or other doctoral level degree in relevant field
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.

Responsibilities

Recruits and maintains patients in clinical research protocols.
Provides and follows best practices in clinical and translational research performance.
Processes and analyzes results and data.
Communicates results to the scientific community via published papers and agency reports.
Presents ongoing work and findings to colleagues at academic conferences, summarizing the nature of the research, methodology, and results.
Stays abreast of the work of other scientists within the department and scientific community.
Attends conferences and reads relevant journals.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
To scientifically contribute to ongoing projects.
To design, develop and execute own scientific research and development ideas, in collaboration with a research team.
To help assembling and writing scientific grant applications to federal and non-federal institutions for funding.
To write scientific reports in the form of conference abstracts/presentations, articles and funding agencies reports.
If required, to be able to mentor undergraduate and graduate rotating students.