Part-Time Research Specialist—Advanced Methods

Mass General Brigham Incorporated; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 63,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking a part-time research professional to work under the direction of the principal investigator. The role involves performing high-level, complex scientific experiments, contributing to literature, and developing new methods and technologies for research advancement.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in a related field and 3–5 years of experience in an academic or laboratory setting, with strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field required.
• 3–5 years experience in an academic or laboratory research setting.

Responsibilities

• Investigates, creates, and develops new methods and technologies for research advancement.
• Contributes to scientific literature, reports, journals and presentations.
• Develops proposals and study plans and coordinates the institutional and external reviews of these proposals.
• Responsible for supervising routine reports of laboratory studies, particularly as stipulated in material transfer agreements or corporate-sponsored research agreements, to be distributed to industry scientific counterparts and academic collaborators.
• Reports on the progress of work at weekly laboratory seminars.
• Semi-autonomously writes up experimental work for grant applications, book chapters, and journal publications.
• Responsible for preparing summaries of laboratory studies for meeting presentations and publications.
• Calculates, transcribes, analyzes, and prepares figures of data using advanced statistical techniques.
• Semi-autonomously identifies, interprets, and applies findings and methods from scientific literature relevant to projects.

Skills

Problem solving

Computer literacy

Organizational skills

Discretion

Deadline driven

Interpersonal skills

Education

Master's degree in a related field

Job description

Mass General Brigham is seeking a part-time research professional to work under the direction of the principal investigator. The role involves performing high-level, complex scientific experiments, contributing to literature, and developing new methods and technologies for research advancement.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in a related field and 3–5 years of experience in an academic or laboratory setting, with strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to