Onsite Postgraduate Research Scholar - Asthma Genomics

National Jewish Health; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

The Seibold Laboratory at National Jewish Health is seeking a highly motivated Postgraduate Scholar to advance asthma and airway disease research. This NIH-funded project integrates genomics, transcriptomics, and clinical phenotyping, with both laboratory and computational analyses.

The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary projects within the PRIMERO Birth Cohort Study, testing mechanistic hypotheses using in vitro airway models and collaborating with clinicians, computational

Qualifications

• Education: MD or PhD in biology, chemistry or other basic sciences required.
• Work Experience: A minimum of three years of specified experience in technical investigatory techniques during graduate or doctoral training program.

Responsibilities

• Performs, on a very independent basis, all phases of experimental investigations, including planning, developing, operating, recording, collaborating, and reporting of major projects.
• Collaborates with Principal Investigators and senior researchers on major research projects.
• Provides guidance to laboratory staff and serves as primary technical advisor on complex analyses.
• Reviews quality control of new or modified laboratory techniques that affect major projects.
• Performs routine and non-routine tests leading to the successful completion of developed experiments.

Education

MD or PhD in biology, chemistry or other basic sciences

Job description

The Seibold Laboratory at National Jewish Health is seeking a highly motivated Postgraduate Scholar to advance asthma and airway disease research. This NIH-funded project integrates genomics, transcriptomics, and clinical phenotyping, with both laboratory and computational analyses.

The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary projects within the PRIMERO Birth Cohort Study, testing mechanistic hypotheses using in vitro airway models and collaborating with clinicians, computational