Allegheny Health Network Careers

Date Posted: 1-17-2017
ID number: 52230
Location: West Penn Hospital

Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network focused on preserving health care choice and providing affordable, high-quality care to the people in our communities.  With more than 14,000 employees including 7,400 health care professionals, nearly 200 primary care and specialty care practices, Allegheny Health Network includes seven hospitals in Pennsylvania with nearly 2,400 licensed beds.

Allegheny Health Network’s clinical expertise ranges from primary care to the most complex surgical procedures.  Services include cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular care, neurological and neurosurgical services, organ transplantation, orthopedic and rehabilitation services, and women’s health.

Department: Esophageal/Thoracic
Status: Full-time, non-union

Job Summary: 

Research Fellow is a full-time temporary advanced scholarly appointment (not to exceed five years) to conduct advanced independent and/or directed research programs. The research fellow will conduct translational research projects at the direction of the principal investigator or program director. The role of a research fellow requires detailed knowledge of a technical field, process, or discipline. Work shall include developing, implementing, and executing research plans, data collection and analysis as well as documenting research findings in concise yet complete technical reports. A research fellow must be able to rapidly identify trends in data or shortcomings in experimental design, so that random adjustments may be made without the direct daily supervision of a principal investigator.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct high fidelity experimentation in line with the objectives of the research program.
• Collect and analyze data from the literature and from ongoing experimentation to support hypotheses.
• Participate in writing research publications, presentations, and grant proposals.
• Aid the investigator in managing research staff and maintaining research facilities on an as-needed basis.
• Other duties as assigned, including representing the lead investigator at scientific conferences and meetings.

Qualifications: 

• Typically, research fellows have an advanced degree
• Research fellows typically have not had more than one post-graduate employment position in the US prior to taking such a role.