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The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis is currently seeking a Full Time Scientist in the area of Bioinformatics to work at UHealth. The Scientist, SOM supports the University’s research goals and objectives by engaging in complex experiments and investigations in a range of areas, depending on specialty and interests. Moreover, an employee in this position contributes to the scientific community and promotes the University’s reputation as a leader in the field.

• Prepares research proposals and funding applications.
• Presents ongoing work and findings to colleagues at academic conferences.
• Ensures that all activities are in compliance with applicable quality and regulatory standards.
• Plans experiments and records and analyzes findings.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
• Oversees research employees, students, and other relevant staff.
• Attend lab meetings and department seminars
• Supervise and teach other trainees
• Assists in the development of training materials for research staff.
• Authors scientific publications, technical and agency reports, and patent applications.
• Ability to work with multiple labs on different projects simultaneously
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant scientific and technical developments.
• Assist in writing grant applications and scientific manuscripts
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Bioinformatics scientist with experience in computational approaches to analyzing transcriptomics and other omics data related to nervous system injuries

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience
• Ph.D., M.D. or other doctoral level degree in relevant field

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Skill in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.

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The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

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