Research Scientist Jobs in the United States
Chenega Corporation
Ft Detrick, MD
Contractor shall support approximately 10 small animal studies in BSL-2, -3, and -4 laboratories, by autonomously running downstream analysis including assessment of viral replication (plaque assay and RT-qPCR), transcriptomic analysis (spatial, single cell and/or bulk), blood chemistry, viral antigen and/or antiviral antibody detection using in-house Luminex assays or ELISAs, determine cytokine and chemokines levels. Design and perform basic and specialized molecular biology techniques including but not limited to: PCR, qRT-PCR, DNA preparations and purification, cloning, transformations, fluorescence in-situ Hybridization (FISH), flow cytometry, Western blot, IFAs, high content imaging, plaque assays, PRNTs, and other molecular biology techniques and other assays to support ongoing projects.
Chenega Corporation
Ft Detrick, MD
Design novel protocols and technologies to build DSD capabilities that are based on pathogen and/or host biomarker characterization, immune response characterization to understand host immune response post infection or MCM application, small molecule toxin research to include understanding host biomarker responses post exposure, toxicity, and organoid models, as well as other diagnostics relevant technologies. Evaluate large datasets from biomarker characterization efforts to include building bioinformatic pipelines for data processing and analysis using open-source programming languages (R, Python, etc) as well as visualization of large datasets for reports and presentations.
Chenega Corporation
Ft Detrick, MD
Chenega Professional & Technical Services, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Scientist 1 - Therapeutics Research Scientific Support to support the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infection Diseases by conducting basic and applied research on current and emerging threats in support of the biodefense and infectious disease program. Construct mutant bacterial and viral strains and perform phenotypic characterization of the mutants using in vitro (growth kinetics, intracellular growth within macrophages) and in vivo (determine LD50 studies, bacterial/viral infection studies etc) methods.
Chenega Corporation
Ft Detrick, MD
The Genomics Computational Systems Biologist shall provide laboratory and scientific support within the Center for Genome Sciences (CGS) to perform next generation sequencing computational and analytical tools, comprising the ability to construct high-throughput analysis pipelines for omics data, and to integrate with in-house databases. Analyze large-scale and high-throughput genomics datasets generated from Pacific Biosciences, Oxford Nanopore and Illumina sequencers (e.g., whole genome sequencing and RNA-Seq).
Chenega Corporation
Ft Detrick, MD
The Laboratory Technician shall provide laboratory support with laboratory experiments in BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratories and thus must hold and maintain BPRP status, IAW the provisions in this contract and applicable regulations. The contractor shall aid in the execution of scientific studies and plaque assays, PCR and other assays, animal procedures, collection/data analyzing, and maintain laboratory and laboratory equipment.
Chenega Corporation
Dayton, OH
Establish and maintain a constant and effective working relationship within the division, the directorate, 711 HPW, MAJCOMs, Air Staff, academia, business, and industry customers, partners and stakeholders for coordination, support and changes to the scope of assigned work. Maintain effective working relationships with principal investigators, program managers, researchers and support staff involved in the acquisition of medical systems and conduct of human performance research.
Chenega Corporation
Fort Novosel, AL
Chenega Services & Federal Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Scientific Data Analyst 4 - Injury Epidemiology to support the Injury Biomechanics and Protection Group (IBP) of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) to provide the scientific, programmatic, and technical support to allow responsive, high quality, and timely mission accomplishment within a flexible and changing environment. Provide scientific analytical services related to data analysis, data scientific quality assessment, and data management according to approved protocols, policies, and/or plans to ensure quality, accuracy, future use, and reproducibility of data/results (e.g., by following scientific procedures, recording information, documenting research, and properly storing data.) .
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
$86320 - $154960 undefined
Memphis, TN
Jude is developing a novel research program to acquire cognitive and psychosocial data on childhood catastrophic diseases (e.g., cancer, sickle cell disease, neuromuscular and developmental disorders) for characterizing and predicting the effect of the childhood diseases and their treatment on sensory, perceptual, cognitive and emotional aspects of brain function and behavior, and for developing interventions with neuromodulation and neurostimulation techniques to reverse the adverse cognitive effect of pediatric cancer. This new program would heavily involve the application of multimodal functional brain imaging, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), electro/magnetoencephalography (EEG/MEG), and neuromodulation techniques, such as low intensity focused ultrasound stimulation (FUS), closed-loop fMRI, EEG, and fNIRS neurofeedback, combined with novel experimental paradigms.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
$138320 - $262080 undefined
Memphis, TN
St Jude is seeking a results-driven Revenue Integrity Officer to ensure compliance, optimize revenue and safeguard financial integrity by reviewing, analyzing and auditing revenue processes to identify opportunities for improvement and to ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines. Engage in strategic communication with internal stakeholders (board, executive leadership, cross-functional leadership etc.) and external stakeholder networks to optimally influence institutional outcomes.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
$86320 - $154960 undefined
Memphis, TN
You will excel at this job through collaborating with customers to truly understand their data needs, putting yourself in their shoes, thinking a few steps ahead of them in delivering high quality data models to clinical and research areas such as Pharmacy, Clinical Quality, Pathology, Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. The Senior Clinical Research Data Architect is key to supporting a wide range of operational data needs, including setting up data pipelines and developing conceptual, logical and physical data models that facilitate high quality clinical data sharing internally and externally.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
$94640 - $169520 undefined
Memphis, TN
Additionally, the Senior Program Manager, Research Integrity, will directly manage research misconduct proceedings—including, but not limited to, the analysis of allegations and application of policy; the sequestration/organization/maintenance of evidence; the preparation for and facilitating of meetings and interviews; and the drafting of complex, evidence-based procedural reports. The Senior Program Manager, Research Integrity, reports directly to the Vice President, Research Integrity Officer and Institutional Official and plays a critical role in managing the research integrity and assurance program.
MetaMetrics, Inc
Durham, NC
The role focuses on reviewing relevant literature, developing study plans and materials, and conducting correlational and quasi-experimental studies for the purpose of demonstrating evidence for the validity and effectiveness of the Lexile and Quantile Frameworks, as well as new product offerings. Familiarity with educational assessment concepts and psychometric methods, including but not limited to test construction, item writing, item response theory, and scale equating and linking.
AbbVie
San Diego, CA
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
AbbVie
East Irvine, CA
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
AbbVie
North Chicago, IL
The Principal Research Scientist, Scientific Architecture is an experienced scientific discipline leader who partners with Dev Sci scientists and leaders to identify, prioritize, and execute Digital Transformation Use Cases aimed at automating scientific workflows, capturing scientific data, and building industry-leading knowledge management and predictive modelling capabilities. Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Science related field with 12+ years of related work experience; Masters Degree or equivalent education in Science/Technology or PharmD or equivalent education with 10+ years of related work experience; PhD in Science or related field with typically 6 years of related work experience.
AbbVie
Cambridge, MA
Biotherapeutics & Genetic Medicine (BGM) Early Discovery Representation: Build productive partnerships with therapeutic area partners and alignment with ABC hub in support of BGM TA leads and Functional Area (Small Molecule Therapeutics and Platform Technologies & Genomic Research Center) and Development Science partners. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.
AbbVie
Cambridge, MA
Biotherapeutics & Genetic Medicine (BGM) Early Discovery Representation: Build productive partnerships with therapeutic area partners and alignment with ABC hub in support of BGM TA leads and Functional Area (Small Molecule Therapeutics and Platform Technologies & Genomic Research Center) and Development Science partners. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.
AbbVie
North Chicago, IL
For thePrincipal Research Scientist I position, we are seeking a highly motivated, experienced analytical scientist to lead a team of analytical scientists supporting early phase development of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) drug substance and drug product in both preclinical and clinical programs. He/she must foster productive collaborations within the global Analytical R&D organization and with R&D cross-functional partners such as Pre-Clinical Safety (PCS), Process Chemistry, Process Engineering, Drug Product Development (DPD), and Quality Assurance (QA) and CMC-Regulatory.
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