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The LINCS LSP Project Management Fellowship
The LSP is recruiting a LPM Fellow in support of the NIH Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS)Center based in the LSP (http://lincs.hms.harvard.edu)
In their research management role, the fellow will collaborate with HMS LINCS investigators to:
The Fellow will be appointed as a postdoctoral fellow under LINCS PI and LSP Director Peter Sorger, work on a day-to-day basis with postdocs and staff active in LINCS and receive mentorship and guidance from LSP Scientific Managers and Executive Director. This position will have a high degree of independence, and opportunities to present at regional and national scientific symposia and workshops.
Requirements:
The Project Management Fellows Program provides postdoctoral fellows with a mix of hands-on and curriculum-based training in the facilitation of complex research in academic and industrial settings. Many NIH-funded research centers mandate or strongly encourage the inclusion of scientific managers and coordinators in research. This creates new career opportunities for skilled scientists interested in supporting the interdisciplinary, multi-investigator projects typical of contemporary biomedical science. The LPM program helps individuals take advantage of this opportunity by providing hands-on and curriculum-based training in facilitating complex research projects.
The Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School
The Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology (LSP) at Harvard Medical School tackles difficult problems in translational biomedicine using systems pharmacology approaches that combine laboratory experiments, computer science and clinical studies. Within the LSP, experts in systems biology, basic and translational pharmacology, cell biology, infectious disease, clinical trials, and informatics work closely together to meet the goals of ambitious research programs funded by NIH center and program grants.
LSP projects involve collaboration among multiple faculty members, staff scientists and trainees with very different sets of skills and often based in different departments or institutions. These multi-investigator projects are facilitated by PhD-level scientific managers who help coordinate and integrate the different aspects of each large research project, including pipelines for managing diverse omic data, reagent verification, data curation and validation and communication with the larger scientific community. Scientific program managers play a key role in writing reports for funding agencies, coordination of scientific meetings and often contribute to scientific papers. The LSP scientific program managers will provide LPM fellows with guidance, peer support and mentorship through formal and informal mechanisms.
The Project Management Fellows Program
LPM Fellows will have the opportunity to acquire and refine the required for the effective coordination of large collaborative projects, and obtain Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, a designation required or strongly preferred by employers in industry and government.
Each LPM Fellow will gain hands-on experience in the coordination of multiple research projects and learn the basics of grant management by supporting an NIH Center or Program Project research team within LSP. Fellows will also engage in a rigorous professional development program that draws directly on and supports their project management role in the LSP. Fellows will complete the MassBio Project Management for Biotech course (8 evenings), LSP-based skills assessment and communication workshops, and will be expected to enroll in other short courses at Harvard University specific to their own interests (e.g. “Research administration of sponsored awards”, “Difficult conversations”, “Introduction to management in research”, “Managing up”). The Fellow will independently prepare for the Project Management Exam using the Lynda preparatory courses and other resources. All expenses related to training and examination will be covered.
A successful LPM Fellow will, within a 2-3 year training period:
The skills the Fellows will acquire can provide opportunities for several career paths, including: