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Posted Job Title
Research Specialist A
Job Profile Title
Research Specialist A
Job Description Summary
The Lee Laboratory in the Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division is seeking a Research Specialist who will assist in conducting
translational research studies to develop biomarkers in patients with kidney disease and other patient populations. The Research
Specialist will interact directly with patients to discuss informed consent for translational studies, coordinate specimen collections
with them, administering questionnaires to them, and inputting data into databases. The Research Specialist will also process stool,
blood, urine, and other biological specimens for storage and perform molecular biology experiments and biochemistry/protein
experiments on the biological specimens. The Research Specialist will analyze generated data and will provide training and mentorship to students and other research staff.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
The Lee Laboratory in the Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division is seeking a Research Specialist who will assist in conducting translational research studies to develop biomarkers in patients with kidney disease and other patient populations. The Lee Laboratory has a particular research focus on developing biomarkers in the stool, blood, urine, and other biological specimens in order to predict
and diagnose complications in patients with kidney disease. Dr. Lee has published on the relationship of the gut microbiota to urinary tract infections in kidney transplant recipients (Magruder et al., Nat Commun 2019) and the relationship of the gut microbiota to post-transplant diarrhea in kidney transplant recipients (Lee et al., Am J Transplant 2018).
We are looking for a highly motivated Research Specialist who would like to participate in translational research studies with patients.
The Research Specialist will interact directly with patients to discuss informed consent for translational studies, coordinate specimen collections with them, administering questionnaires to them, and inputting data into databases. The Research Specialist will also process stool, blood, urine, and other biological specimens for storage and perform molecular biology experiments and
biochemistry/protein experiments on the biological specimens.
The Research Specialist will analyze generated data and will provide
training and mentorship to students and other research staff.
DUTIES:
• Interacting with patients to discuss informed consent and to consent them into translational studies
• Coordinating specimen collections with patients…