Neurosurgery Staff Scientist

University of Arkansas System • Little Rock, AR

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About The Position

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Neurosurgery is hiring an Assistant, Associate, Principal, or Senior Staff Scientist to advance clinical neurosurgery research. The role collaborates with clinical investigators to analyze biological and physiological data, maintain laboratory computing systems, and contribute to scientific writing and manuscript preparation. The successful candidate will use analytical and technical expertise to support research from data collection through publication.

The position is benefits eligible. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Applicants must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment. The position is subject to pre-employment screening, which may include criminal background, drug testing, and/or education verification.

Requirements

• Assistant Staff Scientist: Master's degree and 2 years of relevant experience.
• Associate Staff Scientist: Doctoral degree and 4 years of relevant experience, including progressive staff and project management experience.
• Principal Staff Scientist: Doctoral degree and 7 years of relevant experience, including significant project management experience, personnel supervision, and editorial and scientific contributions to grants.
• Senior Staff Scientist: Doctoral degree and 10 years of relevant experience, including significant project management experience, personnel supervision, and editorial and scientific contributions to grants.
• Demonstrated proficiency in R, Python, and/or MATLAB for biological or scientific data analysis.
• Strong coding and programming ability.
• Experience building and/or maintaining laboratory computer systems.
• Strong scientific writing skills and ability to contribute to manuscript preparation.

Nice To Haves

• Assistant Staff Scientist: Postdoctoral fellowship experience preferred.
• Associate Staff Scientist: Postdoctoral fellowship and experience assisting in grant writing preferred.
• Principal Staff Scientist: Postdoctoral fellowship experience preferred.
• Senior Staff Scientist: Postdoctoral fellowship experience preferred.
• Experience with EEG acquisition and human digital signal processing.
• Prior experience in a clinical or neurosurgery research setting.
• Familiarity with reproducible research practices, including version control and documented pipelines.
• Experience contributing to peer-reviewed publications.

Responsibilities

• Analyze biological and physiological data from clinical neurosurgery research studies using R, Python, and/or MATLAB.
• Develop and maintain scripts and pipelines for data processing, cleaning, and statistical analysis.
• Build, configure, and maintain laboratory computer systems and data infrastructure for clinical research.
• Assist with acquisition, processing, and quality control of clinical research data, such as EEG and other digital signal data.
• Support manuscript preparation through literature review, drafting and editing sections, figure and table generation, and journal-submission formatting.
• Collaborate with clinical investigators and research team members on study design, data interpretation, and reporting.
• Maintain organized documentation of code, datasets, and analysis methods to support reproducibility.
• Assist with grant progress reports and conference abstract and poster preparation for clinical studies as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans for qualifying staff and family.
• Holiday, vacation, and sick leave.
• Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only).
• Retirement contributions with up to 10% matched by UAMS.
• Basic life insurance up to $50,000.
• Career training and educational opportunities.
• Merchant discounts.
• Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using the UAMS pharmacy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior