Staff Scientist at Oregon Health & Science University – Portland, Oregon

Staff Scientist

US-OR-Portland

Requisition ID: 2026-37774
Position Category: Research
Job Type: Research
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Posting Department: Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology
Posting FTE: 0.80
HR Mission: School of Medicine
Drug Testable: No

Department Overview

The Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology serves as a beacon of both internationally recognized research and locally delivered advanced clinical care. The Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology is a part of the OHSU School of Medicine, with its own admitting service and clinic. We provide all the diagnostic angiographic, interventional radiologic, and neurointerventional services to the OHSU and VA Hospitals.

The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service. The individual hired for this position will serve as research faculty and lab manager for the Dotter Memorial Research Laboratory at the Dotter Institute. The role of the lab manager is to carry out and facilitate the educational and research projects at the Institute. This will be done under the supervision of the Director of Research, and the Director of the Institute overall. Activities include coordination of clinical and translational lab research, including protocol design, preparation and execution.

The Dotter research lab offers additional educational workshops involving an animal model for which the lab manager is responsible to organize and conduct. We also support industry and academic collaborators by providing translational research support, device prototype testing, and running educational/teaching labs. The lab manager is expected to play an active role in reaching out to potential industry and academic collaborators to continue and expand our lab activities and scope. Coordination of maintenance requirements and updates of the research facility and interfacing with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) will also be administrative responsibilities of the position.

Function/Duties of Position

• Coordinate clinical and translational lab research activities of the Dotter Institute
• Assist in providing education in translational procedures and in clinical training activities
• Assist in preparing lab publications, electronic media, and lectures
• Interface with industry and academic collaborators to facilitate clinical and translational projects
• Participate in funding applications to support research activities
• Provide mentorship and education to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, clinical residents, and clinical and research fellows for research activities of the Dotter Institute
• Oversight of the research facility including regulatory compliance, research personnel training and maintenance of lab equipment and inventory

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in relevant field and a minimum of 7 years of relevant post-doctoral work experience. Internal candidates must have completed 3-5 years at the Assistant Staff Scientist level.

• Familiarity with animal care and handling, anesthesia, animal surgery, pre- and post-procedural management

• Training and experience in scientific methods, including biostatistics and scientific protocol

• Familiarity with percutaneous procedures, equipment and devices

• Experience in teaching and mentorship