Entry Scientist

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Dermatology invites applications for a full-time Entry Scientist, SOM in Miami, FL. The role involves recruiting and maintaining patients in clinical research protocols, performing and ensuring best practices in clinical and translational research, and analyzing results.

The incumbent will communicate findings through papers and agency reports, present at conferences, stay current with related research, and support grant writing and mentoring as

Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.D. or other doctoral degree in relevant field.
• No prior experience required.
• 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 mentor undergraduate and graduate rotating students.

Skills

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Judgment

Education

Ph.D./M.D. or doctoral degree

Job description

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Dermatology has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Entry Scientist, SOM to work in Miami, FL.

• 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.

Department Specific Functions

• 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.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

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


• No prior experience required


• 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.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff Pay Grade: A9

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.

The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.