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HMRU Manager

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HMRU Manager- Frances A. Johnston and Charlotte M. Young Human Metabolic Research Unit (HMRU) and the Human Nutritional Chemistry Service Laboratory

Who we are:

The Division of Nutritional Sciences (the Division) plays a leading role in national and international nutrition research, teaching, and public engagement. Focal areas for faculty research include precision nutrition, metabolism, lifecycle nutrition, microbiome, and nutrient interactions, food and nutrition systems, health equity, and social and behavioral nutrition. The HMRU Manager plays an instrumental role in advancing this research and education.

The HMRU provides an array of equipment, facilities, and expertise to enable researchers in the Division and elsewhere at Cornell to conduct nutrition and metabolism research with human participants. The HMRU consists of an exercise physiology laboratory, body composition laboratory, ultrasound unit, metabolic kitchen and dining room, and facilities to perform biomedical procedures such as phlebotomy, ultrasounds, oral glucose tolerance testing, and fat and muscle biopsies. There are currently 8 research studies totaling $13.1M being supported by the HMRU. The Human Nutrition Chemistry Service Laboratory was established in 2004 to provide analytical techniques in support of human studies for the Division and Cornell broadly. This state-of-the-art facility contains instruments and machinery to support research on nutritional and biochemical biomarkers related to human nutrition and can conduct numerous assays on samples from other species.

What you will do:

The Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Medical Doctor to manage the Frances A. Johnston and Charlotte M. Young Human Metabolic Research Unit (HMRU) and the Human Nutritional Chemistry Service Laboratory. The Division and the HMRU are on Cornell's Ithaca campus, remotely located from its medical campus. In conjunction with Cornell's medical oversight physician and providers in Cornell Health Occupational Medicine, the manager serves as a medical expert on conducting biomedical procedures with human participants outside of a medical setting and as the licensed and trained individual who conducts and oversees the clinical procedures performed with human participants. The Manager works closely with faculty and other researchers to plan and implement research protocols, recruit participants, perform related procedures, and to conduct the didactic and laboratory components of several courses. The manager oversees a dietitian and the operations to develop and implement dietary components of research protocols. The manager is responsible for quality assurance, participant safety, staff credentialing, adherence to license requirements, and assessing and communicating adverse findings. The HMRU is a CLIA-waived lab facility. The Manager is responsible for HMRU and Chemistry Lab operations, business practices, safety, protocol adherence, and service efficacy. The Manager represents the Division and collaborates with University-level units, including Cornell's medical oversight team, Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Offices of Research Integrity and Assurance (ORIA) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS).

A cover letter and resume are required for further consideration for this position.

Rewards and Benefits:

We hope you appreciate great benefits. Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, well-being, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.

• Our leave provisions include three weeks of vacation, and 13 paid holidays., including an end-of-year winter break from December 25 through January 1.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include a tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.
• Competitive wages.

Required Qualifications:

• Nurse Practitioner, Doctor of Medicine, or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine with three years of clinical practice experience, a current license to practice medicine and the ability to be licensed in the State of New York, and experience with, and credentialed to conduct, surgical procedures and suturing.
• Willingness to perform a range of clinical procedures with human participants, including a high volume of phlebotomy and procedures such as oral glucose tolerance tests, capillary blood draws, and urine pregnancy tests.
• Willingness and ability to be trained to conduct fat and muscle biopsies.
• Ability to understand and navigate the nuances of and requirements for performing clinical procedures with human participants for research versus for medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Ability to create a welcoming and safe environment for human participants and serve as participant advocate.
• Ability to adapt to change in a team setting.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to understand research project goals, barriers, and opportunities and to collaborate with faculty and other researchers to plan, propose, and implement protocols and testing for human participant research.
• Experience leading or supervising others and managing clinical and business operations.
• Ability to assess and develop solutions to novel issues.
• Strong customer and service orientation required to serve a diverse community.
• Without exception, the ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical research experience.
• Gynecology experience and knowledge of vaginal and pelvic ultrasound are strongly preferred.
• Experience using scientific methods in research, assays, and other methods to analyze biomedical specimens or data for human studies.
• Bachelor's degree and/or Master's research degree in nutrition.

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