Research Associate

Details Open Date 04/11/2024 Requisition Number PRN38215B Job Title Research Associate Working Title Research Associate Job Grade A00 FLSA Code Professional Patient Sensitive Job Code? No Standard Hours per Week 40 Full Time or Part Time? Full Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary VP Area U of U Health - Academics Department 00995 - Pharmacotherapy Outcome Resctr Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range DOE Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Job Summary Develops research projects and grant proposals.
Is responsible for scientific design, conduct and interpretation, presenting results and publishing manuscripts.
Responsibilities Qualifications Required An advanced degree in health (PhD, MD, PharmD) and at least 2 years of research experience in the healthcare field Excellent skills in written and verbal communication.
Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.
Preferred Experience with writing and submitting federal grants to the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality More than 10 peer-review publications in high quality medical-related journals.
Experience with medication adverse event reporting systems throughout the world Disclaimer This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.
Essential Functions Develops scientific research projects and may act as a co-principal investigator.
Researches and stays current with project related scientific literature.
Sets up new methods to accomplish scientific objectives.
Identifies and implements creative solutions to overcome problems.
Organizes, interprets data, and derives study conclusions.
Manages and trains research staff to achieve research goals.
Collaborates with internal and external investigators on multiple research projects ensuring scientific significance and feasibility.
Summarizes results of observational, evaluation and clinical studies in the form of scientific abstracts and manuscripts.
Serves as a resource to provide scientific information needed for various initiatives.
Contributes to teaching activities by preparing and presenting educational seminars.
Assists with grant preparation by researching background, significance, and planning statistics.
May attend national conferences and presents results of studies or evaluations.
This position may be involved with problems requiring modifications of scientific methods.
This position is required to efficiently manage research projects, research coordinators and associates and work with research team leadership to develop strategies.
Inquiries about the position may be directed to: Carl Asche, PhD, MBA Executive Director, Department of Pharmacotherapy University of Utah College of Pharmacy 30 South 2000 East, 4th floor Salt Lake City, UT 84112 carl.
asche@pharm.
utah.
edu Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until 4/17/2024.
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