Senior Research Support Specialist, CRESE

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health plan

Retirement plan options

Job summary

The University at Buffalo's Center for Research and Education in Special Environments (CRESE) seeks a Senior Research Support Specialist to manage grant-funded studies and assist researchers in physiology experiments on the South Campus.

Strong interpersonal skills, independence, and problem-solving ability are essential as you lead data collection, recruitment, and daily study operations, while supporting faculty, graduate students, and staff.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with exercise physiology techniques and diagnostic exercise equipment preferred.
• Ability to learn common computer-based programs used in physiology research.
• Experience running grant-funded research studies or similar projects is advantageous.
• Strong interpersonal skills, independence, and problem-solving ability are essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform a wide variety of complex experiments and report results to principal investigators.
• Lead participant recruitment, screenings, data collection, data entry and analyses.
• Provide support for faculty investigators, research team members, and graduate students to ensure adherence to study protocols and support daily study operations.
• Maintain accurate and detailed participant records through timely documentation and data entry, in compliance with university policies and applicable standards.
• Engage with research participants in a professional manner to ensure participant recruitment, screening, enrollment, and retention.
• May train students and junior-level staff.

Skills

Exercise physiology techniques

Data collection & analysis

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Computer-based programs

Job description

The Center for Research and Education in Special Environments (CRESE) is seeking a Senior Research Support Specialist. The mission of CRESE is to advance the science of human physiology, performance, safety, and health in extreme environments through rigorous, ethically conducted research; to train the next generation of scientists in an environment of excellence and integrity; and to translate our findings into practical benefits for military personnel, emergency responders, athletes, workers, and the public. Located on the University at Buffalo’s South Campus, CRESE is home to five principal investigators who are leaders in human integrative physiology – studying the effects of exercise and environment on various systems within the human body. CRESE utilizes a wide variety of unique research equipment and environmental chambers, allowing the simulation of a wide spectrum of air temperatures, humidity, altitude, depth, and water immersion. The ideal candidate will be familiar with common exercise physiology techniques and diagnostic exercise equipment such as maximal oxygen consumption testing, resting and exercising measures of metabolic rate, heart rate, and blood pressure, and understand basic cardiovascular and thermal physiology. The candidate should possess knowledge of or have the ability to learn common computer-based programs in the field of human physiology. The candidate will be responsible for running grant-funded research studies and developing methods through pilot testing. Strong interpersonal skills, independence, and an aptitude for problem solving while working within a dedicated professional team is required.

Job Duties Include:

• Perform a wide variety of complex experiments and report results to principal investigators.
• Lead participant recruitment, screenings, data collection, data entry and analyses.
• Provide support for faculty investigators, research team members, and graduate students to ensure adherence to study protocols and support daily study operations.
• Maintain accurate and detailed participant records through timely documentation and data entry, in compliance with university policies and applicable standards.
• Engage with research participants in a professional manner to ensure participant recruitment, screening, enrollment, and retention.
• May train students and junior-level staff.

Outstanding Benefits Package

Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. Visit our benefits website to learn about our benefit packages.

About The University At Buffalo

The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo. As an Equal Opportunity / Aff postseason employer, the Research Foundation will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin and veteran or disability status.

About Buffalo

Buffalo is the second-largest city in New York State and is located in the western region on the shores of Lake Erie, upriver of the majestic Niagara Falls. Western New York is an ideal place to live and work. Buffalo – the City of Good Neighbors – is a big city with a rapidly growing economy, vital academic health sciences center, outstanding public schools, and modest cost of living. Buffalo-Niagara, a region of 1.2 million people, is home to world-class art galleries and museums, a comprehensive city-wide system of parks and green space designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, a vibrant theater and music community, and major and minor league sports teams. These are just a few of the wide array of cultural and recreational elements that make Buffalo a great place to work, study and live. For more information, please see: http://www.buffalo.edu/about_ub/the-buffalo-niagara-region.html The Research Foundation of SUNY is an EOE and welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with a disability.