Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Employee Classification: Postdoctoral Research Assoc.
Campus: University of North Texas - Health Science Center
Division: HSC-Provost & Exec VP
Sub Division-Department: HSC-UNT System College of Pharmacy
Department: HSC-Pharmaceutical Sciences-301400
Job Location: Fort Worth
Salary: Commensurate with experience.

ABOUT US - VALUES OVERVIEW:

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DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The global vision of the College of Pharmacy is to be an extraordinary team committed to a culture of excellence, innovation, equity, and collaboration to improve health. Our motto, “We make healthcare better,” reflects the increasing contribution to healthcare that can be provided by doctors of pharmacy trained in the highly interprofessional and primary care environment present at the HSC Fort Worth. Our focus is on the patient. Making healthcare better crucially depends upon improved teamwork of a variety of healthcare professionals and improved access for patients. Doctors of pharmacy involved in disease and medication management make healthcare better by increasing safety, improving outcomes, and reducing costs. Our motto also extends to the contributions that our faculty, postdoctoral associates, graduate students, and research staff make to the development of new and more effective therapies for the promotion of health and treatment of disease.

POSITION OVERVIEW

This position will conduct in vitro experiments, perform molecular and biochemistry studies, oversee genotyping and support the maintenance of breeding colonies for transgenic animals, conduct in vivo experiments including behavior tests, and involvement in the experimental design of the studies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Doctoral degree. If not yet conferred, a letter from the school’s official Graduate Office and/or Registrar’s Office certifying that all requirements have been met and stating the degree conferral date can be accepted. Employees in this job may be responsible for conducting research on, working on, or having the ability to access critical organizational infrastructure and they must be able to maintain the security and integrity of the infrastructure related to this role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Excellent communication skills
• Project organization/management skills
• Advanced training in quantitative research methods
• Ability to work independently and as a team member

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Communicating with others to exchange information.

• Execute experiments independently, collect data and take good notes of experiments, and keep up-to-date with the most recent literature in the field of study.
• Perform technical procedures involved in execution of own experiments (i.e. Analyze experimental results of experimental protocols).
• Presentation of project results to internal and external parties.
• Operates specialized scientific equipment.
• Performs statistical analyses, including selecting the appropriate analysis procedure, setting up data for analysis, judging validity and reliability of data, designing and writing programs to perform analyses, and producing written reports on the result of the analyses.
• Write manuscripts and prepare materials for scientific presentations.