"Research Assistant, Per Diem"

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a per diem Research Assistant for the department of Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

This role involves coordinating patient recruitment, enrollment, randomization, and de-identification; administering questionnaires and conducting testing; performing ELISA biomarker assays and processing serum and PBMC samples; managing and analyzing data; and carrying out venipuncture procedures.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Patient recruitment enrollment, randomization, and de identification.
• Administer questionnaires and testing.
• Running ELISA biomarker assays, processing serum/PBMCs.
• Data handling and analysis.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Prior experience must include performing ELISA and PBMC processing.
• Experienced in calibrating and maintaining laboratory equipment and conducting ELISA data analysis, including generating standard curves, calculating unknown concentrations from absorbance values, and performing curve fitting using Excel.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical Demands: Reading, standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. Lifting up to 25 lbs. BSL2+ laboratory environment; exposure to study subjects in a clinical environment and exposure to research animal models.
• Work Environment: Office environment with moderate noise.