• Directs day-to-day development, maintenance, and supervision of a productive and nationally competitive research program.
• Directs and supervises members of the research group providing technical and intellectual leadership.
• Identifies the research question, formulates the hypothesis, plans the experiments, records the observations and data, analyzes the data, and draws conclusions.
• Prepares and submits applications for external funding from national agencies.
• Oversees completion of the specific aims of funded projects.
• Prepares completed work for publication.
• Publishes/presents research results in both informal and formal seminars within the organization and to extramural audiences at national and international meetings and academic institutions.
• Collaborates with other investigators and physicians as well as with investigators from other institutions.
• Demonstrates institutional service by participation on committees.
• Provides technical assistance in service to other departments, clinical associates, residents, fellows and students.
• Begins developing a record of national and international service in the field of expertise by memberships in grant review panels, editorial boards and journal reviews.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.