Post Doctoral Scholar
Job Description
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The Department of Otolaryngology is currently seeking a full time Post Doctoral Associate to work in Miami, FL. The Post Doctoral Scholar takes initiative and works independently in developing new research ideas and troubleshooting new assays. Further, the incumbent facilitates the training of students, residents, fellows, and other trainees.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
Assists in planning and designing research experiments, establishes priorities, and recommends schedules.
Presents research findings at local and national scientific conferences.
Writes technical publications and reports.
Designs and writes programs to perform analysis and produces written reports on results.
Collects pilot data to help support new and competing renewal applications.
Supervises undergraduate and graduate research students and performs literature reviews.
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.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
MD or PhD in relevant field
Experience:
No prior experience 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.
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DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM
Department Specific Functions
- Performing gene therapy experiments and expression analysis and auditory physiological evaluation of identified genes in inner ears in mouse models of human genetic deafness.
- Conducting functional characterization in animal models and organoids/iPSCs of proteins encoded by human hearing loss causing genes identified by us.
Department Specific Qualifications
Education:
PhD, MD or other doctoral level degree required
Certification and Licensing:
Not Applicable
Experience:
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:
- Have graduate training or experience and background in experiences with utilizing animal models, cell line technology, and AAV or CRISPR genome editing
- Previous work-related experience including molecular biology, gene therapy, and a background in experiences with animal sensory evaluation both in physiology and histology
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.
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Job Status:
Full timeEmployee Type:
Research-Limited TermPay Grade:
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