Published: Dec 22, 2025 - The Research Professional designs, conducts, and analyzes scientific studies to generate data that supports advancements in a specific field of study. This role involves developing research protocols, securing regulatory approvals, managing data collection, and ensuring compliance with ethical and institutional guidelines. The individual also collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, prepares detailed reports and publications, and may present findings at conferences or stakeholder meetings.

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1. Research Administrator, Midwest Policy Research Institute, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Advise the Principal Investigator (PI) on administrative requirements in proposal preparation, and ensure guidelines are followed for proposal formatting and submission requirements.
- Develop and finalize budgets and budget justifications with the PI.
- Prepare forms for cost sharing.
- Monitor compliance with agency and University regulations regarding submission, and verify all financial information.
- Ensure Subcontract statements of work, budget, and budget justification are received and approved by the PI.
- Verify the Cayuse record is complete and accurate and works with OSR for submission to the sponsor.
- Coordinate and review account setup, reviews, tracks and approves expenditures, monitors budgets, and provides data for financial and progress reports.
- Work with faculty to ensure all charges are allocated properly.
- Identify the need for and request no-cost extensions.
- Participate in account close-out activities.
- Serve as a liaison with OSR and RCA.
- Manage and maintain records, files and reports.
Skills on Resume:
- Proposal Administration (Hard Skills)
- Budget Development (Hard Skills)
- Grant Compliance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Cayuse System Management (Hard Skills)
- Subcontract Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
- Record Management (Hard Skills)
2. Health Research Analyst, Harborview Clinical Studies Group, Tacoma, WA
Job Summary:
- Prepare data for analysis.
- Support analytic activities for studies supporting assigned public health programs.
- Support modelling activities, working with a current investigator to create code to be included in mathematical models.
- Track data entry during data collection.
- Responsible for creating well-formatted and documented SAS or R code to conduct quality control and manipulation of databases. (e.g., merging, managing, and updating data, generating standard reports, performing data quality reviews, data editing/cleaning, and resolving data quality problems).
- Develop, implement, and maintain data management plans, which data dictionary development.
- Execute data sharing and reporting activities with stakeholders.
- Prepare tables and charts for presentations and publications.
- Provide written and oral summary reports of data analysis, management, or collection activities.
- Work in team settings with diverse stakeholders, which may include epidemiologists, statisticians, programmers, medical officers, and project managers, to execute assigned tasks.
Skills on Resume:
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- SAS R Programming (Hard Skills)
- Data Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Data Management Planning (Hard Skills)
- Modeling Support (Hard Skills)
- Data Visualization (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Technical Communication (Soft Skills)
3. Research Assistant, Northstar Consumer Insights, Bloomington, MN
Job Summary:
- Effectively manage and schedule the diary and travel requirements for the Team Leader and the rest of the team.
- Work closely with the team, ensuring all set tasks meet the objectives and are scheduled appropriately.
- Coordinate executive communications, taking calls, responding to emails, and interfacing with relevant stakeholders.
- Manage the Team Leader’s inbox, ensuring it is kept clear and emails and communications are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Act as an internal representative in the absence of the Team Leader, supporting the team in progressing objectives.
- Support the project planning process to include active communication with others to acquire relevant supporting information.
- Support in the preparation of meeting content in various forms to include documentation and presentations.
- Attend one-to-one meetings between the Team Leader and the team members and follow up.
- Document actions arising from meetings attended.
- Plan and keep track of ongoing projects throughout the month, ensuring the team is on schedule.
- Allocate resources and time to follow up on actions arising from meetings attended, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Maintain the document file structure for the department, ensuring only relevant information is stored and accurately saved.
Skills on Resume:
- Diary Management (Hard Skills)
- Executive Communication (Hard Skills)
- Inbox Management (Hard Skills)
- Project Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Meeting Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Resource Allocation (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Organizational Skills (Soft Skills)
4. Research Associate, Blue Ridge Ecology Center, Asheville, NC
Job Summary:
- Plan, design and perform reagent development experiments.
- Analyze data, provide an experiment summary and report.
- Responsible for optimizing protocol and processes, developing SOPs and product specifications of the tasked project.
- Contribute to troubleshooting or come up with solutions during various stages of product development.
- Research, design and optimize the schemes for immunotyping of hematologic diseases.
- Perform the related experiments for immunotyping of hematologic diseases, analyze the data and make product datasheets, optimize protocol and processes.
- Participate in document preparation for project updates and reviews.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
- Report to the supervisor on the work status periodically and discuss issues in a timely manner.
- Participate in general laboratory management, maintain the normal operation of the laboratory, including management of reagents, regular maintenance of equipment, etc.
Skills on Resume:
- Reagent Development (Hard Skills)
- Experimental Design (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Protocol Optimization (Hard Skills)
- SOP Development (Hard Skills)
- Immunotyping Research (Hard Skills)
- Laboratory Management (Hard Skills)
- Independent Working (Soft Skills)
5. QC Research Chemist, Crescent Health Analytics, New Orleans, LA
Job Summary:
- Understand GMP, ISO 9001, and ICH Q7 regulations.
- Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Effectively prioritize tasks while maintaining flexibility.
- Test all or a majority of the products in the lab.
- Troubleshoot/repair/maintain lab equipment.
- Responsible for troubleshooting method issues.
- Create and update analytical methods to better serve the lab and the plant.
- Investigate and propose new technology to be used in the QC lab.
- Participate in OOS, complaint, deviation and production investigations.
- Train and mentor other technicians.
- Demonstrate advanced chemical knowledge of various production processes and controls.
- Follow all safety policies and procedures and actively promote and encourage safe work practices.
Skills on Resume:
- GMP ISO Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Analytical Testing (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
- Method Development (Hard Skills)
- Quality Investigations (Hard Skills)
- Laboratory Technology (Hard Skills)
- Technical Training (Soft Skills)
- Safety Compliance (Soft Skills)
6. Research Coordinator, Prairie State Research Collaborative, Champaign, IL
Job Summary:
- Coordinate research activities at multiple study centers.
- Act as a liaison between the investigator, agencies, sponsoring companies, and other participants.
- Supervise and coordinate the collection and dissemination of subject/patient study data.
- Serve as co-investigator on research studies.
- Implement research protocols.
- Assist in the development of research designs, diagnostic and treatment protocols.
- Research and analyze project components.
- Conduct data analysis and provide a written analysis.
- Provide instruction on research protocols, including interpretation of test results, observations, and related study data to physicians, nurses, professors, teachers, and technicians involved.
- Provide instructions in a clear and understandable manner.
- Supervise research staff, students, and others involved with research protocols.
- Coordinate, assign, and review the work of others as it relates to research studies.
Skills on Resume:
- Research Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Multi-Site Management (Hard Skills)
- Protocol Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Research Design Support (Hard Skills)
- Staff Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Clear Instruction (Soft Skills)
7. Director of Research, Delta Biomedical Analytics, Jackson, MS
Job Summary:
- Design and conduct applied research projects in support of Woodstock Institute’s mission.
- Produce and publish reports, fact sheets and presentations.
- Lead and manage the Institute’s Research Committee of the Board.
- Build, lead and manage the Institute’s research team and network of Senior Fellows.
- Supervise the evolution of the Institute’s Data Portal, Mapping Tool and Technical Assistance programs.
- Play a major role in foundation, corporate and contract fundraising, including writing grant proposals and reports, responding to RFPs, and soliciting and implementing research contracts.
- Stay abreast of development in the field and participate in professional development activities.
- Actively participate in communications, media and advocacy outreach activities.
- Collaborate with local and national colleagues on research and coalition work.
Skills on Resume:
- Applied Research Design (Hard Skills)
- Research Publication (Hard Skills)
- Research Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Team Management (Soft Skills)
- Data Platform Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Grant Writing (Hard Skills)
- Advocacy Communication (Soft Skills)
- Research Collaboration (Soft Skills)
8. Research Executive, Keystone Learning Research Group, Harrisburg, PA
Job Summary:
- Design and plan research projects following client briefing and needs.
- Design questionnaires and methodologies for collecting information.
- Coordinate the execution of projects, inform clients on progress and give specific instructions to other departments regarding the collection and electronic processing of information.
- Achieve the given revenue target on key accounts to attain the overall tea target.
- Co-operate with other research executives and trainees who will assist with the various stages of the project.
- Contribute to the coaching and training of trainees and other executives.
- Work on the analysis and interpretation of results, provide feedback to clients and write reports and recommendations.
- Present the results of the study to clients.
- Assist in the smooth collection from clients, and communicate any contract/job changes to the Finance Department on a timely basis for correct invoicing.
- Bring innovation in the processes via analysis, tools, or new ways to perform tasks.
Skills on Resume:
- Research Project Design (Hard Skills)
- Questionnaire Design (Hard Skills)
- Project Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Client Communication (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Report Writing (Hard Skills)
- Revenue Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Innovation (Soft Skills)
9. Head of Credit Research, Sunbelt Policy Forum, Tucson, AZ
Job Summary:
- Responsible for building, leading, coaching a and developing a credit research team.
- Oversee Credit Research Team on analysis/due diligence on investment proposals as well as reviewing credit valuation and other working papers for the approval of the Management Investment Committee (MIC), EPF’s Investment Panel and the Finance Minister’s whilst ensuring the EPF’s investment policies, limits and guidelines are observed.
- Maintain and monitor the financial model for all approved credit names within the universe list, which comprises domestic and global bonds.
- Offer investment insights on a range of general bond market topics and individual issuers through written reports, comments, and calls, as well as assist in portfolio management.
- Ensure rigorous and thorough primary credit research and credit surveillance.
- Stay abreast of the credit markets, market technical, or changes in regulatory/government policy that impact the credit risk exposure of the department.
- Provide general financial analysis and quantitative analysis, including projects or issues beyond the primary investment space.
- Establish and maintain rapport with outside analysts, bond dealers, issuers and other personnel to assure an adequate supply of timely investment information and opportunities.
Skills on Resume:
- Credit Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Due Diligence (Hard Skills)
- Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)
- Credit Risk (Hard Skills)
- Bond Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Portfolio Support (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Relations (Soft Skills)
10. Research Intern, Redwood Behavioral Research, Santa Rosa, CA
Job Summary:
- Become an expert on the sector and covered companies.
- Develop and maintain relationships with industry sources.
- Build and update financial models for each company.
- Interact and share conviction with the internal sales force.
- Assist in the production of written reports to be distributed to institutional money manager clients.
- Attend industry events to gain an in-depth understanding of the sector.
- Gather and analyze proprietary market research.
- Compile and analyze macroeconomic and industry data.
Skills on Resume:
- Sector Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Industry Networking (Soft Skills)
- Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)
- Sales Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Equity Research Writing (Hard Skills)
- Market Research (Hard Skills)
- Macroeconomic Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Industry Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
11. Research Investigator, Great Plains Economic Institute, Lincoln, NE
Job Summary:
- Design and conduct neuroscience studies to meet specific project objectives.
- Develop new methods to advance R&D needs.
- Apply the Scientific Method to provide solutions.
- Participate in the development of work plans for conducting an experiment or series of experiments.
- Analyze all technical aspects of projects and recommend methods and techniques to be used and principles to be applied.
- Troubleshoot issues as they arise.
- Perform analysis and interpret test results, form conclusions on experiments conducted.
- Write comprehensive experimental reports.
- Prepare and present technical papers and presentations for internal customers/contacts.
- Remain current with relevant scientific literature.
- Adhere to all safety and quality requirements, and enhance site safety.
Skills on Resume:
- Neuroscience Research (Hard Skills)
- Method Development (Hard Skills)
- Scientific Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Experiment Planning (Hard Skills)
- Problem Solving (Hard Skills)
- Data Interpretation (Hard Skills)
- Technical Writing (Hard Skills)
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
12. Research Lab Specialist Associate, Front Range Evaluation Services, Fort Collins, CO
Job Summary:
- Place orders for reagents, receive and store reagents, bill, and keep digital records of lab inventory.
- Attend bi-weekly CDB lab liaisons meetings and report back to the lab.
- Ship reagents/samples via FedEx to collaborating laboratories.
- Ensure the laboratory runs smoothly.
- Work in a team that uses transgenic mice to study mechanisms of development and repair.
- Responsible for mouse colony management, this includes mouse breeding, tagging, PCR genotyping, perfusion and harvesting of tissues.
- Accountable for cryo-sectioning of mouse tissue, immunofluorescence labeling, imaging of stained tissues, and image analysis, and Western blotting.
- Perform cell culture work, including work with cell lines and primary cells.
- Train students (graduate students and undergrad students).
- Responsible for DNA preps (mini-preps and maxi-preps).
- Prepare commonly used buffers and reagent stocks.
Skills on Resume:
- Laboratory Inventory (Hard Skills)
- Reagent Logistics (Hard Skills)
- Mouse Colony Management (Hard Skills)
- Molecular Biology (Hard Skills)
- Histology Techniques (Hard Skills)
- Cell Culture (Hard Skills)
- Student Training (Soft Skills)
- Laboratory Coordination (Soft Skills)
13. Research Lead, Lakeshore Data Research, Sheboygan, WI
Job Summary:
- Partner and consultant, to facilitate efficient staffing, best practice sharing, quality, and performance management.
- Lead strategic resource planning, budgeting, hiring, training, and performance appraisals.
- Ensure the team performs to top-quality standards and follows up on performance issues.
- Deploy the necessary measures that help improve performance and continuously raise the standard of research contribution.
- Review processes and systems to ensure high operational efficiency.
- Look for mechanisms to retain the best talent, ensuring stretch opportunities for growth.
- Collect feedback from consultants and align research activities to ensure high-quality client service.
- Manage the recruitment process, interviewing potential candidates and play a key role in the final decision.
- Lead the onboarding, integrations, and training of the research team to ensure team members quickly succeed within the Shortlist ecosystem.
- Manage workload, allocation, staffing, and capacity planning based on the current pipeline, client priorities, and business development.
Skills on Resume:
- Strategic Workforce Planning (Hard Skills)
- Performance Management (Hard Skills)
- Talent Development (Soft Skills)
- Operational Efficiency (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
- Recruitment Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Client Alignment (Soft Skills)
- Capacity Planning (Hard Skills)
14. Research Manager, Piedmont Clinical Analytics, Greenville, SC
Job Summary:
- Plan and manage research projects on digital hate and misinformation.
- Write reports on how digital hate and misinformation are spread and funded.
- Develop appropriate methodologies to gather data and evidence for reports.
- Coordinate team member contributions to research projects and reports.
- Compile well-organised and referenced knowledge bases on key topics.
- Use political and media judgment to inform the design of research and reports.
- Write compelling articles, blogs, press notes and reports based on original research.
- Develop the Center’s understanding of the networks and mechanisms that spread hate and misinformation online, incorporating the latest academic research.
- Develop the Center's understanding of online hate, including racist hate, antisemitism and Islamophobia.
- Provide research support to the organisation’s other priorities.
- Support the team in any other way than in a small organisation.
Skills on Resume:
- Research Management (Hard Skills)
- Misinformation Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Methodology Design (Hard Skills)
- Research Writing (Hard Skills)
- Knowledge Management (Hard Skills)
- Media Judgment (Soft Skills)
- Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Research Support (Soft Skills)
15. Clinical Research Physician, Cascade Mobility Research, Salem, OR
Job Summary:
- Write and review medical profiles, medical reviews and publications in various therapeutic areas.
- Support in the creation of the project and client-specific study protocol, statistical analysis plan, etc.
- Write/review study documentation, such as Clinical Trial Protocol, Clinical Study Report.
- Develop or support in the design, planning and execution of clinical studies.
- Perform scientific research for and provide input into the RFP and business development.
- Review medical data, including CRF data, patient profiles and eligibility reviews.
- Support other teams, such as data management and bio-stats, with medical-specific guidance.
- Maintain knowledge of current regulations and technologies.
- Review and QC documents and work from a medical point of view.
Skills on Resume:
- Medical Writing (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Protocol Development (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Study Support (Hard Skills)
- Scientific Research (Hard Skills)
- Medical Data Review (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
16. Research Scientist, Allegheny Community Research Lab, Pittsburgh, PA
Job Summary:
- Conduct routine microbiological studies and functions.
- Perform evaluation of new or alternate sources of currently coded raw ingredients for use in an Avon Finished Ingredient formulation.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge of GMPs and aseptic techniques.
- Use knowledge in operating all laboratory equipment and instruments.
- Supervise non-exempt and/or exempt staff members to assist in conducting microbiological studies.
- Communicate and interact effectively with various groups within R&D and Manufacturing, as well as outside vendors and suppliers.
- Maintain an efficient working knowledge of microbiological methods, aseptic techniques, and GMP requirements for a microbiology laboratory.
- Prepare reports, collect, prepare and assemble test data and perform data analysis, maintain accurate, up-to-date test records.
- Perform routine laboratory housekeeping, maintaining work areas and equipment in a clean and safe manner.
- Maintain project continuity and information flow in the absence of the Program Manager/Manager.
Skills on Resume:
- Microbiology Testing (Hard Skills)
- GMP Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Aseptic Practice (Hard Skills)
- Lab Operations (Hard Skills)
- Team Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Cross Team Communication (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Lab Safety (Hard Skills)
17. Research Specialist, High Desert Social Research, Bend, OR
Job Summary:
- Work with the data and the Be Connected team to identify all existing and new metrics.
- Assist with developing data collection approaches.
- Build and maintain a data dashboard that can provide historical and up-to-the-minute programmatic details.
- Monitor data collection and perform quality control measures to ensure the thoroughness of collected data.
- Liaise with program leads around data collection issues and consistency.
- Prepare scheduled and as-needed reports for funding, programmatic updates, decision-making, etc.
- Monitor research, funding, programmatic and legislative environments for relevant opportunities.
Skills on Resume:
- Data Metrics Development (Hard Skills)
- Data Collection Design (Hard Skills)
- Dashboard Development (Hard Skills)
- Data Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Program Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Environmental Scanning (Hard Skills)
- Analytical Support (Hard Skills)
18. Research Technician, Gulf Coast Health Research Center, Mobile, AL
Job Summary:
- Responsible for mRNA assays using the Nanostring nCounter bulk mRNA and GeoMx Digital Spatial Analysis System from paraffin-embedded tissue sections from humans and experimental animals.
- Prepare RNase-free paraffin-embedded tissue sections for molecular assays.
- Enter data into the laboratory database system.
- Analyze and interpret results using Nanostring software and other programs.
- Keep records and organize stored RNA and paraffin blocks, including documentation of protocols.
- Perform routine and special stains on paraffin and frozen sections.
- Develop and evaluate new tissue fluorescent antibodies and RNA probes.
- Prepare solutions and reagents and maintain equipment.
Skills on Resume:
- mRNA Assays (Hard Skills)
- Tissue Sectioning (Hard Skills)
- Nanostring Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Result Interpretation (Hard Skills)
- Histological Staining (Hard Skills)
- Probe Development (Hard Skills)
- Laboratory Organization (Soft Skills)