Research Operations Director, Dog Aging Project
Role Overview
The mission of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (HNRCA) is to promote healthy aging through nutrition science to empower people seeking to enjoy long, active, and independent lives.
HNRCA investigators examine how nutrition and physical activity play a role in the prevention of the major chronic degenerative conditions and diseases associated with aging.
The Metabolism and Basic Biology of Aging research directive focuses on understanding cellular and molecular processes that contribute to age-related disease, as well as the role of nutrition in regulating the underlying mechanisms that promote healthy aging.
Dr.
Daniel Promislow, Senior Scientist at the HNRCA, is the Principal Investigator of the Dog Aging Project.
Founded in 2018, the Dog Aging Project is a fully operational, long-term longitudinal study of healthy aging in more than 50,000 companion dogs from across the United States.
The goal of the Dog Aging Project is to identify the genetic and environmental factors that influence healthy aging, and to understand how these factors shape aging.
More information can be found at https://dogagingproject.org.
Key Skills for This Role
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Basic Requirements
- Advanced degree in health or biological sciences or related field (i.e., bioinformatics, medicinal chemistry, public health, etc.), and/or business or equivalent work experience;
- Five years of experience in a combination of strategy, operations, clinical or biological research, genetics or genomics, data analytics, program management, administration, communication and financial management;
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to appropriately manage stakeholders, as well as balance multiple workstreams and competing priorities;
- A strong collaborative mindset that enables the ability to interact with, influence, and act on many internal and external organizational levels;
- Comfort with large amounts of data and information, and the ability to accept and channel ambiguity into project frameworks;
- Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and to engender trust;
- Strong analytical skills, solid business acumen, and the ability to span stakeholders;
- Experience synthesizing information and presenting concepts to constituents across a wide range of fields (scientific, clinical, information technology, finance, etc.);
- Ability to identify and solve problems, analyze data and implement and troubleshoot solutions;
- Ability to maintain the best interest of the the Dog Aging Project, amidst competing priorities and conflicting feedback from a variety of constituents;
- Excellent verbal and written communication as well as editing skills;
- Proven proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Drive Suite (Doc, Sheets, and Slides);
- Reliability, integrity, grace-under-pressure;
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in research with a strong understanding of data and sample acquisition process development.
- Experience directing multi-year, multi-phase, multi-institutional projects or programs;
- Exposure to the principles of organizational dynamics.
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