Research Professional 3
About The Department
The Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology provides care for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with cancer and other hematologic diseases, requiring the specialty knowledge and skills of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation. In addition to patient care, clinical and translational research, including laboratory-based wet lab and dry lab studies, are conducted by faculty members in the section.
Job Summary
The University of Chicago's Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation in the Biological Sciences Division seeks a full-time Research Professional 3. The incumbent’s primary activity will be academic research in association with a faculty contributing to research projects focused on the LaBelle Lab. The Incumbent’s primary responsibility will be to advance the research mission of the LaBelle Lab by designing and conducting experiments, analyzing data, coordinating collaborations, and contributing to manuscript and grant preparation.
Responsibilities
- Utilize in vivo mouse models, immunologic profiling, and molecular techniques to study immune modulation, tumor-immune interactions, and therapeutic resistance mechanisms in cancers.
- Provides recommendations on research design and action plans, present data and findings at labs and scientific meetings, seminars, etc., prepare manuscripts, and contribute preliminary data for grant proposals.
- Create and administer initiatives to promote research projects while ensuring adherence to institutional, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
- Serves as a resource for collecting data and performing analysis.
- Facilitates and promotes a research project by providing scientific or intellectual information.
- Trains and mentors laboratory personnel.
Qualifications
- Minimum requirements include a PhD in related field.
- Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.