Post Doctoral Research Associate at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

The post-doctoral research associate should have a prior experience with multi-tasking skills in working with clinical/medical/dental research. He / She will directly assist clinical faculty on oral specimen collection & processing including blood, record keeping, data analysis, assist in IRB protocols. He / She is responsible in establishing clinical standard operating procedures (SOP), collecting and storing oral (Saliva, throat wash, dental plaque, oral swabs etc) and blood specimens as part of research project(s) by following study protocols. This person must have adequate wet lab (ELISA's, Protein, RNA experiments; cellular/molecular) research experience, including microbiome and cytokine analysis in all kinds of specimens. In addition, this person will assist with preparing IRB protocols, scheduling scientific meetings between collaborators, and transfer the specimens to other laboratories. The Research Associate is responsible in saving all patient information (all IRB documents, SOP) & research data in lock and key and help the faculty in working with IRB during entire research period.



Daily Operations

• Clinical research (working with clinical faculty, patients/ students)
  
  


• Human cell and tissue culture studies, microbiome and cytokine analysis in human specimens
  
  


• IHC, Western blotting, RT-PCR experiments
  
  


• Lab maintenance/attend seminars etc
  
  


• Record keeping, data analysis, prepare manuscripts
  
  


• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, particularly skills in MSExcel
  
  


• Experience in database creation
  
  


• Ability to work independently, accurately and to problem solve technical and methodological issues that arise during the course of the research.
  
  


• Strong communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
  
  

• MS/PhD/MD/DDS (Clinical/Physiology/Biochemistry/Biomedical/oral biology)