Biochemists and Biophysicists

Job Title: Research Associate III

Location: Oro Valley, AZ

Hours/Schedule: Mon- Fri 40 hours

Type: Contract

Responsibilities

+ Designs a wide range of experimental protocols

+ Executes bench experiments; makes detailed observations and analyzes data.

+ Prepares technical reports, summaries and quantitative analyses.

+ Maintains complete and accurate records.

+ Normally receives general directions on routine and new assignments.

+ Identifies and implements improvements to work processes and laboratory environment.

+ Recognized expert for area of expertise.

+ Recognizes and documents activities for publication and/or patent potential

+ Works on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors

+ Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

+ Participates in cross functional technical teams such as a failure investigation or core team.

+ Works well in a team environment by being a productive project team member, suggesting creative solutions to problems and providing input to project planning.

+ Establishes interfaces across other organizational groups.

+ Trains others in areas of expertise

+ Troubleshoots problems and institutes corrective action.

+ Prepares and presents experimental procedures and results in group and project teams

+ Monitors work to ensure quality, and continuously promote Quality First Time.

+ Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements

+ 4 years relevant job experience

+ Bachelor's Degree in Science

+ Knows wide range of experimental techniques and skills in their applications

+ Capable with searching scientific literature to gain information about specific topics.

+ Skilled with use of word processing, spreadsheets, graphical and presentation software applications.

Benefits

System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job Title: Research Associate I

Location: Oro Valley, AZ

Hours/Schedule: Mon- Fri 40 hours

Type: Contract

Responsibilities

+ Characterize adjuvants, LNPs and constituent components with a variety of analytical techniques

+ Participate in/drive production of LNPs and adjuvants at lab and pilot scale

+ Provide support for execution of process development activities and manufacturing investigations

+ Perform laboratory scale studies

+ Design and troubleshoot experiments

+ Employ excellent verbal and written communication skills

+ Author laboratory notebooks and technical documents

+ Work both independently and within multidisciplinary team

+ Produce high quality work against firm deadlines

+ Maintain good sample handling practices

+ Balance and prioritize competing deliverables

Requirements

+ BS in Science, Engineering, or related field heavily preferred. Would consider AA with relevant experience.

+ Experience working with adjuvant and LNP processing a plus

+ Experience working with tangential flow filtration processing – microfiltration/ultrafiltration

+ Comfortable in a lab environment.

+ Must have scientific understanding of downstream bioprocess purification processes.

+ Scientific understanding of purification operations of large complex molecules.

+ Technical understanding of bioprocess scaling principles

+ Wet chemistry laboratory skills (pipetting, buffer preparation, filtration, dilution, stoichiometry)

+ Proficiency with technical writing and laboratory records (laboratory notebooks, chemical inventory, data management)

+ Excellent collaborative and team-working skills

+ Strong technical problem-solving abilities, data interpretation and presentation competence

+ Preferred Experience and Skills:

+ Experience working with analytical instrumentation (plate readers, densitometers, thermocyclers, cIEF, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, HPLC/ UPLC systems)

+ Experience working in GMP and GLP environments

+ Experience with laboratory operations

+ Experience working in an industry environment

+ Experience conducting laboratory scale process characterization studies

+ Experience troubleshooting technical issues (experimental, equipment-related issues)

+ Experience in method development and method transfer

Benefits

System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job Title: Senior Research Associate

Location: Oro Valley, AZ

Hours/Schedule: Mon- Fri 40 hours

Type: Contract

Responsibilities

+ Designs experimental plan to support project objectives.

+ Executes bench experiments; makes detailed and general observations and analyzes data.

+ Prepares technical reports, summaries and quantitative analyses.

+ Maintains complete and accurate records.

+ Normally acts independently for developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

+ Identifies and implements improvements to work processes and laboratory environment.

+ Recognized expert across a wide range of techniques and their application.

+ Recognizes and documents activities for publication and/or patent potential.

+ May participate in scientific conferences and contribute to scientific journals.

+ Works on extremely complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.

+ Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

+ Participates or leads cross functional technical teams such as a failure investigation or core team.

+ Works well in a team environment by being a productive project team member, suggesting creative solutions to problems and providing input to project planning.

+ Establishes interfaces across other organizational groups.

+ Trains others in areas of expertise.

+ May supervise lower level personnel and laboratory operations.

+ Troubleshoots problems and institutes corrective action.

+ Prepares and presents experimental procedures and results in group and project teams.

+ Monitors work to ensure quality, and continuously promote Quality First Time.

+ Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements

+ 4 years relevant job experience

+ Bachelor's Degree in Science

+ Knows wide range of experimental techniques and skills in their applications

+ Capable with searching scientific literature to gain information about specific topics.

+ Skilled with use of word processing, spreadsheets, graphical and presentation software applications.

Benefits

System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job Title: Research Associate II

Location: Oro Valley, AZ

Hours/Schedule: Mon- Fri 40 hours

Type: Contract

Responsibilities

+ Designs experimental protocols with minimal supervision

+ Executes laboratory experiments; makes detailed observations and analyzes data.

+ Prepares technical reports, summaries and quantitative analyses.

+ Maintains complete and accurate records.

+ Normally receives detailed directions on all work.

+ Makes suggestions to improve work processes.

+ Assists in reducing to practice patentable inventions.

+ Works on projects of moderate scope in which analysis of situation or data requires a review of identifiable factors.

+ Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

+ May participate in cross functional technical team activities.

+ Works well in a team environment by being a productive project team member, suggesting creative solutions to problems and providing input to project planning.

+ Trains others in areas of expertise

+ Troubleshoots problems and institutes corrective action.

+ Prepares and presents experimental procedures and results in group and project teams

+ Monitors work to ensure quality, and continuously promote Quality First Time.

+ Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements

+ 2 years relevant job experience

+ Bachelor's Degree in Science

+ Knows basic and some specialized laboratory techniques.

+ Capable with searching scientific literature to gain information about specific topics.

+ Skilled with use of word processing, spreadsheets, graphical and presentation software applications.

Benefits

System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job Title: Scientist

Location: Oro Valley, AZ

Hours/Schedule: Mon- Fri 40 hours

Type: Contract

Responsibilities

+ Conducts research and development activities for products, methods and/or processes.

+ Projects are assigned with defined scope and goals.

+ Direction is provided by more senior scientists, management or project leader.

+ Participates in efforts to define new components, products or processes and identify technical challenges.

Makes suggestions to improve work processes.

Creates potentially patentable components for systems, reagents or processes.

Plans and executes assigned projects; utilizes thorough technical and theoretical understanding of numerous techniques.

Analyzes data, evaluates results, forms conclusions and provides/implements process or document improvements.

Applies advanced scientific knowledge to projects.

Executes experiments; participates in experimental design.

Utilizes DOE where appropriate.

Participates in cross functional technical team activities.

Shares knowledge and expertise with others.

Participates in project planning, process updates and contributes to experimental design.

Prepares and delivers presentations of project results to own or other groups.

Monitors work to ensure quality, and continuously promote Quality First Time.

Other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

+ Ph.D. – entry level

+ Master’s Degree – 3 years relevant experience

+ Bachelor’s Degree – 8 years relevant experience

+ Demonstrates potential for technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others and independent thought.

+ Strong understanding of scientific principles and concepts.

+ Applies advanced technical writing skills to produce reports and documents

Benefits

System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

**Overview**

PNNL's Earth System Science Division enables energy independence and national security through leadership in earth systems science, engineering,and decision analytics. Our work focuses on solving complex problems in the dynamic Earth system. Our interdisciplinary scientists steward a breadth of efforts that encompass research on plants to groundwater science and coastal zones, to storm prediction.

Our research focuses on understanding and mitigating operational risks at the interface of human and natural environments. This includes predicting the impacts of natural hazards and extreme climate events on Earth and human systems, along with the impacts of wildfire, flooding, sea level rise and storm surges. We focus on understanding and mitigating environmental contamination and increasing the resiliency, security and sustainability of water resources. We provide geointelligence through advanced sensing and data analytics to forecast complex system behaviors and operational performance to understand human-natural systems. This includes informed decision making and enhanced community resilience, advanced monitoring, and remote sensing of environmental systems for energy and national security. It also includes developing energy systems, including geothermal energy, sustainable oil and gas production, storage and utilization, along with carbon sequestration.

Driven by a “science-to-solutions” philosophy, we provide scientific leadership and technology to enhance national security, mitigate natural hazards and optimize disaster response. In the critical areas of energy, environment, intelligence, and defense, we deliver insights and decision support through the development of tools and solutions.

**Responsibilities**

If you are a talented geophysicist and you want to join a highly dynamic team working in various application domains,this job is for you. The Geophysics & Geomechanics Team within the Subsurface Science & Technology Group is seeking a seismologist who can contribute to research in geothermal energy, environmental remediation monitoring, and underground nuclear detonation detection.

Discipline, principal job duties/expectations, and qualitative and quantitative measures of performance that exceed the Functional Descriptor:

+ Publishing in leading peer-reviewed journals.

+ Present research efforts and technical work products at project meetings and national forums

+ Close collaboration with the team and external collaborators.

**Qualifications**

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Candidates must have received a PhD within the past five years (60 months) or within the next 8 months from an accredited college or university.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Demonstrated expertise in geophysics, seismological methods, field work, and data processing.

+ Proficiency with programming/scripting in MatLab, Python, Julia, C++, Linux/Unix environments as well as standard office software.

+ Familiarity with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DAS, DTS, DSS).

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills

**Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment**

This position is office based with opportunities to work in laboratory and field. As such, travel to offsite locations may be required. Lab and field work conditions may include radiological, chemical, biological, and munitions hazards. Exposure to mechanical hazards, chemicals, etc., are kept to a minimum and mitigated using administrative and engineering controls, and the maintenance of a safety-conscious work environment.

**Additional Information**

Not Applicable.

**Testing Designated Position**

Not a Testing Designated Position.

**About PNNL**

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a world-class research institution powered by a highly educated, diverse workforce committed to the values of Integrity, Creativity, Collaboration, Impact, and Courage. Every year, scores of dynamic, driven people come to PNNL to work with renowned researchers on meaningful science, innovations and outcomes for the U.S. Department of Energy and other sponsors; here is your chance to be one of them!

At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, and flexible work schedules. PNNL is located in eastern Washington State—the dry side of Washington known for its stellar outdoor recreation and affordable cost of living. The Lab’s campus is only a 45-minute flight (or ~3 hour drive) from Seattle or Portland, and is serviced by the convenient PSC airport, connected to 8 major hubs.

**Commitment to Excellence and Equal Employment Opportunity**

Our laboratory is committed to fostering a work environment where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect while solving critical challenges in fundamental sciences, national security, and energy resiliency. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), protected veteran status, and any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and in employment. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at [email protected] .

**Drug Free Workplace**

PNNL is committed to a drug-free workplace supported by Workplace Substance Abuse Program (WSAP) and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs.

If you are offered employment at PNNL, you must pass a drug test prior to commencing employment. PNNL complies with federal law regarding illegal drug use. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug. If you test positive for any illegal controlled substance, including marijuana, your offer of employment will be withdrawn.

**Security, Credentialing, and Eligibility Requirements**

In accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Department of Energy (DOE) Order 473.1A, new employees are required to obtain and maintain a HSPD-12 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential. To obtain this credential, new employees must successfully complete and pass a Federal Tier 1 background check investigation. This investigation includes a declaration of illegal drug activities, including use, supply, possession, or manufacture within the last year. This includes marijuana and cannabis derivatives, which are still considered illegal under federal law, regardless of state laws.

For foreign national candidates:

If you have not resided in the U.S. for three consecutive years, you are not eligible for the PIV credential and instead will need to obtain a favorable Local Site Specific Only (LSSO)risk determination to maintain employment. Once you meet the three-year residency requirement, you will be required to obtain a PIV credential to maintain employment.

**Mandatory Requirements**

Please be aware that the Department of Energy (DOE) prohibits DOE employees and contractors from having any affiliation with the foreign government of a country DOE has identified as a “country of risk” without explicit approval by DOE and Battelle. If you are offered a position at PNNL and currently have any affiliation with the government of one of these countries, you will be required to disclose this information and recuse yourself of that affiliation or receive approval from DOE and Battelle prior to your first day of employment.

**Rockstar Rewards**

Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, supplemental parental bonding leave**, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401k savings plan. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.

* Research Associates excluded.

**Once eligibility requirements are met.

Click Here For Rockstar Rewards (https://careers.pnnl.gov/rockstar-rewards)

**Notice to Applicants**

PNNL lists the full pay range for the position in the job posting. Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the pay range and actual placement in the range is determined based on an individual’s relevant job-related skills, qualifications, and experience. This approach is applicable to all positions, with the exception of positions governed by collective bargaining agreements and certain limited-term positions which have specific pay rules.

As part of our commitment to fair compensation practices, we do not ask for or consider current or past salaries in making compensation offers at hire. Instead, our compensation offers are determined by the specific requirements of the position, prevailing market trends, applicable collective bargaining agreements, pay equity for the position type, and individual qualifications and skills relevant to the performance of the position.

**Minimum Salary**

USD $69,000.00/Yr.

**Maximum Salary**

USD $119,100.00/Yr.

NLP & LLM Data Scientist – Healthcare & Life Sciences

Company: Norstella

Location: Remote, United States

Date Posted: Feb 20, 2025

Employment Type: Full Time

Job ID: R-881

**Description**

**About Norstella**

At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.

Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.

Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:

+ Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle

+ Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market

+ MMIT – identify barrier to patient access

+ Panalgo – turn data into insight faster

+ The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.

As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.

**Job Description :**

Norstella Real World Data (RWD) is seeking a skilled NLP Data Scientist with clinical background with a focus on Language Models to join our AI & Life Sciences Solutions team. Your expertise in processing and understanding natural language data, along with your knowledge of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and laboratory reports analysis, will be instrumental in driving our data science initiatives and innovations, particularly in the development of rich multimodal real-world datasets to expedite RWD-driven drug development in pharma.

**Responsibilities:**

+ Employ and leverage NLP and open-source Large Language Models (LLM) such as LLama2, Mixtral, Qwen, BERT, etc., to extract, process, and interpret unstructured medical data from diverse sources like EHRs, medical notes, and laboratory reports.

+ Collaborate with clinical scientists and data scientists to create efficient NLP models for healthcare, exhibiting an understanding of both the technical and medical aspects of the data.

+ Conduct data cleaning, preprocessing, and validation to maintain the accuracy and reliability of insights gathered from NLP processes.

+ Validate and present data findings to stakeholders, exhibiting clear and effective communication skills.

**Qualifications:**

+ Master's or Ph.D. degree in Computational Biology, Computer Science, Data Science, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, or a related analytical field.

+ Deep understanding and direct experience (2+ years) in handling and interpreting either Electronic Health Records (EHR) and laboratory tests results or genetic test results is a must.

+ Proven experience (2+ years) in NLP with a strong knowledge of NLP techniques such as Named Entity Recognition (NER), text summarization, topic modeling, etc. and their applied use in healthcare.

+ Expert-level understanding and practical experience (1+ years) with open-source Large Language Models (Llama2/3, Mixtral etc.), e.g., prompt engineering, inference, and fine-tuning.

+ Proficient in Python and SQL, with strong experience in NLP libraries such as NLTK, spaCy, Hugging face Transformers, and deep learning libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow.Familiarity with common data science and ML practices, e.g., version control systems, agile methodologies, and documentation.

+ Experience in working with AWS cloud environment and large databases (e.g., AWS redshift).

+ Experience in managing ML lifecycle using open-source tools (e.g., MLflow).Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to present complex data to non-technical audience.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Experience dealing with protected health information (PHI) and familiarity with healthcare-related data privacy laws such as HIPAA.

+ Familiarity with standard healthcare codes and terminologies such as ICD-10, CPT, LOINC, and SNOMED CT.

+ Experience in RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and vector store in the context of storing large volume of healthcare unstructured documents and querying those.

**Benefits:**

Medical and prescription drug benefits

Health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts

Dental plans and vision benefits

Basic life and AD&D Benefits

401k retirement plan

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

principles for success at Norstella

**01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First**

We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.

**02: Integrity, Truth, Reality**

We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.

**03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace**

We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.

**04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance**

We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.

**05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning**

We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $140,000 to $170,000. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

_Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero-tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment._

_Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you._

Norstella is an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal, state, or local law.

The Center for Indigenous Health (CIH) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is seeking a motivated **_Research Assistant_** interested in working on public health research projects. This work is focused on participant recruitment, retention, data collection and cross-site communication to improve health outcomes in Native communities. The Research Assistant will primarily assist in the day-to-day logistical and operational tasks for various research studies at the site. The Research Assistant will interact with the investigators, collaborators, and participants in a research environment. This person will assist in carrying out research in accordance with good clinical practices in such activities as obtaining informed consent, data and specimen collection, and patient follow-up over time.

**Specific Duties and Responsibilities**

+ Serve as a Research Assistant for the Center’s field-based projects. Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to,

+ Maintain a good working knowledge of all assigned protocols and reporting requirements.

+ Run routine and ad hoc reports from databases.

+ Adhere to all protocol requirements to ensure validity of clinical research data.

+ Interact with clinicians and other stakeholders to access the participant population.

+ Recruit research participants.

+ Verify participant eligibility for studies.

+ Interview participants.

+ Schedule follow-up visits.

+ Perform data collection.

+ Enter data into a computer database.

+ Generate and summarize data into reports to share with PIs and Study Physicians.

+ Maintain paper and computerized research files.

+ Assist with facilitation of site staff meetings.

+ Prepare for and participate in audits and monitoring of studies.

+ Assist in preparation of IRB protocols and related documents.

+ Meet regularly with research staff and site manager to review data accuracy, enrollment reports, and overall study progress.

+ Communicate study findings and updates to tribal leaders and community stakeholders.

This description is a general statement of required duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis; the Research Assistant will perform other related duties as assigned.

**Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**

+ Must be comfortable collecting saliva, urine, or blood samples from participants.

+ Proficiency in the use of computers, including software applications, databases, spreadsheets, and word processing.

+ Excellent organizational and time management skills; independent and self-motivated; highly organized and detail oriented.

+ Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.

+ Demonstrated strong, positive interpersonal skills.

+ Ability to communicate effectively across disciplines and within a variety of cultures.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.

+ Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

+ Current driver’s license issued by the state of residence and good driving record required.

+ Knowledge of the community geography, ability to locate participant homes and navigate rural roads effectively and safely.

+ Ability to travel with overnight stays required as needed. Some evening, weekend and holiday work may be required.

+ May be required to float to other sites. Guidelines regarding travel time and project vehicle use will be clarified based on specific site needs.

+ This position will maintain background clearance as required by the employer and any collaborating agencies.

+ Fluency in native language.

Classified Title: Research Assistant

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD

Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: MD - Other Location

Department name: 10001145-Center for Indigenous Health

Personnel area: School of Public Health

The listed salary range represents the minimum and maximum Johns Hopkins University offers for this position, based on a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as location, skills, experience, market conditions, education, and internal equity. Not all candidates will qualify for the highest salary in the range.

Johns Hopkins provides a comprehensive benefits package supporting health, career, and retirement. Learn more: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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We are the leading oncology CRO, developing novel treatments for patients that need them most. Our team is fully dedicated to oncology - it is all we do - combining innovation and expertise to quickly move medicines from preclinical development into clinical trials. Adaptive and forward-thinking - we guide our client's therapy through the most critical development milestones from the lab to planning their regulatory and clinical strategy. Our ultimate goal? To help patients. Position Summary: The TD2 Research Associate - In Vitro Pharmacology is involved in many aspects of the lab's operations including tissue culture activities, various cell-based assays, and works in collaboration with Vivarium staff to support experiments involving small animals. The candidate should be able to independently work in a deadline-driven environment. Essential Functions: * Responsible for planning and procuring necessary resources for tissue culture activities, ensuring timely execution, availability of reagents and media, and adherence to experimental timelines and quality standards. * Works closely with laboratory management to support daily team activity scheduling and planning. * Executes in vitro and in vivo pharmacology studies as assigned, with minimal supervision. * Supports laboratory management in training and mentoring activities. * Provides technical input on protocol execution. * Ensures the quality and integrity of the tissue culture banks. * Supports additional laboratory techniques including but not limited to Western Blots, Elisa, or qPCR. * Maintains detailed laboratory files and documents. * Participate in weekly lab meetings by updating the department of progress, results, and future studies. * Ensure laboratory equipment records are up to date and provides assistance as needed to confirm maintenance or service are completed. * Performs general laboratory duties. * Assists in other laboratory duties as assigned. Job Requirements: * A minimum of a Bachelor's degree with 2-3 years direct in vitro pharmacology experience. Relevant laboratory experience may be substituted at TD2's discretion. * Experience in tissue culture techniques and other in vitro cell based assays is required. * Immunology assays experience is preferred. Required Specialized/Technical Skills: * Strong computer skills, including proficiency in the use of Microsoft applications and data analysis software. * Periodic weekend/holiday shifts. * Strong attention to detail. * Highly organized. TD2 is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, disability, veteran's status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. #LI-TD2

**Job Description**

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of an office location , you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

**The Role**

The Applied Analytics & Insights – Internal Business Functions team is focused on execution-based analytics to help GM achieve better business outcomes through contextualized solutions with targeted actions. The individual will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team of various experience levels that frame opportunities, wrangle the necessary data and create end-to-end analytical pipelines, develop user interfaces for analytical insights, and build POC and production models in support of better business decisions. The team is responsible for both advanced analytics strategy and applied, project-based solutions, focusing on the company’s most critical business areas.

**What You’ll Do**

+ Work as a member of a cross-functional team to propose and implement high-impact data driven analytic solutions that address challenges across internal business functions

+ Apply Data Science and Modeling techniques to drive data driven decision making and solve complex problems:

+ Build predictive/prescriptive models and machine-learning algorithms

+ Analyze large amounts of diverse information to discover trends and patterns

+ Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data

+ Monitor and sustain model effectiveness

+ Present complex information using data visualization techniques

+ Work with diverse technical teams to provide analytical dataset pipelines and user interfaces to ensure project deliverables fulfill business needs and timing

+ Create technical documents for models and processes

+ Present complex information using data visualization techniques and data storytelling

+ Create repeatable and scalable code and processes for improving development/execution efficiency.

**Additional Job Description**

**Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)**

+ Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in Data Science, Analytics, Operations Research, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or another quantitative field

+ Minimum five years of experience as a Data Scientist developing, deploying, and monitoring performance of large analytic data sets and machine learning based models

+ Proficient writing code using Python or R and developing SQL queries, running models in Spark, working with big data tools like Hadoop, IBM Elastic Storage System, or equivalent, and visualizing data using Power BI or Tableau or other

+ Hands-on experience developing and deploying models using MLops framework utilizing Databricks /Azure services ( Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Power BI) or AWS tools (SageMaker, Glue, EMR) or GCP (Dataflow, Big Query, Cloud Run)

+ Capable of working with diverse technical teams to produce analytical dataset pipelines and user interfaces

+ Text analytics and NLP (natural language processing) experience in a corporate setting is a plus.

+ Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects at once without sacrificing quality

+ Strong listening and communications skills

+ Highly collaborative work style

+ Ability to evaluate the big picture and provide meaningful business insights and actions

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

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**About GM**

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

**Why Join Us**

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

**Benefits Overview**

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;

• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;

• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;

• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;

• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;

• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

**Diversity Information**

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Statements**

GM is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. GM is committed to providing a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and advancing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, all practices and decisions relating to terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment are made without regard to an individual's protected characteristics. For purposes of this policy, “protected characteristics" include an individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, weight, height, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at [email protected] or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.​

We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:

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**Our Culture**

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Our diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.

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The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at [email protected] .In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.