Scientist (AR) SOM

JOB DESCRIPTION: The Academic Research Scientist functions as a highly skilled contributor/researcher and has significant authorship on publications and advanced knowledge and expertise of laboratory and experimental platforms necessary to advance basic and/or translational research programs. Staff Scientists will have leadership responsibilities, and will oversee quality and training of other team members.

Duties include program management for the Emory Personalized Immunotherapy Core [EPIC] for cell processing. Carries out research and development on novel techniques for clinical application of cell therapy systems motivated by biomedical, scientific, regulatory and engineering applications. Areas include one or more of the following: mesenchymal stem cell biology, cellular therapy with lymphoid cell autologous and allogeneic, gene transfer, cell culture, process management and GMP-compliant cell manufacturing. Manages direct report medical technologists involved in cell manufacturing and works in a team and collaborates with a multi-disciplinary group of scientists, physicians, and healthcare QC/QA. Participates in all aspects of process development, transition to GMP-compliant use, regulatory compliance and FDA IND proposal writing. Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: PhD and ten years of professional level experience OR Master's degree and fifteen years of professional level experience in a technical or research lab. Laboratory experience will be based on area of assignment. Internship experience or experience prior to attaining the qualifying degree is not considered eligible work experience for this job classification.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: A PhD in Biological Sciences, or in a related field including but not limited to Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Immunology with strong research experience in cell biology and cell therapy process development, or equivalent field and research experience at a national lab, industry lab, and/or academia. Experience in interacting with FDA CBER and working knowledge of GMP process is an asset. Ability and desire to supervise a team to develop high quality, distributable processes for cell therapy applications within academia and in partnership with Industry.