Oregon Health & Science University · 20 hours ago
Senior Staff Scientist
Portland, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expOregon Health & Science University is a leader in personalized cancer treatment and research through its Knight Cancer Institute. The Senior Staff Scientist will lead research efforts focusing on women's health and cancer, mentor research staff, and contribute to grant writing and project management.
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Responsibilities
Train, mentor, and provide oversight and guidance to research staff in Dr. Tworoger’s group, including Master’s level and PhD researchers
Participate in writing non-scientific components of grants, including developing budgets and budget justifications, acting as the lead and as a substantial contributing writer for scientific sections, and ensuring all grant components are complete and submitted by internal deadlines
Plan and develop research projects and analysis plans, conduct statistical analyses, and prepare reports and manuscripts
Provide oversight and act as the main contact for select grant-funded projects to ensure timely progress on aims; maintain good working relationships with multiple departments, including, but not limited to, research finance, regulatory, IT, data management, biostatistics and bioinformatics, immunology, clinical trials office, and shared resource cores
Support Dr. Tworoger in communication with key collaborators and funding agencies, oversee staff who coordinate data sharing and material transfer agreements, provide scientific management for projects, manage communication with PIs working with the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium, and support for presentations and representation in national venues
Qualification
Required
Doctoral degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant post-doctoral work experience
Internal candidates must have completed 3-5 years at the Staff Scientist level
Evidence of national reputation in the field and sustained scientific output, as demonstrated by research products, is required
Proficient in SAS and/or R
Previously conducted time-updated survival analyses (e.g., Cox models), logistic regression, and linear regression analyses
Experience writing grants, including working on both the scientific and non-scientific sections
Experience writing scientific manuscripts, particularly of epidemiology studies
Experience with coordinating complex projects (e.g., grants, collaborations)
Experience working as part of a coordinated team
Preferred
Preferred degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, or clinical psychology
Preferred to have experience working in a consortium setting
Preferred to have experience working with prospective cohort data
Preferred to have experience conducting molecular epidemiology studies, including working with assay laboratories and conducting associated analyses
Preferred to have had experience collaborating with individuals from basic or data science backgrounds
Preferred to have experience giving scientific presentations
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage at no or low cost to employees
Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents
Several retirement plans to choose from with contributions from OHSU
25 days a year of paid time off
8 days of sick time off
Commuter subsidies
Tuition reimbursement
Access to group life insurance, disability insurance and other supplemental benefits
Annual Merit Increase
Growth/Development Opportunities
Employee discounts to local and major businesses
Company
Oregon Health & Science University
OHSU is a health and research university provides patient care, research, education of the next generation of health care.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$36.6MKey Investors
U.S. Small Business AdministrationNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesHyundai Hope On Wheels
2024-09-25Grant
2022-11-21Grant· $4.7M
2022-09-27Grant· $0.3M
Leadership Team
Tarek Salaway
Chief Executive Officer, OHSU Health
Lawrence Furnstahl
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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