UCLA Health

Staff Researcher (Part-Time)

UCLA Health  •  $35.48 - $57.05/hr  •  Hybrid  •  5 days ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00am-1:00pm

Posted Date

08/06/2026
Salary Range $70950.24 - 114109.2 Annually

Employment Type

*74 - Staff: Rehired Retiree - Limited

Duration

1 year

Job #

31521


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Computational Medicine is looking to hire a Staff Researcher to oversee research operations, coordinate faculty-led research initiatives and projects, manage computational laboratory operations and research cores, review research-related expenditures, and provide technical and administrative support to advance multidisciplinary research. The ideal candidate will have expertise in computational disciplines such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, biostatistics, biomathematics, and computational genomics.

Annual range: $70,950.24-$114,109.20


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Education & experience equivalent to a Master’s degree in engineering, mathematical computational, or related field.
  • Demonstrated ability to determine priorities, establish research methodology, and coordinate all related research activities of the research projects in order to analyze results and make recommendations.
  • Ability to manage multi-functional and multi-disciplinary research programs.
  • Ability to organize and work out techniques for research projects.
  • Ability to oversee numerous laboratory personnel to support day-to-day laboratory research functions. Ability to develop and support solutions to complex computational research problems. Demonstrated administrative and research skills to project manage research projects.
  • Previous experience in standardizing new techniques and disseminating methodologies. Skill in scientific and technical writing on a variety of subject matter to facilitate publishing in research journals.
  • Skill in setting long-term planning goals, including planning, directing, controlling and evaluating the research projects to ensure benchmarks are met.
  • Expertise in grant writing and Federal, State, and provide industry funding requirements. Overall up-to-date knowledge of computational medicine fields, in order to provide assistance to a diverse group of faculty and interests.

As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
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For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

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Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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