GLRCE Biosafety Scholar/Research Program
- 1 year in Biosafety program management,opportunity to participate in a research program working with pathogenic microorganisms, with emphasis on select agents.
- Training Program Objective: establish and supervise biosafety programs in a variety of research settings, especially those with associated biocontainment facilities.
- Focus on applied Biosafety research partnerships with GLRCE investigators in BSL3/ABSL3 laboratories and will feature the Howard T. Ricketts Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at Argonne National Labs.
- Actively participate in the day to day operations of a biosafety officer, with emphasis on biological risk assessment and biocontainment operations.
- Rotations with select individual GLRCE investigators /veterinarians and biocontainment facilities staff as well as with institutional programs at the University of Chicago and other GLRCE affiliated institutions.
- First Hand experience in working with Institutional Biosafety and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees, Environmental Health and Safety and the Animal Resources Center.
- Biological risk assessment/management, including animal models of disease , work at high containment (BSL3/ABSL3).
- Key role in development and delivery of the GLRCECognitive and Practical Biosafety Education for the Host-Pathogen Investigator, a Biosafety training program designed for GLRCE investigators.
WHO CAN APPLY?
- Scholarships require an MD, PhD, DVM or other professional degree, preferably in life sciences. Preference will be given to postdoctoral candidates currently affiliated with a Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) institution.
FUNDING
- Salary (plus fringe benefits) dependent on experience and qualifications. 1 year duration
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:
- At completion, Scholars will have the opportunity to take the American Society for Microbiologists, National Registry of Certified Microbiologists, Specialist in Biosafety certification exam. The GLRCE will support the cost of this exam.
HOW TO APPLY/ APPLICATION DEADLINE:
- Application Deadline: August 1, 2009
- Application Form (PDF) can be filled, submitted or emailed electronically. It can also be printed and mailed.
- Reference Form (PDF) can be filled, saved and emailed or printed and mailed.
- For more details you may contact Dr Joe Kanabrocki:
jkanabro@bsd.uchicago.edu
773.834.7496
