Research Project Manager

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

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The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The mission of the Sengupta-Krummel Neuro-Oncology laboratory is to revolutionize the treatment of malignant brain tumors through innovative approaches that reduce treatment toxicity and enhance therapeutic response. This lab, led by clinician-scientist Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD, MBA, and researcher Daniel Krummel, PhD, in the Neurosurgery & Neurology departments at UNC School of Medicine, is pioneering work on a new class of drugs that can sensitize tumors to radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy while aiming to minimize toxic side effects for both adult and pediatric brain tumor patients.

The primary purpose of the Research Project Manager is to be responsible for the management and oversight of a research laboratory, participation in preparing posters and publications, participation in training and supervision of post-doctorate and/or other graduate as well as undergraduate trainees, management of ongoing grant funded research and future grant development.

The Sengupta-Krummel laboratory is pursuing translation-focused research that is at the interface of cancer, neuroscience, and immunology. The laboratory therefore seeks a Research Project Manager with experience in cancer biology, immune-oncology, and neuroscience or brain tumor biology. The Research Project Manager will join a highly interactive, supportive, and interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff scientists, and students. The Research Project Manager is expected to apply expertise for programs involving GABA-A receptors in lung cancer brain metastases funded by the American Brain Tumor Association as well as other projects funded for GABA related transcriptomics in metastatic melanoma, Glioma GABAergic signaling and electrophysiology, and Novel radiotracers in collaboration with Zibo Li to distinguish pseudo progression from true progression.

Other responsibilities include technical contribution to research publications and preliminary work for grants and funding applications, as well as collaborations with community-wide efforts aimed at promoting open, integrated, and rigorous practices in research, data curation, and scholarly communication. The Research Project Manager will also contribute to the overall mentorship of trainees within the Lab. Flexible work arrangements, including virtual/hybrid work locations, are an integral part of the School of Medicine's Working Forward initiative.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.

A PhD in Cancer Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Immunology, immune-oncology, Genetics, neuroscience and/ or brain tumor biology as demonstrated by a strong track record of publications in these areas.

Expertise in culturing techniques of cancer, neural, and immune cells; immune cell isolation methods; flow cytometry techniques; Western blot and other common molecular biology techniques

Expertise in mouse models to include: analysis of mouse imaging data such as bioluminescence; analysis of immune-histochemistry slides; mouse planning and execution of mouse experiments including survival analysis.

Expertise in both in written and oral communications

Completion of 3 to 5 years of post-doctoral research in cancer biology
Previous history of successful grant submission
Previous experience with IRB submissions
Previous publication history of cancer biology related work

Ability to lift at least 25 lbs

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.