Research Project Manager - Medicine

About the role

The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, in Hershey, PA is seeking a Research Project Manager to oversee the daily operations in a Sleep-cardiovascular research program including a wet laboratory and clinical human studies.

Responsibilities

• Primarily responsible for oversight of daily laboratory operations and laboratory safety compliance
• Provides staff training and supervision
• Orders and maintains laboratory supplies and lab equipment
• Maintains laboratory notebooks for quality control and analysis
• Prepares and maintains stock biochemical and molecular biology reagents
• Participates and assists in human studies including vascular reactivity studies and biopsy procedures
• Occasionally contacts research participants and participates in follow up visits in collaboration with research coordinators
• Participates in planning, design, implementation and management of research projects
• Plans, designs and executes experiments including confocal microscopy and immunohistochemistry techniques
• Laser captures transfections sequencing, transfection of cell lines with DNA constructs, DNA extraction, cell separation/cultures, cytokines measurement, and immunoblots
• Collects, analyzes and interprets research data
• Performs critical analysis of research literature
• Assists with preparation of grants, publications, abstracts, and presentations
• Collaborates with principal investigator to develop general goals of new research projects
• Constructs manuscripts
• Process samples and executes experiments on human tissue and blood including freshly procured vascular and subcutaneous tissue; blood, and serum
• Performs molecular biology procedures and immunologic assays including: Western blot analysis, immunohistochemistry, ELISA, PCR for mRNA analysis
• Performs laboratory techniques to isolate endothelial cells, peripheral blood cell lines; and perform and maintain cell cultures
• Performs other duties as requested

Qualifications

• Master's Degree 1+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted
• One to three years of biomedical research with tissue culture; cell biology; and PCR as well as microscopy techniques are required
• Experience in human research is preferred (with HIPPA; CITI; IRB experience)

Pay

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades, is $65,508.00 - $94,980.00.

Benefits

Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being. In addition to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, employees enjoy robust retirement plans and substantial paid time off which includes holidays, vacation and sick time. One of the standout benefits is the generous 75% tuition discount, available to employees as well as eligible spouses and children.

This position is funded for 12 months; continuation past 12 months will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding. Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.