Research Associate

4 months ago

Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia Full time

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Non Bargaining

Job Title

Research Associate

Department

Willerth | School of Biomedical Engineering | Faculty of Medicine (Stephanie Willerth)

Posting End Date

September 24, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Sept 30, 2025

The salary for this position will be $34,466 per annum.

Position Summary

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

SBME is a partnership between the

Faculty of Medicine

and

Faculty of Applied Science

, acting as a nucleus for education and training, research, and innovation in biomedical engineering, creating new knowledge, new academic and training programs, and fostering translation and innovation. Its vision is to transform health care outcomes through unconstrained exploration of the best possible integrative solutions across engineering, medicine, and biology. Through collaborative, innovative, and interdisciplinary approach and building on UBC academic and research excellence, the School of Biomedical Engineering aspires to be a global leader in biomedical engineering research, education and translation. For more information about the School of Biomedical Engineering, please visit


The Willerth Lab at SBME/UVic

) is an interdisciplinary team that seeks to engineer a variety of neural tissue types from pluripotent stem cells using various strategies.

**Responsibilities**:
The responsibilities of the position depend on the skills and research interests of the successful applicant. Specific tasks for this position may include:
- Managing and running projects related to retinal tissue engineering and assisting with the designing and implementation of new research projects;- Designing and performing experiments, analyzing results, and presenting findings;- Overseeing and leading trainees within projects;- Analyzing data and presenting the data in reports, publications, and presentations;-
- Helping to enhance our collaborative research environment;- Training and mentoring lab personnel;- Coordinating the maintenance of lab equipment; and- Contributing to cutting-edge knowledge in the scientific community.

Qualifications- PhD in retinal tissue engineering, with a focus on outer-retina cell-based therapeutics development.- 5+ years of experience in leading _in vitro _PSC-derived retinal graft production studies and _in vivo_ large-animal retinal transplantation studies.- 5+ years of experience in university-startup/spin-off founding, fundraising, and technology transfer.- 5+ years of experience in establishing (including recruitment and fundraising), leading, and supervising medium-size (~8-13) academic research teams at accredited Canadian universities.

Supervision received

The incumbent will receive supervision directly from Dr. Willerth.

Supervision given

The incumbent may be required to supervise trainees involved in the research program.

Start date and stipend

The start date is October 01, 2024 but flexible; funding has already been received. The position is located at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver campus). The salary for this position will be $34,466 per annum.

How to Apply

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of thexʷm əθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

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