Research Associate 1 - Urology

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The Department of Urology is currently seeking a full time Research Associate 1 to work in Miami. The Research Associate 1, SOM contributes to the University’s research activities under the supervision of senior staff. Moreover, the incumbent understands, interprets, and complies with research policies and protocols.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                              

Contributes to basic and applied research activities by collecting and analyzing data, maintaining databases, etc. Understands and interprets research protocols and procedures. Participates in the publications of significant results. Advances expertise through continued education, training and/or research. Maintains an overview of relevant research findings. Ensures all research is undertaken according to food research practice and guidance.

Department Specific Functions

• Develop and maintain production pipelines for analyzing high-throughput NGS data: (e.g. bulk/single-cell RNA-seq, WGS/WES, ATAC-seq)

• Develop visualization and computational tools for the exploration and analysis of large scale multi-omic datasets

• Write standard operating procedures and other relevant documentation

• Runs and maintains existing next generation data analysis pipelines.

• Assists senior bioinformatics analysts in pipeline and algorithm development and validation.

• Extracts features of interest from data relating to specific biological questions.

• Contributes to the maintenance of genomic and clinical databases.

• Performs statistical and integrative data analysis on genomics and clinical data.

• Works along-side other team members and data analysts.

• Follows standard operating procedures, documentation, and scripts to generate reports.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                            

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field required

Experience:  

No experience is required.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• 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.

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

A5