Lab Assistant - 138206

The Department of Anesthesiology employs over 200 Academic and Staff personnel and has an annual operating budget of $83 million in annualized resources (School of Medicine and Clinical Practice Organization (CPO) between Practice Plan revenues, VA Medical Center funding, Hospital and Medical Group funding, UC Foundation, Research sources and School of Medicine funds. There are over 85 Clinical faculty, 20 Ph.D. faculty, 8 Post-Doctoral Scholars, 42 Residents, 8 Senior Clinical Fellows, 33 Certified Nurse Anesthetists, 1 Physician Assistant and five collective bargaining units represented. The Department provides Clinical Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Services in Hillcrest, Thornton Hospital, Shiley Eye Center, Rady Children's Hospital, Jacobs Medical Center and the VA Medical Center. The Department operates a Pain Clinic at Perlman. The Department's research programs include bench and clinical research programs located at the VA Medical Center, Medical Teaching Facility, Clinical Teaching Facility, Hillcrest, Thornton, Sanford Consortium of Regenerative Medicine facilities and the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI).

This position is located at the ACTRI, in Dr. Case's lab (CASELaboratory.org) in the Department of Anesthesiology. Under supervision of Dr. Case, the incumbent will assist with basic laboratory operations and conducting several NIH funded clinical trials involving healthy volunteers and chronic pain patients. Assigned duties and responsibilities include routine laboratory maintenance, support for personnel, and conducting remote and in-person psychophysical and brain imaging studies including a study of noninvasive nerve blocks during MRI. The Lab Assistant will recruit and screen study participants, collect and analyze data from human participants, and assist with the preparation of regulatory communications such as for the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The Lab Assistant will also train and help oversee undergraduate students who volunteer with the lab and assist with training and onboarding of new lab members. Performs other duties as assigned. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduation from high school or a General Education Diploma and one year of laboratory experience or two years of college including courses in the in the natural, physical or social sciences and two years of laboratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Knowledge of safe human testing procedures (CITI training; experience with IRB).

• Requires skills in data management and coding including E-prime, R, and FSL.

• Ability to follow written and verbal directions.

• Knowledge of personal computer programs including word processing, basic computer coding, SPSS, Word, Excel, unix.

• Ability to adhere to established UCSD guidelines for safety and environmental issues.

• Must be able to work effectively with human volunteers and patients.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check.

• Must be willing to work with hazardous materials.