A position for Associate Researcher is available at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMM). Reporting to Dr. Daniel Puleston and Dr. Zeeshan Akhtar, the successful candidate will join a collaborative team implementing pioneering approaches to study human disease across immunology, cancer and organ transplantation. You will be involved in all aspects of lab life, helping in the conduct of pre-clinical research studies using models of infection and tumor development, and the maintenance of human organs ex vivo to study human pathology. The successful candidate will be exposed to a range of cutting-edge technologies, including state-of-the-art metabolomics and mass spectrometry and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. Your role in assisting the perfusion of human organs for research or prior to clinical transplantation will require flexible working hours. This is an opportunity to join a welcoming and dynamic team doing unique translational research and we are looking for a passionate junior scientist to join us.

　　Our Lab is located on the Mount Sinai Hospital Campus in Manhattan in close proximity to Central Park. A member of the Precision Immunology Institute, Tisch Cancer Institute, and Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, the lab has access to world-class facilities in a thriving academic center. The school is one of the nation’s leading medical schools, ranked in the top 20 schools for NIH funding. As a lab, we want to ensure you are joining a stimulating, welcoming, and diverse environment; one in which you feel comfortable and able to maximize your potential. We are committed to your personal and professional development and will provide the necessary support for you to achieve your career goals and expand significantly upon your skill and knowledge set during your tenure.

　　The Associate Researcher is an entry laboratory research position, responsible for conduct of routine and assisting in routine and standardized experiments using techniques specific to the assigned research project under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or a senior researcher. This individual typically conducts laboratory research and the position may include lab and clerical support. S/he analyzes and assists in interpreting research outcomes.

　　Strength Through Diversity

　　The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

　　Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

　　Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

　　Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

　　We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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　　“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

　　Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

　　The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

　　EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

　　Requisition ID : 3009856