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Posted 4 years ago |
Institute of Human Virology (IHVN) is recruiting candidates for a Senior Program Officer – INSPIRE.
JOB TITLE: Senior Program Officer – INSPIRE
JOB LOCATION: Nigeria
JOB DETAILS:
- The Senior Program Officer (Drug Level Analyst),INSPIRE NIH R01 – 1R01AI147331-01, will take part in the research and routine analytical work in the virology section.
- The focus of the drug level analyst is to provide a quantitative measure of drugs and/or their metabolites for the purpose of pharmacokinetic, bioequivalence, metabolism and exposure-response (pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamics) studies.
- S/he will develop, validate, and maintain state-of-the-art quantitative assays to support research and clinical care for researchers and use his/her expertise in pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, genetics, and genomics to help investigators develop scientific protocols and to help clinicians optimize drug therapy in patients.
- The person will be expected to work following Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) and safety guidelines.
- S/he will also do other duties as assigned by the Head of the Unit.
Essential Functions
- Develop and implement analytical assays to assess the compartmentalized pharmacokinetics of anti-infective agents in the prevention and/or management of HIV/AIDS.
- Carry out the quantification of small molecules using liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analyses.
- Measure concentrations of the compound of interest in samples.
- Validate assays as per US Food and Drug Administration guidelines, Guidance for Industry: Bioanalytical Method Validation recommendations.
- Participate in population pharmacokinetic analysis of the data.
- Prepare budgets and supply orders.
- Adhere to / enforce good research and laboratory practice including Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Provide monthly/regular updates of progress to both senior and junior staff
- Provide technical expertise in support of laboratory components for the study and other research studies as assigned by the Principal Investigator (PI).
- Participate in the execution of targets within project stipulated time lines in conjunction with the PI
Qualification / Skills
- Must hold a Ph.D. /MSc. in Chemistry with at least 3-5 years of experience.
- She/he should have worked in an active research laboratory especially in drug level analysis.
- Expert in the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical stages of the total testing processes.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send a detailed resume and a one-page cover letter as one MS Word document explaining suitability for the position to the “Deputy Director, Human Resources” through this email address: [email protected]
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Note
- Application must explicitly state the position applied for in the subject of the email.
- Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with email addresses and phone numbers. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Job Features
Job Category | Administration/ Office/ Operations |
Deadline | 29th May, 2020. |