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Req #: 234432

Department: DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Posting Date: 05/28/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $3,887 - $4,583 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist/Engineer 1 (NE S UAW RSE). Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying research problems relating the DNA mutagenesis and designing experiments to test specific hypotheses. (5%)

• Designing methodological approaches for manipulating gene expression in the central nervous system of mice. (5%)

• Analyzing data related to DNA mutagenesis and presenting results in publishable form. (5%)

• Assistance with general molecular genetics methods in support of ongoing projects. (15%)

• Assistance with documentation for protocols and datasets. (5%)

• Perform DNA purification and viral vector production. (10%)

• Provide lab support working with institutional animal use and care committee. (5%)

• Ensuring compliance with Environmental Health and Safety. (5%)

• Providing assistance with training and onboarding of new personnel. (5%)

• Working with other staff for procurement of reagents and supplies. (20%)

• Perform animal colony maintenance, breeding, weaning, and genotyping of mice. (20%) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Neuroscience, Engineering, Biology, or related field and 1 year of related experience OR Equivalent combination of education/experience.

• Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with mouse handling, histological methods, and PCR.

• Molecular biology skills including cloning and cell culture experience. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiar with R, MATLAB, and Python.

• Familiar with common molecular genetics methods and rodent behavioral procedures. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.