University of Louisville Athletic Association, Inc.

Director, Research Core (Advanced Human-Relevant Technologies)

Non-Campus Other, USA · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$130kDetected 25 days ago
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About the role

  • Grade 11 (Salaried) Position Description: The University of Louisville seeks an inaugural Director of the Advanced Human-Relevant Technologies (AHRT) Core, a new core facility organized within UofL's Office of Research and Innovation.
  • The AHRT Core will focus on facilitating researchers' success with organoids and other advanced human-relevant research technologies, commonly referred to as New Approach Methodologies (NAMs).
  • The AHRT Core will launch with strong institutional commitment, dedicated resources, and a multi-year operational runway - a well-supported opportunity to make a lasting impact on UofL's biomedical research enterprise.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the launch and operations of the AHRT Core, in collaboration with the Senior Director of Strategic Research Infrastructure and the AHRT Core Advisory Committee.
  • Develop, validate, and troubleshoot the core's protocols and assays at the bench.
  • Hire, train, and manage core personnel; direct project prioritization; and ensure excellent relations with core users.
  • Deliver and oversee AHRT Core scientific operations, including organoid generation and distribution, cell-based assay development and screening, and custom media manufacturing and distribution.
  • Proactive network across campus to build awareness of AHRT capabilities and cultivate a broad user community, particularly during the early phase of core operations.
  • Support development of a tissue procurement pipeline in collaboration with clinicians, pathology, IRB, and research compliance.
  • Consult with investigators on human-relevant model systems and NAMs; provide support for investigators' NIH and other grant applications.
  • Lead the core's adaptation to emerging NAMs technologies in line with faculty research needs, including but not limited to organs-on-a-chip and other micro physiological systems.
  • Collaborate with relevant units to integrate computational modeling and AI-assisted NAMs approaches with the AHRT Core's experimental capabilities.
  • Manage the core's financial operations (e.g., cost analysis, rate development, usage tracking) and implement the university's core facility management software, in collaboration with the Office of Research and Innovation.

Nice to have

  • Candidates are not expected to meet every preferred qualification - we welcome applicants who bring a strong combination of the following:
  • Ph.D. in biomedical sciences, bioengineering, or a related field.
  • Experience with fluorescence and confocal imaging and image analysis.
  • Experience with, or demonstrated interest in, emerging NAMs platforms, including organs-on-a-chip.
  • Prior experience working in, managing, or directing a core research facility.
  • Experience supporting grant-funded academic researchers.
  • Budget management experience
  • familiarity with cost recovery or user fee-based funding models a plus.

Skills

  • Interface with university research leadership as a member of the Louisville Research Core program.
  • Establish core services, Standard Operating Procedures, and workflows.

Compensation

  • will be commensurate to candidate experience.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment.
  • It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions.
  • No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.
  • Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements.

Benefits

  • The University of Louisville has an exceptional benefits package; to learn more about our benefits, please visit here.

Equal opportunity

  • The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
  • The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy.
  • In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans.
  • The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment.
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