Hospital for Special Surgery

Research Assistant I

Hospital for Special Surgery  •  United States (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

How you move is why we’re here. ®
Now more than ever.


Get back to what you need and love to do.
The possibilities are endless...

Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximizethe abundant opportunities for growth and success.

If this describes you then let’s talk!

HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.


Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Emp Status

Regular Full time

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Compensation Range

The base pay scale for this position is $23.35 - $35.51. In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation. The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

What you will be doing

The position covers the following projects:

  • Imaging physeal structure and activity to evaluate physeal injury (NIH-funded): The project acquires novel physeal-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) information with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to correlate imaging features with physeal injury and growth in children with skeletal deformities. The tasks include:
    • Recruit volunteer and patient subjects for MRI scans: consent subjects, maintain project databases, help oversee scanning, accompany subjects during scanning, communicate with families before and after study visits, obtaining pertinent information and stadiometry (height and limb length measurements).
    • Musculoskeletal imaging, physeal modeling, advanced DTI processing:
      • Work directly with radiologists, biomedical scientists and engineers to maintain and perform processing of advanced MRI pipelines and extract meaningful imaging features for correlation with clinical information.
      • Assist with literature reviews, perform analysis, and assist with scientific writing for manuscript preparation and conference presentation
    • Assist with collaboration with other academic partners at premier academic/clinical centers by working with other scientists, physicians and research coordinators at these centers to coordinate recruitment and collection of project data.
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  • Pediatric musculoskeletal MRI – prospective and retrospective studies (For projects related to task 1)
    • Submit, update and amend IRB submissions
    • Keep data records, including maintaining project databases
    • Performing image segmentation (delineation of anatomical structures on medical images)


YEARS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Scientific background required. Outstanding record of academic achievement and research experience. 0-2 years.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PREFERRED
Proven record of leadership through extracurricular activities or work. Ability to work collaboratively and effectively on a team with people at all levels of an organization. Excellent organization skills (ability to manage several concurrent tasks). Superior oral and written communications skills.

PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
The RA will be working mostly in an office desk, and will walk to clinical offices and the MRI department to consent patients and to escort patients.

EDUCATION REQUIRED
Bachelors

SKILLS REQUIRED
Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

SKILLS PREFERRED
Python, Matlab

Non-Discrimination Policy
Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.

Hospital for Special Surgery

About Hospital for Special Surgery

HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 16th consecutive year), No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2025-2026), and the best pediatric orthopedic hospital in NY, NJ and CT by U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” list (2024-2025). In a survey of medical professionals in more than 20 countries by Newsweek, HSS is ranked world #1 in orthopedics for a fifth consecutive year (2025).

Founded in 1863, the Hospital has the lowest readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection and complication rates. HSS was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center five consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State, as well as in Florida.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Year Founded
1863
Website
hss.edu
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