Assistant Project Scientist, Step 2

POSITION OVERVIEW

Position title: Assistant Project Scientist, Step 2
Salary range: $78,700

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (DAPM), in tandem with the Division of Molecular Medicine (DMM), is inviting applications for an Assistant Project Scientist to become part of a growing team performing research on examining the mechanisms and neural circuits mediating pain, negative affective states, and developing new technologies to assess substance use disorders using a wide range of techniques to explore basic neuroscience questions. For more information, please make sure you visit our website at https://www.massalylab.com/

Responsibilities will include lab administration (equipment/rodent ordering, animal colony management, animal protocol updates); general communication (lab meeting/journal clubs organization); maintenance and care of current lab equipment, PPE and reagents; and contribution to research projects and involvement in conducting research. The candidate will be mentored to perform and master routine molecular and cellular biological procedures, ranging from immunohistochemistry to the western blot approaches as well as behavioral neuroscience.

The role of the future Assistant Project Scientist will include but are not limited to :

Interested applicants must submit:

For more information, please contact at Anesthesiology Academic Personnel at AnesAP@mednet.ucla.edu

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic qualifications
Ph.D. in Neurosciences, Physiology, or related fields

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research
  
• Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.
• Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form Reference requirements
• 3-5 required (contact information only) Applicants are requested to provide contact information for 3 potential references in their UC Recruit application. Upon selection as a potential candidate(s), identified references will be contacted for letters. Candidates may be contacted to provide alternate references.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10236
Help contact: AnesAP@mednet.ucla.edu

Ph.D. in Neurosciences, Physiology, or related fields

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research

• Statement of Teaching (Optional)

• Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document, and Sample EDI Statements.

• Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

• Misc / Additional (Optional)

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment