"Research Associate - Center for Biotechnology & Genomic Medicine"

Job Summary
Oversees and performs laboratory work related to studies in vision research. Maintains research records, communicates effectively with other laboratory members, and collaborates well within a team. Also assists with ordering supplies and maintaining a safe and organized laboratory environment.

Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to:
EXPERIMENTS: Communicating with patients, clinicians, and nurses at the clinic to obtain written informed consent from recruited subjects. Extracting subject data from patient charts. Maintaining all administrative binders and clinical databases. Ensuring compliance with all Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements. Transporting the samples collected in the clinic to the lab and placing them in -80°C freezers. Will work closely with the PI, contributing to various aspects of the research project and playing an important role in the development and execution of the experiments. Additionally, this position is responsible for data analysis and manuscript preparation.
MENTOR: Supervise junior members in the lab.
MANUSCRIPTS & GRANTS: Assist the PI with writing publications and grant applications.
OTHER: Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
Master's degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, cell biology or other natural, life, health care or materials science directly related to the research area to which the position is assigned and experience in research, basic science or clinical laboratory particularly clinical trial research.
OR
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, cell biology or other natural, life, health care or materials science directly related to the research area to which the position is assigned and a minimum of three years' research and/or clinical experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases.
SKILLS
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
ABILITIES
Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Shift/Salary/Benefits
Shift: Days; Monday - Friday (Work outside of normal business hours may be required)
Salary Range: $45,400 - $50,000 annually
Pay Band: B8
Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position
Recruitment Period: Until Filled
Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.