Assistant Scientist
- Location
- Miami, FL · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 1+ year
- Education
- Doctorate
- Listed
- 7 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- collecting, organizing, and analyzing data
- problem solving
- sound judgment in critical decisions
Current Employees
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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time, Assistant Scientists to work in Miami.
Core Job Summary
The Assistant Scientist, SOM carries out a particular research agenda in support of the University’s research goals and objectives. Moreover, the Assistant Scientist, SOM contributes to the scientific community by publishing research findings and promotes the University’s reputation as a leader in the field.
Core Responsibilities
- Contributes to basic and applied research activities and authors scientific publications, technical and agency reports, and patent preparations.
- Collaborates with senior staff to publish findings in refereed journals.
- Creates and conducts experiments and analyzes results.
- Works with other researchers to use and develop end products.
- Writes extramural proposals with approval from appropriate senior staff.
- Provides ready access to all experimental data for managing staff.
- Requests or acquires equipment and supplies for assigned project(s).
- Uses the Internet, surveys, legal documents, and other available sources to collect information.
- Applies for grants to continue research and prepares materials for submission to granting agencies and foundations.
- Adheres to University and unit‐level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
Additional information
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
Core Qualifications
- Ph.D., M.D. or other doctoral level degree required
- Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
- Skill in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data.
- Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
Pay and benefits
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.
UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.
Job Status: Full time
Employee Type: Staff
Equal opportunity and legal notices
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.
From UMiami's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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