Job Description
Title: Student Helper
Division: Pediatrics (80001016)
Department: Pediatrics - Oncology (90005903)
Location: Houston (1100)
Salary Range: Up to $13.50 per hour
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 10 hours per week
Employment Duration: Part-time
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Summary
Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Student Helper.
The Student Helper will assist with acute leukemia research.
Job Duties
- Completes all human subjects research training.
- Completes biohazard training and HIPPA training.
- Completes animal facility training.
- Conducts bench research under supervision of Research Technicians in the Stevens/Redell lab with AML cell lines, and possibly patient samples, depending on proficiency with cell lines.
- Assists with maintenance of the immunodeficient mouse colony.
- Assists with harvesting and banking tissue from the patient derived xenograft models.
- Assists with meticulous record keeping, write-ups, and presentation of results.
- Assists with any other research-related activities, as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be a High School or College Student (undergraduate or graduate).
- No experience required.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.