18 research assistant ii jobs found in Boston, MA

About you: You are a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating and commercializing novel approaches to global challenges in healthcare and sustainability. You want the opportunity to explore your scientific interests and apply your knowledge to tackle ambitious projects in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial-minded environment with resources and support from top-notch scientific, operations, and administrative professionals. You enjoy working with highly motivated, diverse teams and leveraging your expertise to create innovations that can change the world. About the role: We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic Research Assistant II to join our team. You will help develop new diagnostic tests for neurodegenerative disorders, such as ALS and Alzheimer’s disease, using cutting edge, ultra-sensitive technologies. This position is for someone who is excited about science and enjoys working at the bench. You will work...

Job Summary: The Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health seeks a research assistant II non-lab to work with Professor Aisha Yousafzai, Professor of Child Development and Health. The research assistant will work on a project in collaboration with UNICEF on 'Integrating Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programming into Nutrition: From Evidence to Practice in Afghanistan'. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Review existing programs and policies pertaining to early childhood in Afghanistan Contribute to the design, implementation and analysis of a national survey for ECD  in Afghanistan including sample size and strategy, survey development, preparing data collection and management system, data cleaning and analysis. Contribute to development of ECD promotion modules for frontline works in Afghanistan Support training (with potential...

Job Summary: The Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID) was formed in 1997 when the Departments of Cancer Biology, Molecular and Cellular Toxicology and Tropical Public Health were merged. The department focuses on the biological, immunological, epidemiological and ecological aspects of viral, bacterial and protozoan diseases of animals and humans, including the vectors that transmit infectious agents. Research in the department's 14 laboratories is primarily focused on diseases of developing countries. Job-Specific Responsibilities: As part of the Duraisingh laboratory, the successful candidate will will be responsible to support our research focusing on parasite and host interactions. To learn more about the lab, please visit: https://sites.sph.harvard.edu/duraisingh-lab/ Responsibilities will primarily include, but are not limited to, the following: Assisting with culturing and genetics of erythroid cells Generating material for omics Assisting with...

Job Summary: The Center for Work, Health, and Well-being (the Center), in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, conducts research and disseminates research findings related to workplace practices, policies, and programs that protect and promote worker safety, health, and well-being. The Center is a CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) Total Worker Health® Center of Excellence. This Research Assistant (RA) reports directly to the Center Associate Director, Dr. Susan Peters, who is also the Co-Principal Investigator of the Residential Staff Health and Advancement Program for Excellence in Care (Re-SHAPE) project. The Re-SHAPE project is a Center affiliated study. This position will provide essential support and contributions to the Re-SHAPE project, an intervention study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) that aims to improve the well-being and retention of workers in residential addiction treatment facilities by...

The Klein lab in Systems Biology seeks a Research Assistant II to support and advance the lab's microfluidics and genomics capabilities. The lab has recently developed a microfluidic genomic platform, called the CAGE platform, which allows combining live-cell culturing with subsequent genomic assays (published in Mazelis et al, Science 2026). The successful candidate will take primary responsibility for operating the CAGE microfluidic platform and for preparing genomic libraries, working closely with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other lab members across a range of projects. Research in the lab spans bacterial massively parallel perturbation assays through stem cell biology, and the Research Assistant will have the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge work in several of these areas. T The role offers substantial hands-on technical training, exposure to a broad range of experimental systems, and collaborative engagement with multiple ongoing research programs....

Exciting opportunity for a Flow Cytometry Operator to join the Harvard Medical School Department of Immunology’s Flow Cytometry Core Facility and participate in a spectrum of cutting-edge research across multiple departments. The Operator will participate in the operation, maintenance and quality control of top-flight flow cytometers and cell sorters. The Operator will perform cell sorting services with researchers at HMS and provide advice on experimental design and execution. The Operator will also participate in general administrative duties and tasks required for the operation and maintenance of the facility. We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious, and interactive team member for this stimulating position, and will train a promising candidate. Qualifications Basic Qualifications: College background or equivalent work experience. One to two years of related experience, preferably in flow cytometry or a related analysis technique. Relevant coursework and research...

Job Summary: The mission of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is to improve human health through better nutrition and lifestyle. The Department strives to accomplish this goal through research aimed at an increased understanding of how diet influences health at molecular and population levels, the development of nutritional strategies, informing policy, the education of researchers and practitioners, and the dissemination of nutrition information to health professionals and the public. For the Minding Our Future study, the Research Assistant will be the “face of the study” at the intervention site and will be responsible for supporting the successful implementation of the research study. They will serve as the liaison between the research team and the participants. Primary responsibilities will include facilitating study implementation and maintaining regular, professional communication with study participants and staff. The Research...

Job Summary: The Fionn Folklore Database (fionnfolklore.org) provides scholars and the public unprecedented global access to one of the most important corpuses of intangible cultural heritage in the Gaelic languages: orally-recorded stories and songs pertaining to the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. We are seeking a Research Assistant (RA) to aid in the maintenance and expansion of the database. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The RA’s duties will include some or all of the following:   Translating descriptions, labels and editorial content from English to Gàidhlig or Irish Creating content for the website (e.g. tale and character descriptions) Entering data into the website Online library and archival research to enhance or increase records of collection events in the database Online biographical research to enhance records of people in the database Project publicity tasks such as designing brochures, giving presentations and publicizing the project on social media...

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Job Summary: Provides administrative support to physicians in their clinical practice, academic and research roles. Job Description: Essential Responsibilities: Answers and screens telephone calls . Takes accurate messages or directs call to appropriate person. Greets and directs patients, families, visitors and staff. Responds to requests in a timely manner and provides clear, accurate information within scope of knowledge and authority. Updates patient demographic and insurance information as necessary and obtains specialist referrals for all patient appointments. Schedules patient appointments utilizing scheduling tools and resources. Coordinates and communicates ancillary appointments and procedures working with other hospital staff as needed. Obtains patient information and materials as needed from referral sources. Prepares patient...

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Administrative Assistant II will support the Liver Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:30am-5pm with the option to work remotely up to two pre-determined days from home per week, after being fully trained. Job Description: Provides administrative support to physicians in their clinical practice, academic and research roles. Essential Responsibilities: Answers and screens telephone calls . Takes accurate messages or directs call to appropriate person. Greets and directs patients, families, visitors and staff. Responds to requests in a timely manner and provides clear, accurate information within scope of knowledge and authority. Updates patient demographic and insurance information as necessary and obtains specialist referrals for all patient appointments. Schedules patient...

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Administrative Assistant II will support the Hematology Oncology Department at BIDMC in Boston, MA. This is a full-time position, working onsite Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm. This role will be on-site initially, with the potential to transition to a partially remote work arrangement in the future. Job Description: Provides administrative support to physicians in their clinical practice, academic and research roles. Essential Responsibilities: Answers and screens telephone calls . Takes accurate messages or directs call to appropriate person. Greets and directs patients, families, visitors and staff. Responds to requests in a timely manner and provides clear, accurate information within scope of knowledge and authority. Updates patient demographic and insurance information as necessary and obtains specialist referrals for all...

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Administrative Assistant II position will support the Front Desk at the Needham Cancer Center in Needham, MA. This is a fully onsite position, working Monday through Friday. The department has two shifts available, either 7:30am - 4pm or 8:30am-5pm. Job Description: Provides administrative support to physicians in their clinical practice, academic and research roles. Essential Responsibilities: Answers and screens telephone calls . Takes accurate messages or directs call to appropriate person. Greets and directs patients, families, visitors and staff. Responds to requests in a timely manner and provides clear, accurate information within scope of knowledge and authority. Updates patient demographic and insurance information as necessary and obtains specialist referrals for all patient appointments. Schedules patient appointments utilizing...

The Mental Health for All Lab promotes the generation of knowledge and its effective utilization with the goal of contributing to the reduction of the global burden of mental health problems through task-sharing scale-up and digital interventions. The research program is based in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is under the direction of Prof. Vikram Patel and is co-led by Dr. John Naslund. The Mental Health for All Lab is seeking a Research Assistant (RA) to support two major global mental health research programs: OptimizeD, a large precision medicine trial for depression in India funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and BRIDGE-AI, a Wellcome-funded study focused on the safe and equitable integration of artificial intelligence into clinical supervision for task-shared mental health care. The OptimizeD study aims to optimize treatment for depression by determining which patients will do better on antidepressant...

The Nascent Transcriptomics Core at Harvard Medical School is seeking a Research Assistant III to join our team. Analysis of nascent RNA – RNA actively being made – can reveal details of transcriptional responses to drugs and other perturbations in a way that other RNA sequencing methods can miss. For this reason, nascent RNA-seq methods in conjunction with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology, are quickly becoming the first choice for revealing direct targets of gene regulation and the identification of regulatory elements such as enhancers. The Nascent Transcriptomics Core isolates nascent RNA using biochemical methods and uses it to construct high-quality NGS libraries, oversees sequencing, and provides users with actionable, analyzed data.  We make nascent RNA techniques and analyses available to the general research community on a fee-for-service, customer-oriented basis. The Research Assistant III reports to the Director of the Nascent Transcriptomics Core (NTC) and...

Job Summary: This Research Assistant works within the Ramanathan lab, alongside graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, and performs scientific experiments under minimal direction in the area of Stem Cell biology and human development. The majority of their time is spent coordinating multiple aspects of the labs research projects and carrying out laboratory experiments utilizing specific laboratory techniques and equipment while under minimal direction. There may be some coordination with labs external to Harvard to arrange transfer of lab samples as needed but travel is not required for this position. This employee may conduct some training of new lab members in scientific techniques standardized in the lab but does not directly oversee them or approve time. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Coordinates multiple aspects of research project and carries out laboratory experiments utilizing specific laboratory techniques and equipment Manufactures cortical tissue...

Job Summary: The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) is a university-wide initiative dedicated to interdisciplinary research focused primarily on the quantitative social science of population change, socioeconomic development, and public health. Our goal is to produce population-based evidence that will better inform policies needed to create healthy and resilient societies. The HCPDS is seeking a full-time, experienced Research Assistant (RA) to support our field-based activities for its NIH-funded study, Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies in South Africa (HAALSA). HAALSA began as a community-based longitudinal cohort study nested within the heath and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in Agincourt, South Africa. The goal of this research project is to explore aging in South Africa, with focal areas in cognitive health, cardiometabolic disease, HIV and HIV treatment, public policies, social determinants of health, and health...

Job Summary: The Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR), an organization within the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is responsible for the design, monitoring and statistical analysis of clinical trials and observational studies for several major national and international NIH-funded clinical research networks. CBAR employs over 60 statisticians and epidemiologists including Harvard faculty, research scientists, and staff.  Investigators within CBAR have provided statistical leadership and support for clinical research networks for thirty-five years. Currently this includes infectious disease networks such as: Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections (ACTG) and the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT). Results from studies have helped to establish the paradigm for the treatment and prevention of HIV and other infectious diseases, and contributed to international treatment and...

Responsible for the daily care of various laboratory animals, including mice, rats, rabbits and/or other species of laboratory animals as necessary. Duties include cleaning, feeding and watering of animals as assigned. Other responsibilities include: Observation of animals for abnormalities and sickness and reporting such findings to the appropriate supervisory or veterinary personnel. Observation and reporting of deviations in the environment which would affect animal health or research projects (e.g. high temperature or humidity). Accurate record keeping of daily animal census and other information as requested. Complying with federal, state & local regulations concerning laboratory animals. Perform other duties as assigned by the Animal Care Facility Supervisor. Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift 50lbs and push/pull up to 300lbs routinely. Must be able to walk or stand for a full 7.5-hour shift. Must be able to perform in an environment with...