Research Assistant – Biomedical Engineering

This competition is restricted to internal applicants of the University of Alberta. Please indicate your internal status using the “Advertisement” drop down menu when applying.

This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This position has a term length of 1 year plus one day and offers a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page .

Location – This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person. On-site work takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

Working for the University of Alberta

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The University of Alberta is teeming with change makers, community builders, and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to more than 40,000 students in 200+ undergraduate and 500+ graduate programs, over 13,000 faculty and staff, 260,000 alumni worldwide and have been recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for over a decade.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross section of people—from our students and stakeholders, to our renowned researchers and innovators who are quite literally curing diseases, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger, and more just.

Working for the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Our department is a collaboration between the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, offering students interdisciplinary research opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities to take their ideas from imagination to application. Working with medical professionals, our world-class researchers design systems, software and devices that save lives today and improve the health-care landscape of tomorrow.

Position Summary

The position assists Dr. Aminpour with activities necessary for the research of the Aminpour lab, including working on grant applications, working on projects, doing software programming, dealing with issues related to lab software and hardware resources, training lab members, monitoring lab accounts, setting up lab meetings, and other activities.

Duties

• Working on grant applications which involves identifying relevant funding opportunities and keeping track of deadlines.
• Working on lab projects; Reading literature and examining and testing published software code (on GitHub, etc).
• Managing allocations and jobs on Digital Research Alliance of Canada clusters.
• Managing the site license for the Molecular Operating Environment software.
• Monitoring lab funding accounts by checking on eTRAC that the expenses reported on lab speed codes are correct; creating budgets for lab expenses.
• Assisting Dr. Arminpour with creating course materials and setting up content on eClass.

Qualifications

• Computer Systems Technology Diploma with 3 years experience working in a bioinformatics and drug design lab. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Strong skills and experience in quantitative data analysis; knowledge of Python required.
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize work effectively.
• Able to perform searches on databases, websites, etc. to support project activities; experience with literature reviews.
• Experience writing successful grant applications.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
• Excellent spelling, grammar, editing, and proof reading skills.
• Keeps up to date on research, leading practices, and trends in the specialty disciplines.

At the University of Alberta, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring process for all candidates. If you require accommodations to participate in the interview process, please let us know at the time of booking your interview and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs.

Note: Online applications are accepted until midnight Mountain Standard Time of the closing date.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.