Scientist

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a full-time or part-time status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to full-time and part-time employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Shriners Children’s Northern California is proud to be nationally ranked as a leader in pediatric orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report, in partnership with UC Davis Children’s Hospital. As an ACS-verified Level I Children’s Surgery Center, we are committed to providing world-class care in a family-centered environment. Our state-of-the-art facility specializes in orthopedics, rehabilitation, burns, pediatric surgery and cleft lip and palate services, transforming the lives of thousands of children every year from around the world.

Joining our team means being part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to innovation, collaboration and making a lasting impact on the lives of our patients and their families. At Shriners Children’s Northern California, you’ll find a supportive community, opportunities for growth, and the chance to contribute to life-changing work every day.

This position collaborates and works in a newly established laboratory that focuses on brain injury related to hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy and seeks to understand the interaction of brain fluids on neuronal function. The PI is a neurosurgeon-scientist and the lab website is http//sadeghlab.org.

The pay range for this position is $33.29-$49.94/hourly. Compensation is determined based on relevent experience and equity.

• In collaboration with the PI, design hypotheses and experiments to answer questions at a physiological, cellular, and molecular level concerning the fluid-producing tissue in the brain, the choroid plexus.
• Assist in the development of experimental protocols and techniques related to gene therapy to target the choroid plexus.
• Develop methodologies for neuronal cell dissociation and tissue culture.
• Assist in program development of a laboratory that will focus on the neuroscience of brain fluids
• Assist in setting up collaborations within the University and other institutions.
• Assist with the education and supervision of laboratory personnel.
• Assist with the management of day-to-day running of the laboratory, including maintaining a biobank of patient-derived specimens.
• Assist in hiring appropriate personnel as directed.
• Provide supervision to SRAs, who will be primarily responsible for ordering and maintaining supplies.
• Develop skills to obtain third-party funding for research initiatives (i.e. NIH).
• Assist with data management and development of data for presentation and publication.
• Assist all users in image core and histological core, including training (both hardware and software) and trouble shooting.
  
  
  

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum

• Doctorate Degree in a related field
  
  
  

Preferred

• 1+ years experience in a hospital setting
• PhD in neurobiology