Research Scientist

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a Research Scientist II to support Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio (NAMRU-SA) and its collaborating institutions in the conduct of research in Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine, Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine, and Directed Energy. NAMRU-SA’s mission is to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of DoD personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations.

The Research Scientist will be responsible for planning, conducting, and promoting basic and applied research in Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine. In addition, the Research Scientist will serve as team leader of a multidisciplinary government and contractor team and mentor scientists, engineers, and technicians.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Oversees contract personnel associated with research projects; manages research data.
• Provides expertise in development and conduct of protocol-driven scientific research addressing various aspect of military medicine, including hemorrhage and resuscitation, immunomodulation, biomedical systems, bioassay development, craniofacial, infectious diseases and directed energy bioeffects.
• Provides support in writing protocol-driven research proposals, animal use protocols, human use protocols, technical reports, final reports, and peer-reviewed manuscripts.
• Analyze and evaluate data sets.
• Develops various presentation materials and presents findings at technical and professional meetings.
• Prepares experimental subjects, set up experimental equipment, and aid in training and development of experimental subjects for experimental procedures.
• Provides support in development of establishment of in vivo and in vitro model systems, data acquisition, and data analysis.
• Performs surgical procedures on animal models for both survival and non-survival.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring:

• PhD in related biophysics or related field plus two (2) years’ post-doctoral experience.that includes at least one (1) year experience conducting research in Combat Casualty Care and Operational Medicine including biomedical systems engineering and evaluation, cellular and immune based adjunct for casualty care, and expeditionary and trauma medicine.
• Demonstrated ability and skill to prepare all aspects of professionally accepted scientific reports including methods, data interpretation, presentation, and significance of findings in relation to other findings by peers, and present effective oral presentations.
• Applicants selected for employment will be subject to a federal background investigation and must meet additional eligibility requirements for access to classified information or materials.
• Ability to use sound judgment in problem solving and excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

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