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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top rated organization is looking to add a grant funded Research Assistant 1 position in the Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.
Industry-leading health insurance options and affordability
Generous vacation and sick-time plans
Multi-channel retirement options (pension and match options)
Tuition waiver and reimbursement for employees and qualified family members
Quick commute access from I-84, Rte 9 and surrounding areas
State of the art facility and campus environments
Progressive leadership and educational development programs available
- Performs a limited range of related duties in conducting laboratory tests,provides support services for assigned research projects
- May assist higher level research staff on assigned projects.
- Receives trainee assignments in designated research protocols, procedures, techniques and equipment
- Performs related duties as required.
- Basic knowledge of research protocols, principles and procedures
- Basic knowledge of scientific techniques such as tissue culturing, reagent/solution preparation, staining, etc.;
- Basic knowledge of experimental design, mathematics, statistics, computer applications, laboratory equipment and procedures;
- Basic knowledge of a science such as; chemistry, biology, microbiology, pharmacology
- Basic knowledge of physical and data resources in application scientific disciplines
- Oral and written communication skills
- Ability to identify, produce, organize, analyze, evaluate and interpret data.
- Incumbents in this class may be required to undergo periodic tests or immunizations for communicable diseases.
- Some research experience in the area of Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related sciences.
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.