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Fellowship	Climate & Human Health Fellowship		Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	The Climate and Human Health Fellowship trains board eligible or board certified EM physicians to become national leaders in climate and human health research and advocacy. This unique fellowship is jointly hosted by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emergency Department; Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, and the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. The intensive program includes a master’s degree in public health or public policy at Harvard; internships at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); opportunities to learn and engage in advocacy on the Hill; and training to lead independent research at the intersection of climate change, human health and policy. Mentorship is provided by an interdisciplinary team of faculty from across Harvard.
Health Assistant	Health Assistant I	Harvard University	University Health Services	As a member of the clinical team, the Health Assistant I provides assistance in delivering high quality health care and exceptional customer service in a busy ambulatory care clinic serving the Harvard community. Serves as the primary contact with patients and provides general administrative support to physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses on the team. The primary responsibility will be answering the clinic’s busy telephones and routing messages to providers, scheduling and confirming clinical appointments, tracking immunization history, coordinating referrals, processing incoming and outgoing clinical correspondence, maintaining files, processing and tracking outside referrals, and managing patient flow. Performs other related duties as needed.
Research Assistant	Graduate Student Research Assistant, Building a Better Response		Harvard Humanitarian Initiative	HHI is seeking a graduate level research assistant (RA) with strong analytical and statistical skills. The RA will work with Prof. Phuong Pham, the Program Manager for Partner Programs, and the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at HHI, assisting with the Building a Better Response e-learning course on Humanitarian Education data analysis.
Director	Director of Research and Administration, CCDD	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Department of Epidemiology	Reporting to, and working with the Center Director, the Director of Research and Administration will be responsible for oversight of all CCDD research and administrative activities, including research management, strategic planning and fundraising, communications, finance, and center and staff management.
Funding	Integrating Mental Health Care into Health Care Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries		National Institutes of Health	This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites implementation research applications to develop, optimize, and test innovative theory-based strategies to integrate mental and physical health care within health care systems in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This FOA aims to support innovative research for implementing, scaling up, and financially sustaining integrated mental health care models to ultimately increase demand and utilization, quality, access, and availability of mental health care. NIMH encourages partnerships between institutions in LMICs and high-income-countries (HICs).
Fellowship	NCI Cancer Prevention Postdoctoral Fellow	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences	The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Population Sciences invite applications for a joint post-doctoral fellowship in cancer prevention and control. The postdoctoral research fellowships, which begin in September 2022, are funded for two years and do not result in a degree. The program’s objective is to train researchers in the design and evaluation of cancer prevention and control. Applicants may work in any area related to cancer prevention. Potential areas of research include: implementation science, global cancer, cancer disparities, and health communications.
Research Assistant	Summer Research Assistant (Open to undergraduates)	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Division of Global Health Equity	Dr. Maria Nardell, a physician researcher in the Division of Global Health Equity at BWH who studies social and behavioral factors influencing HIV care engagement for vulnerable populations in South Africa, is looking for 1-2 students and/or trainees to join a qualitative analysis and coding team for a study that seeks to understand attitudes and behaviors towards HIV testing and prevention among community-based migrant men in Johannesburg. Recruitment will start in July 2022, and the project will continue into the fall, although she’s open to involvement from people with time only in the summer. This is a wonderful opportunity for those interested in and/or seeking mentorship in global health, HIV, and/or social behavioral research to learn about HIV care for this population and gain skills in qualitative research. Depending on the level of interest and commitment, this may also lead to an opportunity for co-authorship on a resulting manuscript. Please email mnardell@bwh.harvard.edu if interested.
Research Assistant	Technical Research Assistant I	Brigham & Women's Hospital OB/GYN	Maternal Fetal Medicine Lab	This position offers the opportunity to work alongside renowned physicians, scientists, and healthcare providers to manage the Brigham's largest pregnancy biobank, LIFECODES, which supports epidemiological research in obstetric health. This job is a crash course in women's health - you will be in the prenatal clinic each day, face-to-face with patients, recruiting for various research studies on pregnancy, including the effects of environmental pollutants on maternal/fetal health, the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy, preeclampsia, preterm birth, contraception access, and more. There are opportunities to work on independent research projects utilizing LIFECODES data as well as support ongoing projects with data management, analysis, and writeup. This position is ideal for a post-grad who is interested in OB/GYN research, and past RA's have gone on to med school, nursing school, midwifery, and more. Please contact Dr. David Cantonwine, Principal Investigator, with your resume and cover letter if you are interested: dcantonwine@bwh.harvard.edu. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions about the position: ekocharian@bwh.harvard.edu.
Fellowship	Strategic Partnerships Fellow		The Jed Foundation	The JED Foundation, anonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, has an opening for a Strategic Partnerships Fellow. The Strategic Partnerships Fellow will support the Strategic Partnerships Coordinator and Chief External Affairs Officer in conducting research, providing strategic recommendations, and tracking potential partnership and collaboration opportunities for JED. The fellow will have the opportunity to join partnership meetings, brainstorming sessions, and other pertinent discussions. In collaboration with the strategic partnerships team, the fellow will assist in the production of key summary documents, presentations, letters/emails, memos, etc. that will facilitate ongoing discussions with prospective and existing external partners. Where appropriate, the fellow will also solicit input from JED staff members and coordinate follow-up discussions between internal staff members and external partners.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease (IID)	The Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease (IID) is a dynamic group of laboratories that work on the biological, immunological, epidemiological, and ecological aspects of viral, bacterial, and protozoan infections of humans, including the vectors that transmit these infectious agents. Research in many of the laboratories within the department is focused on diseases of developing countries. As part of the infectious disease initiative, the Research Assistant (RA) will assist in research aimed at leveraging population genetics of human malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, toward biological understanding. Biological investigation of genetic loci that may play a role in parasite survival (i.e., drug resistance loci) using gene editing approaches is anticipated.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Immunology	The Sharpe laboratory at Harvard Medical School seeks a highly motivated individual to support research in mouse and human tumor immunology. This individual will independently perform and/or coordinate a wide range of highly sophisticated laboratory techniques, working closely with fellows and students to analyze the functions of immunoregulatory pathways. This includes immunological techniques (immune cell isolation, assays of stromal, myeloid, and T cell function, cytokine ELISA assays, multiparameter flow cytometry), molecular biology procedures (PCR, RNA and/or DNA preparation from tissues, as well as bulk and single-cell RNASeq). Animal work is required (measuring tumors, weighing mice, survival bleeding, i.p. / s.c. / i.v. injections, generating chimeras), mouse husbandry (colony maintenance, genotyping). This individual may also handle primary human samples (tissue dissociation, cellular isolation, immunological assays). S/he will analyze and summarize data, organize into lab notebooks, and report experimental results weekly. This individual may independently troubleshoot and optimize techniques. This individual will also assist with lab organization, maintenance of lab equipment, and lab safety activities.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Non-Lab	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Ariadne Labs	Under supervision from the Senior Research Manager, the Research Assistant will be responsible for some direct communications with partners within PHCPI and will lead some engagements with countries in implementing PHCPI products. S/he independently will take ownership of technical content production and advising partners across PHCPI workstreams. The Research Assistant will work closely with other team members, including research assistants and project managers.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant I Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Neurobiology	The Gu laboratory is focused on shedding light on the complex interplay between the nervous and vascular systems that enables proper neuronal function. The entry-level lab research assistant should be able to assist lab members with a wide range of basic molecular and cell biology experiments including cloning, immunohistology, viral expression, mouse genetics, ELISA, flow cytometry; and work collaboratively with members of the lab. This individual will have an opportunity to work on their own project. The ideal Research Assistant will be well organized, self-motivated, and demonstrate responsibility. While here, the individual will gain experience with the scientific method, experimental design, leadership, time management, and have the freedom to implement their own ideas to help to accelerate scientific projects.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard Medical School	Microbiology Department	The Lory lab in the Microbiology Department of Harvard Medical School is looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic research assistant to work in a microbiology research laboratory on a project supported by research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Under supervision, but with some expectations of independent initiatives, the RA II will perform a variety of basic microbial molecular and genetic manipulations. Knowledge and some experience of basic recombinant DNA techniques, handling of bacterial cultures and meticulous notebook keeping is required. The person in this role will be expected to work under minimal direction and will assist in design of future experiments depending upon results. Research progress will be reviewed at regular intervals by the PI and senior laboratory staff. Willingness to discuss research findings during group meetings is essential.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Genetics	Our team at Harvard Medical School is searching for a Research Assistant II to join our team to engineer cell lines for de-extinction. This Research Assistant II will join a team of stem cell biologists, developmental biologists, and molecular biologists with broad backgrounds to work towards the Wolly Mammoth de-extinction effort. The Research Assistant II for this position will be responsible for engineering and maintaining mammalian cell lines. They will also be responsible for exploring and troubleshooting optimal culture conditions, media recipes etc. for new cell lines. This will require advanced tissue culture and basic molecular biology skills. This technician will be responsible for daily maintenance of cells, optimizing maintenance conditions and molecular cloning.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant I Non-Lab	Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Department of Psychology	The Laboratory for Youth Mental Health (Principal Investigator: Professor John Weisz, Ph.D., ABPP) in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University seeks to hire a full-time Research Assistant (RA). The RA will primarily assist with a randomized clinical trial of a modular mental health intervention called FIRST, designed for treatment of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and conduct problems in children and adolescents. Opportunities to play a role in additional ongoing projects--including the development and maintenance of a large-scale meta-analysis database of youth psychotherapy research, and the implementation of effectiveness trials of digital mental health interventions--may also be available.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Molecular Metabolism Department	The Department of Molecular Metabolism (MET) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (SPH) conducts pioneering research into the causes of underlying complex human disorders. Our studies aim to transform our understanding of wellness and disease and will help us develop novel approaches to address the major challenges to global public health. Learn more about MET and their research here: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/molecular-metabolism/ The lab is seeking a research Assistant to support the Kory Lab which investigates the compartmentalization of metabolism and mitochondrial transport using a combination of techniques including functional genomics (CRISPR screens), metabolomics, imaging, and cell biology and biochemistry methods.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant IV Lab	Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Chemistry & Chemical Biology	This position reports directly to the PI, Professor Adam Cohen, and performs and coordinates a wide range of laboratory research procedures and conducts a variety of complex support tasks and projects determined by the field and scope of the particular research study. Performs a variety of laboratory techniques independently, reporting results to supervisor or other lab personnel. Assumes a high level of responsibility for independent judgment concerning future experiments depending upon results.
Coordinator	Coordinator I (Research and Program Coordinator)	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Global Health and Population	The Nutrition and Global Health Program in the Department of Global Health and Population, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated Research and Program Coordinator with a public health background and strong research and quantitative skills to join its team to contribute to the strategic development and implementation of the program's research activities, which will be conducted in resource limited settings in subSaharan Africa and Asia. Working closely with the Program's faculty, senior managers and in coordination with program partner institutions, this position will be supporting a wide range of activities within the program including proposal development, manuscripts development and managing programmatic aspects of existing projects. The research and program coordinator will work closely with principal investigators in Boston and at collaborating sites, as well as the project directors, data managers and clinical team members, to ensure that projects enrollment goals are met, participants’ follow up goals are on target and that high-quality data are collected. They will also serve as a primary point of contact to ensure that ethical and regulatory clearances and reporting are up to date for the Harvard and field partners.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant I Lab	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Molecular Metabolism Department	The Hotamışlıgil Lab at the Sabri Ülker Center studies innate adaptive pathways involved in metabolic health and diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma. Using biochemical, genetic, and physiological studies, the lab aims to find novel pathways and preventive, therapeutic solutions to today’s greatest threats to global human health. The lab is looking for a Research Assistant who is enthusiastic and excited about the lab's work, and who wants to make a strong scientific contribution to our research. This Research Assistant will work with genetically engineered mouse models and perform a wide variety of physiology experiments, including studies implementing advanced physiological instrumentation and surgeries. It is an opportunity to learn advanced techniques in molecular biology, protein and RNA purification and analysis, mammalian tissue culture, biochemical assays, immunostaining and microscopy. He/she will follow up experiments by organizing, processing and reporting data. The Research Assistant will be expected to be fully engaged in the intellectual activities of the lab and actively participate in lab meetings and discussions.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Neurobiology	The Research Assistant will support research on gene therapy to treat hereditary deafness and blindness. The job involves basic molecular biology, with genotyping, DNA and RNA extraction, preparing DNA for sequencing, cloning, and making mini-preps and maxi preps. The job also involves histology, including fixation, cryosectioning, staining for immunohistochemistry, and preparing samples for electron microscopy. Duties may also include working with mice and assessing auditory function in mice.
Laboratory Manager	Laboratory Manager	Harvard Medical School	Department of Genetics	Dr. George Church’s laboratory, a cutting-edge research laboratory at Harvard Medical School (http://www.gclab.com), is seeking a laboratory manager. They are a broad- based lab that develops new synthetic biology and tissue engineering technologies and high-throughput in-situ analysis methods, with biomedical/bioresearch, environmental, and industrial applications. Focus areas include induced pluripotent stem cell and human tissue engineering, single-cell and in-situ genome and proteome assays and editing, and genome synthesis and recoding, principally in human and microbial cells. Projects have included organoid development, tight biocontainment strategies for engineered microbes, personal genomics, methods for targeting and delivery of gene and cellular therapies, and recreation of ancient organisms.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Immunology	The Huh laboratory at Harvard Medical School seeks a highly motivated individual to support research in immunology and neurobiology, as well as to assist with general lab organization. This individual will be responsible for lab administrative tasks (ordering, inventory, meeting vendors, updating IACUC and COMS protocols, organizing lab meeting and journal club) and lab safety activities. They will perform and/or assist with immunologic techniques (immune cell isolation and culture, assays of immune cell (T cell) function, cytokine ELISA assays, multiparameter flow cytometry), molecular biology procedures (PCR, RNA and/or DNA preparation from tissues). Additionally, they will assist with animal colony management (setting up breeders, weaning pups, genotyping progeny). They will analyze and summarize data, organize into lab notebooks, and report experimental results bi-weekly. This individual may independently troubleshoot and optimize techniques.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant I Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Neurobiology	The Sabatini Lab is looking for an independent and motivated research associate. They use a wide range of techniques including biochemistry, electrophysiology, advanced microscopy, and novel animal behaviors and in vivo manipulations to study how cells and circuits in the brain operate in healthy conditions and during disease states. They are recruiting for a project that aims to uncover the mechanisms that ensure that the brain and cognitive processes change in concert with peripheral organ function to optimally adapt to environmental conditions, and how these adaptive mechanisms go awry in neuropsychiatric diseases. Candidates will have the opportunity to lead a research project while taking advantage of the diverse, welcoming, and exciting team of researchers at the Sabatini lab. The duties of this position will include the development and execution of novel behavioral paradigms using transgenic mice.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Cell Biology	The Brugge lab has a long-standing interest in studying ovarian cancer using innovative techniques, with the ultimate goal to help improve treatment strategies for patients. They are looking for a research assistant who will be working on projects that investigate the mechanisms involved in ovarian cancer therapy resistance. There are opportunities to learn standard and high-throughput, multi-plex immunofluorescence and advanced techniques involving ovarian tumor culture systems, primary patient samples, and drug response analyses. The research assistant will be directly supervised and mentored by a postdoctoral fellow.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant II Non-Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Global Health and Social Medicine	The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (DGHSM) at Harvard Medical School conducts research to constantly improve the practice of medicine, the delivery of treatment, and the development of health care policies locally and worldwide. The Research Assistant will be responsible for research support for the multiple global health research projects related to TB, HIV, and other health conditions. The Research Assistant will work as part of a team comprising staff based in Boston and at international sites to support all aspects of the projects, including logistics, communications and documentation, research regulatory processes, and data quality control/assurance. The Research Assistant will collaborate closely with counterparts at Partners In Health.
Research Assistant	Research Assistant I Lab	Harvard Medical School	Department of Neurobiology	The Research Assistant will support research on gene therapy to treat hereditary deafness and blindness. The job involves basic molecular biology, with genotyping, DNA and RNA extraction, preparing DNA for sequencing, cloning, and making mini-preps and maxi preps. The job also involves histology, including fixation, cryosectioning, staining for immunohistochemistry, and preparing samples for electron microscopy. Duties may also include working with mice and assessing auditory function in mice.
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