POSITION SUMMARY:   Under the supervision of the Animal Facility Supervisor or Designee, the Animal Care Technician performs a variety of duties related to the care of laboratory animals. Primary responsibilities are to maintain a clean and healthy environment for laboratory animals and observe animals for their general health and well- being.  The position is considered essential, and as such requires weekend, holiday and off hour’s coverage as needed.   

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:           Under the general supervision of the director or designee, the Educational Assistant is responsible for the coordination of a wide range of diverse and complex administrative functions of the residency, clerkship, and sub-internship programs.    

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:  Be a part of the exciting research team in Emergency Medicine! You can do this by working with several NIH-funded investigators, having a targeted range of significant domains, including substance abuse, toxicology, suicide prevention, bio-behavioral informatics, industrial engineering and process improvement, emergency ultrasound, emergency cardiology, critical care, and sepsis.    Under the general direction of the department head or designee, the Senior Biostatistician will oversee the planning, design, review, programming and implementation of special information systems activities. 

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Director of Pharmacy Technology and Informatics or designee, the Pharmacy Business System will drive operational excellence within the team by ensuring the accurate processing of pharmacy claims within a real time system. The Pharmacy Business System Analyst will be involved in all aspects of running a pharmacy claim processing system. The work includes, but is not limited to, creating project documents, including business and technical design document, preforming updates to system configuration list as a part of both new and maintenance projects. This position will also review data files to ensure accuracy and correct processing, preform system testing, and completing analytics.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Under the general supervision of the Manager/Department Head or designee, the Administrative Assistant performs diversified and complex administrative duties.   This is an open-rank posting (there are 3 levels of Admin Assistant) - candidates will be hired into the level commensurate with their experience.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the general supervision of the Clinical Manager or designee, this position provides direct administrative support and services necessary for the completion of professional medical responsibilities and functions for DES’ skilled professional medical personnel (SPMP), i.e. DES Physician and Psychologist Advisors, Disability and Appeals Reviewers, Program Managers and the Clinical Manager. The Disability Assistant makes complex decisions regarding protected healthcare information, based on the Federal Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).  This position is responsible for exercising judgment on all administrative and clerical aspects of the case in conjunction with and at the direction of DES SPMP.  The Disability Assistant is a primary customer service interface for DES’ SPMP with clients and external agencies.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the general supervision of the Clinical Manager or designee, this position provides direct administrative support and services necessary for the completion of professional medical responsibilities and functions for DES’ skilled professional medical personnel (SPMP), i.e. DES Physician and Psychologist Advisors, Disability and Appeals Reviewers, Program Managers and the Clinical Manager. The Disability Assistant makes complex decisions regarding protected healthcare information, based on the Federal Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).  This position is responsible for exercising judgment on all administrative and clerical aspects of the case in conjunction with and at the direction of DES SPMP.  The Disability Assistant is a primary customer service interface for DES’ SPMP with clients and external agencies.

General Summary of Position  The Abdennur Lab at UMass Chan Medical School is seeking applications for a highly skilled and motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in epigenetics and/or 3D genomics, computational biology, and machine learning. The successful candidate’s research will involve mining, exploration, integrative analysis, physical or statistical modeling, and visualization of large and multimodal data sets derived from next-generation sequencing technologies, leveraging both public data and experimental data from collaborators. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge collaborative research with an emphasis on mapping and deciphering the biological roles of novel chromatin states. Opportunities for hands-on lab bench or software engineering experience are possible.   About the Abdennur Lab  We are a team of computational biologists and engineers developing both foundational and cutting-edge genomic data science tools and applying them to answer fundamental questions in 3D and functional genomics. We value tinkerers, interdisciplinary thinkers, and people with a passion to use their skills for scientific discovery. The Lab was founded in 2022 at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, in the Department of Genomics and Computational Biology. We have active research collaborations with experimental investigators and are members of large collaborative initiatives, including the NIH 4D Nucleome (4DN) consortium and the newly established NIH Multi-Omics for Health and Disease (MOHD) consortium.  About the PI  Dr. Nezar Abdennur received his PhD in Computational and Systems Biology at MIT, specializing in the spatial organization of the genome (3C/Hi-C technologies), its relationship to the epigenome, and its influence on gene regulation. His postdoctoral work expanded to profile diversity in silent chromatin states and how they change in disease. His work has contributed to the discovery and understanding of the biophysical processes shaping genomes and has laid foundational open-source software for 3D genome analysis. He co-founded Open2C, a community of computational biologists developing open-source software for chromosome biology, with regular contributors from multiple institutions worldwide. He is also a co-developer of HiGlass, a visualization platform for interactive, multiscale, and multimodal exploration of (epi)genomic information, and Oxbow, a bioinformatic file interoperability library. 

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: Under the general direction of the Senior Associate or designee, the Associate II will assist in the development of contracts with state agencies; both in and out of state.   The ForHealth Consulting, Health Care Financing Solution’s Eligibility and Benefit Coordination Team provides  project management services and expertise in Medicaid eligibility policy, systems and programs.  The Team continues a long-term engagement as subject matter experts in the development and implementation of eligibility systems and policy. This position will focus primarily on work supporting eligibility-related program integrity initiatives for Medicaid and health and human services programs.

Under the general direction of the Sr. Finance Business Partner or Senior Director, Strategic Finance, or Director, Finance the  Financial Analyst - FHC provides support of the daily financial activities of FHC business units. Including conducting financial analysis, budgeting, and planning to facilitate decision making by FHC Finance and BU Leadership.   This is an open-rank posting (there are 2 levels of Financial Analysts) - candidates will be hired into the level commensurate with their experience.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI) or designee, the Research Associate III performs a variety of research experiments with independence. This position may provide general operational management to the lab and its personnel.    

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: Under the general supervision of the Department Administrator or designee, the Financial Assistant IV is responsible for the preparation of fiscal reports related to grant and contract proposal budgets and the processing and review of all grant, contract and school fund expenditures.  The position provides personnel coordination activities for faculty, staff and consultants associated with all program areas of the department.    

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:  UMass Medical School’s Information Technology Innovation Internship program is designed to provide exceptional opportunities for talented students and to strengthen UMMS’ technology ecosystem through the innovative ideas and infectious energy of the interns. The IT Intern will get an opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic team of dedicated individuals committed to delivering forward thinking solutions with a focus on continuous improvement and advancing the health and well-being of the people in Massachusetts and the world through ground-breaking development in education, research and health care delivery.   It’s an exciting time to be at UMass Medical School!  U.S. News & World Report ranks UMass Medical School 12th in the country for primary care, and this internship will provide a unique opportunity to learn and gain valuable skills in an elite academic and research institution that is among the most affordable in the country.  

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Implementation Science and HIV Prevention:   Jumpstart your professional career in Implementation Science research working with behavioral intervention researchers at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMCMS). This is a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship focusing on implementation science research in HIV. The fellow will work on an NIH-funded national implementation and sustainability study in The Bahamas, and mHealth intervention projects (PrEP use, self-management of HIV and substance use, and stigma reduction) in Thailand and Zambia. The Bahamas study develops and evaluates theory-driven implementation strategies to sustain teacher implementation fidelity of evidence-based HIV interventions in 80 government primary and middle schools, and to evaluate the multilevel determinants of sustainability of effective HIV prevention programs. The mHealth projects adapt multicomponent effective mHealth interventions to improve uptake and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in young Thai MSM and transgender women and to improve self-management of HIV and substance use in Zambian young adults. This research scholar position provides full funding with no teaching requirements. The fellow, with active mentoring, will work with a multi-disciplinary team to prepare grant submissions, write papers, and present at professional meetings. The fellow will be encouraged to seek funding for his/her own research projects. The fellow will primarily work with Bo Wang, PhD (implementation research scientist) https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/16694565, and have the opportunity to work with other distinguished researchers at UMCMS, including those in our Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Research and Arlene Ash, PhD (Chief, Division of Biostatistics and Health Services Research) https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/130117   About UMass Medical School: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and its clinical partner, UMass Memorial Medical Center, is a thriving academic healthcare system located in Worcester, MA about one hour’s drive west of Boston. It is a highly collegial and supportive environment with opportunities to collaborate with leading researchers and engage in important public health and clinical work. https://www.umassmed.edu/   How to Apply: A Ph.D. in psychology, public health, implementation science, biostatistics, or a related field is required. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Send a detailed letter of interest that summarizes relevant experiences and career goals, your curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to: c/o Judi Saber (judi.saber@umassmed.edu) Bo Wang, PhD, Professor Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 368 Plantation Street, Albert Sherman Center Worcester, MA 01605   As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMCMS recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Under the general direction of the Associate Director or designee, the Sponsored Programs Administrator provides program support to principal investigators, administrators and staff regarding the timely completion of required documents for institutional approval of sponsored programs applications. The Sponsored Programs Administrator will also provide direction and assistance in all sponsored programs processes while adhering to sponsor, institutional, state, and federal guidelines.   This is an open-rank posting (there are 4 levels of Sponsored Programs Administrator) - candidates will be hired into the level commensurate with their experience.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:  Under the general direction of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Program Manager I is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of NIH or other externally funded, large scale projects. The Research Program Manager will collaborate with investigators, consultants, project directors, and contract officers at the university, commonwealth, and national levels.    

POSITION SUMMARY:  Under the general supervision of the Manager/Department Head or designee, the Administrative Assistant II coordinates and performs a variety of confidential and complex administrative duties independently with minimal direction.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Nonhuman Primate Reagent Resource (NHPRR) under Diogo Magnani of the UMass Chan Medical School is looking for a full-time team manager to support the mission and establishment of a new preclinical biomanufacturing production core.  NHPRR is a vibrant research and product development environment with close links to top academic, nonprofit, and industrial institutions worldwide. NHPRR is the premier research group developing and manufacturing antibodies specifically designed for studies with nonhuman primate models of human disease.   The successful candidate will join a growing resource with 25 years of experience, delivering products to 1000 research laboratories, representing 22 countries, and supporting over 3,600 grants. The Biomanufacturing Process Development Manager will bring critical specific expertise in developing and executing biomanufacturing production processes for primate antibodies. The ideal candidate will hire, train, and manage a team of five operating a biomanufacturing service that covers processes in cell line development, bioreactor operations (1L, 1L, 20L to 100L scales), downstream purification, analytics, quality studies, and reporting. Additionally, the successful candidate will conduct and oversee the operation excellence, and report to the Program Manager, Director, Clients, and UMass Chan leadership.  

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:   Under the general direction of the Associate Director, the Client Service Manager-I serves as the department’s primary management contact person for both clients (applicants) and Agencies concerning the Disability Determination Process.   The Client Service Manager-I acts as a liaison and facilitator between the above interested parties and Disability Evaluation Service (DES) Staff with regard to research and resolution of inquiries, problems and complaints and then enacting timely and satisfactory response and resolution. Additionally, the Client Service Manager-I serves in a key outreach and education role to Federal and State Agencies, Hospitals, Clinical and Private Practices regarding the DES role, function and mission.

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