Core Facility Research Prof

University of Iowa Health Care Department of Medicine Administration is looking for a Core Facility Research Professional to be responsible for working on various types of projects (e.g. editing teaching and resource development) in the Scientific Editing and Research Communication Core (SERCC) within the Carver College of Medicine. They will be expected to work in a highly collaborative research environment with users across a broad range of career levels (faculty fellows post-docs staff and students) and subject areas. They will be a point of contact for scientific editing and writing projects and expected to provide detailed feedback on documents at multiple levels including: science/technical aspects of the research presentation style and clarity and mechanics. In addition the candidate will be expected to assist the SERCC Director in developing seminars and workshops on topics relevant to scientific writing and to teach such courses independently as well as to prepare resources for authors and assist the SERCC Director in gathering metrics related to core effectiveness analyzing such metrics identifying strategies to improve services provided and training new staff. The Core Research Facility Professional may also be asked to participate in the development of complex multi-projects proposals to represent the core at meetings of other university offices/units and to participate in professional development activities.

Percent Time: 100%

Duties to include:

Specialized Services and Application of Research Protocols to Grant Applications

• Work closely with researchers as part of a full-service core facility guiding them in how to make technical and specialized scientific content accessible to broad audiences occasionally including lay readers and identifying gaps in the logic of the science as well as making suggestions for how to fill such gaps.
• Critically analyze and interpret experimental data from across the biomedical disciplines as presented in figures tables and methods sections of grant applications and of research manuscripts that will be submitted for publication.
• Provide support at the interface of research and the effective communication thereof.

Literature Review/ Data Analysis (Funder/Published Expectations)

• Critically review and interpret the scientific literature to ensure that claims made in grant applications and research manuscripts are accurate in particular with respect to the novelty and impact of research findings.
• Remain current on the evolving requirements and expectations of funding agencies and scientific journals and convey this information to users in timely fashion.

Educate Train and Consult (Teaching)

• Assist in developing seminars and workshops on various aspects of scientific communication and present them independently.

Facilities Equipment and Information Management (Information dissemination)

• May help identify gaps in readiness for grant or paper writing and assist in finding appropriate funding opportunities and collaborators.
• May help convey information about the evolving requirements and expectations of funding agencies and professional journals to users via SERCC resources such as its website grant-writing templates and newsletters.

Administrative and Financial Responsibility for Fee-for-Service Operation

• Assist in maintaining the cores project-tracking system data server user accounts backup and archiving of projects and project-scheduling/reservation system.
• Review facility billing for accuracy and submit to manager/director for approval.
• Assist in generating collecting and analyzing data on effectiveness of the core.
• May suggest updates to the SERCC website.
• May represent the core at meetings with other university offices/units that are involved in research development across the UI campus.

Human Resources/ Supervision

• Participate in weekly office meetings and actively contribute to discussions process improvements and group projects.
• Participate in professional research administration/development organizations and communities.
• May participate in hiring of staff as well as in their training and managing their performance to assure they are efficient as well as compliant with UI policies and procedures.