This is a full time staff position in the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) office at HackensackUMC. The Project Coordinator, CPC will be oversee and be responsible for the day-to-day operations of an assigned research project or set of related projects, working closely with the principal investigator and leading Research Assistants and other study staff, as well as other duties defined below.
The Center for Discovery and Innovation- CDI was established by Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) as an academic basic and translational research enterprise to rapidly translate science innovation to the clinic and to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune disease and other acute and chronic diseases. The CDI has grown rapidly since its origins in 2019, and now has 39 labs, 200+ scientists and allied personnel supported by 78 NIH and DoD grants and more than 87 other grants and contracts. Areas of expertise include genomics, epigenetics, drug resistance, stem cell biology, drug discovery, diagnostics and biomarker development, rheumatology and pharmacology.