ResearchAssistant

**Job Title** Research Assistant **Job Description** An exciting opportunity is available for a **Research Assistant** to join the **Personalised Oncology Division** (Gibbs Laboratory) on a part time basis at Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute. **About the Position** The role of the Research Assistant is to provide technical and operational support for the research in a Gibbs Laboratory, with a focus on optimising research productivity. Research Assistants enable and facilitate research, contributing skills and expertise to projects within the group and with external collaborators, under the general direction of the Clinical Research Fellows Dr Belinda Lee and Professor Ben Tran with cross functional reporting to the Senior Lab Manager. The role will support translational and real-world evidence research projects, with a particular focus on clinical and research data management, database development, data extraction from electronic medical records and clinical systems, and integration and validation of clinical, molecular, pathology, and laboratory datasets. The position may also contribute to laboratory and biospecimen-related activities supporting translational research projects **Selection Criteria** Essential Knowledge and Skills: * Undertake research support activities including data extraction, data management, analyses, and laboratory-based tasks as required across translational and real-world evidence research projects * Contribute to preparation of research outputs including reports, presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts where required * Assist with extraction, cleaning, validation, mapping, and integration of clinical, molecular, pathology, laboratory, and outcomes data from multiple research and clinical sources, including electronic medical records * Manage own continuing development of scientific, data management and technical skills; to support the research * Work effectively as part of the research team and support collaboration