Mentored Scientist

Shriners Children's • Chicago, IL

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. Shriners Children's Chicago is seeking a full time Mentored Scientist to join the Shriners Clinical Research team! This position collaborates and works in an established laboratory that focuses on tissue repair and stem cell response to injury. This is a component of a university-wide program that focuses on different aspects of tissue repair. Shriners Children’s Chicago offers specialized care for a wide range of pediatric orthopedic, bone and joint conditions, including rare diseases and syndromes. Other specialties include spine and scoliosis care, plastic surgery, cleft lip and palate care, comprehensive rehabilitation and spinal cord injuries.

Requirements

• Doctorate in related field required
• Knowledge of: Data collection and analysis
• Knowledge of: Transgenic animal management
• Knowledge of: Statistics Cellular and molecular biology
• Knowledge of: Computer programs, spreadsheets, graphics programs, and word processing.
• Ability to: Communicate effectively in public
• Ability to: Collaborate effectively with investigators
• Ability to: Direct and supervise in accordance with the PI laboratory personnel
• Ability to: Effectively analyze and manage program budget
• Ability to: Employ writing skills to assist in developing grants
• Ability to: Assist with the planning of new laboratory operations and long-range development

Nice To Haves

• One year Research experience preferred

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the PI, assist in designing experiments, which will answer questions at a physiological, cellular, and molecular level concerning how tissues respond to injury and determine the regulators of tissue repair.
• Assist in the development of experimental protocols and techniques to help answer questions related to the activation of stem cell niches and subsequent control of tissue repair.
• Develop appropriate hypotheses and methodologies for the research.
• Assist in program development of a laboratory that will focus on tissue repair and response to injury, potentially leading to becoming part of a University-wide program focusing on stem cell response leading to tissue repair in skin, nerve and bone.
• Assist in hiring appropriate personnel as directed.
• Assist in setting up collaborations within the University and other institutions to assist with programmatic development of a tissue repair consortium.
• Assist with the management of day-to-day running of the laboratory, including budget review and personnel issues.
• Provide supervision to SRAs, who will be primarily responsible for ordering and maintaining supplies.
• Assist with the education and supervision of surgical residents and other laboratory personnel.
• Develop skills to obtain third-party funding for research initiatives (i.e. NIH).
• Assist with data management and development of data for presentation and publication.
• Assist all users in image core and histological core, including training (both hardware and software) and trouble shooting.
• Provide the regular maintenance and keep service contracts updates for the instruments in image and histological cores.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical coverage on their first day
• 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service
• Paid time off (for FT or PT status 40+ hours per pay period)
• Life insurance (for FT or PT status 40+ hours per pay period)
• Short term and long-term disability (for FT or PT status 40+ hours per pay period)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans (for FT or PT status 40+ hours per pay period)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected (for FT or PT status 40+ hours per pay period)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Home & auto insurance
• Hospitalization insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree