Temporary Employee - Non-Exempt
About The Position
The GBM Translational Center of Excellence is a translational research laboratory in the Abramson Cancer Center and Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania. Part of the laboratory’s mission, led by Dr. Zev Binder, is to identify, capture, and analyze circulating biomarkers to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. We focus on analysis of cell-free DNA, exosomes, and proteins in blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and other fluid specimens. We aim to 1) identify markers for early detection of disease and post-therapy monitoring of minimal residual disease 2) develop efficient means to monitor responses to therapy and, thus, clinical decision making 3) investigate cancer genetic phenotyping as a tool for personalized medicine. The focus of the GBM TCE is driven by the needs of clinicians and translational scientists and realized through collaborative work with researchers in the Penn School of Medicine, the Penn School of Engineering, and the Center for Personalized Diagnostics. We support numerous interventional clinical trials run at Penn Medicine and also pursue collaborative efforts with industry partners to evaluate new technologies.
Requirements
- Interest in a career in health care or clinical research.
- Excellent organization skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide research support in the GBM TCE.
- Provide research support for medical oncologists and other clinical research coordinators in the cancer clinics.
- Act as the lead biobanking coordinator for a major study area (e.g., pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, glioblastoma).
- Communicate with oncologists, clinical research staff, and patients to screen for study inclusion, recruit and consent subjects, and arrange laboratory procedures.
- Attend autopsies (potential opportunity).
- Learn to handle human specimens, process and bank samples, and ship samples to collaborators.
- Receive training in plasma collection, harvesting of leukocytes, and DNA extraction.
- Learn Good Document Procedure in paper and digital record keeping.
- Learn how to conduct preliminary analyses.
- Learn how to prepare summary figures and texts for manuscripts.
- Assist and receive support from colleagues in other study areas.
- Perform data entry in clinical study databases such as REDCap, VELOS Clinical Trial Management System, patient medical charts, and Excel files.
- Abstract data from medical records.
- Independently design study databases and perform database quality control checks with minimal supervision.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
- Generous retirement plans (Basic, Matching, and Supplemental) allowing pre-tax or Roth basis savings.
- Wide variety of investment options through TIAA and Vanguard.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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