Research Assistant/Associate Professor, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

THIS POSITION WILL BE WORKING IN DR. VISHWAJEET PURI’S LAB.

The primary responsibility of this position is to conduct research that leads to independent funding from non-federal as well as federal agencies. The successful candidate is expected to advise and co-mentor students and trainees as well as assist in research aiming at delineating novel mechanisms underlying metabolic disease including Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease. This may include but is not limited to: assisting in optimizing molecular biology and genetic approaches, in vivo metabolic and cardiovascular phenotyping, data collection and analysis, and other research tasks.

The successful candidate is expected to:
- Maintain exemplary attention to environmental safety and health issues
- Interact with other faculty members, researchers, and laboratory and
university staff to maintain a high level of collaborative effort
- Conduct independent research
- Secure grant applications to Federal and non-Federal agencies
- Secure publication in peer-reviewed journals
- Assist in mentoring students and trainees on experimental design and
conduct
- Provide training on manuscript submission and presentations at annual
meetings
- Participate in determining specification and purchase of instrumentation
- Identify resources for external grants to purchase and run specific core
instruments
- Coordinate maintenance, upgrades, and repairs, as needed.