Biomedical Investigative Assistant - Akahi Associates, LLC

Location: Department of Clinical Investigation, Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Honolulu, Hawaii

Pay rate: $18.00-$23.00 hr

Work Schedule:  The Department of Clinical Investigation’s administrative customer service hours are 8:00 AM thru 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday (HST) excluding federal holidays

Benefits: PTO, Sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability

Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

Clinical Trial Support Objectives:
-To provide specimen collection and processing for clinical studies which evaluate new drugs and
treatments or evaluate course of disease progression
-To provide laboratory analyses for clinical studies which evaluate devices that improve readiness and
military operational medicine
- Clinical Trial Support Services – Contract Personnel shall:
-Collect clinical specimens and maintain patient confidentiality as written in protocol

-Process specimens as per specific assay requirements according to protocol
-Store and keep track of specimens in catalogue freezer space until specimens ready for shipment to central
laboratories for multisite studies
-Summarize data in databases and prepare summary reports
-Translational Physiology Support Objectives:
-To develop and characterize models for promotion of Defense Health Readiness
-To provide laboratory analyses for studies which address military priorities such as combat casualty
care, wound healing, and transport medicine
-To investigate therapeutic efficacy of novel molecular or cellular treatments that improve learning
-Translational Physiology Study Services – Contract Personnel shall:
-Provide input to laboratory and animal procedures, behavioral analysis, tissue harvesting and histological
analysis, molecular and immunological assays, cell culture, and data analysis
-Provide Combat Casualty Post-field Care studies: perform in vitro and in vivo testing of treatment
strategy plans to control fluid and electrolyte balance; evaluate effects that mimic prolonged field care and transport
medicine; and perform laboratory assays for biomarkers of ischemia and inflammation and hormonal regulation
-Provide Wound Tissue Healing studies: evaluate biomarkers associated with acute lung injury; resistant
wound healing in infected wounds, and stem cell effectiveness in reducing inflammatory injury and promoting tissue
repair
-Provide Gulf War Illness studies: evaluate experimental therapies for the treatment of Gulf War Illness by
performing in vitro assays and in vivo testing in rodent models, to include development of an exosome-mediated
drug delivery system, behavioral testing, and evaluating of possible toxic effects on cardiac and renal function
-Microbiology Study Objectives:
-To demonstrate the ability to identify molecular and protein biomarkers that detect distinct signatures of emerging infectious diseases
-To characterize new methods for detecting and tracking antimicrobial resistance patterns
-To identify more rapid diagnostic technologies to prescribe correct antibiotics for infected patients.
-To provide infectious disease surveillance in the Pacific Region
-Microbiology Study Support Services – Contract Personnel shall:
-Collect and process clinical specimens and maintain patient confidentiality working with de-identified
specimens
-Analyze bacteria and virus infected specimens with different molecular assays and protein biomarker
assays to compare
-Evaluate unique DNA signatures and prevalence of antimicrobial resistant in clinical specimens
-Contribute specimens and data to biobanks and analyze results for disease surveillance programs 

Degree: Bachelors degree in basic biomedical research field (to include, but not limited to biology, chemistry, zoology, microbiology) OR a minimum 1 year demonstrated experince in laboratory research. 

Experience: Demonstrate experience in laboratory research to include laboratory course work at the collegiate level. Demonstrate laboratory research experience or work on clinical studies to include data collection and analyses. Knowledge and experience in performing basic laboratory procedures to include but not limited to preparing chemical reagents, processing biological samples and specimens, data recording, experiment record keeping. Understanding of methodology and design for research. Knowledge and experience with laboratory benchwork. Knowledge and experience with preparing data summaries and quality control lab tests. Experience with performing data entry and graphics generation for scientific presentations. Biomedical Investigative Assistant shall possess broad knowledge of computers and related software to include word processing, spreadsheet, data base management, statistical applications, and intranet and Internet connections and applications.

AKAHI ASSOCIATES LLC

AKAHI Associates is a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs, CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.

We have a strong focus on providing our government customers with quality and superior service.

Akahi Associates is an equal opportunity employer and Minorities, Females, Veterans, and Disabled persons are encouraged to apply. For further information, please click the link below to view the EEO Is The Law poster.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Only qualified individuals who are being considered will be contacted for an interview.