JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Assistant Scientist will support research activities under the direction of the principal investigator (Audrey Harkness, PhD) or designee of the PI. Dr. Harkness’ research team is focused on addressing HIV and behavioral health (mental health/substance use) disparities affecting key populations affected by the HIV epidemic, with a focus on Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) and using implementation science to achieve HIV health equity.
PRIMARY DUTIES:
• Overall scientific support and coordination across the lab (e.g., helping with measures selection, developing qualitative data collection instruments, ensuring scientifically appropriate data collection approaches, directing or conducting data cleaning, supporting data analysis and interpretation, supporting manuscript and grant development).
• Attending weekly lab meetings and project- specific meetings and supervising staff on assigned projects. The Assistant Scientist may also assist with running meetings and reviewing/preparing agendas, particularly science focused meetings.
• Attending/leading meetings with community partners for ongoing projects or building new relationships with new community partners.
• Completing weekly individual meetings with PI, as needed
• Providing staff supervision (e.g., staff reviews, supervision, approval of time off), as needed on specific projects.
• Ensuring team members’ compliance with IRB approved protocols and working with PI to report non-compliance and address through corrective action plans.
• Leading “root cause analysis” discussions with team members if non-compliance occurs and developing corrective action plans as needed.
• Ensuring team members’ compliance with SOPs and supervising updates to SOPs based on emerging issues.
• Training team members.
• Assisting with setting up consultant and vendor agreements for the lab (e.g., preparing paperwork, coordinating with finance and PI to ensure payments are sent as planned by the lab)
• Supporting manuscript development and submission processes.
• Supporting grant development and submissions (e.g., preparing sections of grants, coordinating investigators on a grant submission, etc.)
• Supporting collaborations with other research teams, schools, universities, partners, or investigators.
• Note that this position does require some travel within Miami, to Orlando area (e.g., train, car) and to the San Juan/Puerto Rico area (flying), particularly in the early part of the position.
