Company Description:
Yeshiva University, ranked in the top tier of universities nationally, offers rewarding and challenging employment opportunities to qualified candidates in a wide range of disciplines. Founded in 1886, Yeshiva University has a strong tradition of combining Jewish scholarship with academic excellence and achievement in the liberal arts, sciences, medicine, law, business, social work, Jewish studies, education and psychology. The University offers an excellent compensation package, and a broad range of employee benefit plans, including immediate participation and full vesting in the University's retirement plan. Staff members are typically eligible for four weeks paid vacation each year.

Job Description:
The Research Informatics Core (RIC), part of Information Technology Services at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is seeking a Software Developer to lead the development of software and database applications for a variety of biomedical research projects. This will include direct responsibility for development and supervision of junior developers, along with interaction with biomedical researchers in needs assessment, documentation, and participation in overall project planning.  He or she will provide leadership in assessing third-party software tools for adoption and in integration of such software into the overall information architecture of RIC. The selected candidate will also assist the Scientific Director in structured vocabulary (ontology) development for standardized medical and biological database development.

Responsibilities:

• Document use cases and application requirements for external and in-house software projects, in support of clinical and translational research, biospecimen management, and standardized vocabulary development.
• Take ownership of specific new and ongoing development projects, and have primary responsibility for bringing those projects to completion.
• Supervise junior staff working on development projects.
• Evaluate and lead efforts to adopt commercial and other externally developed software applications. Provide technical assessments and make recommendations regarding open source and commercial products.
• Create action plans for, and leads efforts towards software adoption or development in concert with Research Informatics Core leadership.
• Lead efforts to integrate database and software tools within the Core to provide consistently interoperable systems.

• An advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Biology or Information Science is required.
• Degrees in both fields or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required, including 3+ years experience in developing databases and software applications.
• Demonstrated experience in providing biomedical informatics solutions is highly preferred. 
  

A high level of proficiency with SAS's data step, macros, and various procedures is necessary along with excellent verbal and written communications. Familiarity with the clinical trials process is helpful. Relevant programming experience in SAS required. Experience with transforming data in various formats (excel, CSV, ASCII) into SAS datasets is important. Experience cleaning and resolving data issues as well as merging data from different sources into a single integrated dataset is helpful. The incumbent may contribute to documentation. He/she should be prepared to present samples of past work that exhibit consistent, well-structured, mature and high quality SAS programming. He/she is expected to conform to SOPS and programming practices.

Responsibilities:

The incumbent will use SAS v8 in a Windows XP environment to support clinical trials. He/she will perform programming and validation to generate analysis datasets and tables for formal clinical reports.

Education:

• BA/BS Computer Science/Statistics

To apply, please send your resume with salary requirements and position of interest to:
Contact:
Name: Heather Russell
Email: heather.russell@vernascientific.com

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Mid-career scientists and pharmacologists may soon be able to parlay themselves into a comfortable position with the FDA. The agency has made plans to hire approximately 1,300 employees in an effort to increase drug and device safety. The FDA already employs 10,000 professionals. Says John Dyer, the FDA's deputy commissioner for operations, "It takes a large pool of talented people for the FDA to protect and promote the public health".

The hiring is planned to take place within the next several months and the agency will be hosting job fairs around the United States. With 600 positions to be filled and 700 to be backfilled, those with adequate experience might be able to grab lucrative managerial positions. The FDA is primarily looking for biologists, chemists, medical officers, mathematical statisticians and investigators.

If you are interested in sending your resume to the FDA, they are accepting queries at joinourteam@fda.hhs.gov. A schedule of job fairs can also be found here.

This article is contributed by Heather Johnson, who regularly writes on the topic of career exploration. She invites your questions and writing job opportunities at her personal email address: heatherjohnson2323@gmail.com.

Ropella and Associates, the leading Executive Search Firm specializing in the Chemical and Allied Industries, has been retained to fill the position of a Purification Development Scientist for a cutting edge Biotechnology Firm.

The Company:
This exciting, dynamic, rapidly growing biotechnology organization has separated itself from the competition with its forethought and innovative technology portfolio. Current research focuses on highly advanced technologies for purification and development of proteins, peptides and antibodies using displacement chromatography to produce valuable products for these markets.

Responsibilities:
• Establishing and operating lab-scale displacement chromatography applications
• Independent design, execution and interpretation of experiments related to the purification and development process
• Developing application packages for customer presentations and for outside publications
• Supervising and carrying out laboratory studies in order to provide supporting data for the development of intellectual property

Requirements:
• A solid understanding of chromatography, separations and related areas
• Familiarity in downstream processing and chromatographic purification techniques for proteins, peptides, antibodies, enzymes or oligonucleotides
• Good planning, organizational and communication skills
• Proven success in leading complex projects and delivering them to a successful conclusion
• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Chemical or Biochemical Engineering and 6-15 years experience preferred

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To apply, please send your resume with salary requirements and position of interest to:
Contact:
Name: Robin Klempa
Email: klempa@ropella.com

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