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Research Assistant - Cardiovascular Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 4/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/10/2026
Department

SOM KC Cardiovascular Medicine

AI Research

Position Title

Research Assistant - Cardiovascular Medicine

Job Family Group

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary

The position entails full time management and coordination of the program for AI & Research in Cardiovascular Medicine. This includes research activities between the different team members, including multiple medical students and KUMC staff members, keeping a tally of day-to-day tasks, keeping research meeting minutes, tracking progress on assignments to different team members, moving the research projects to completion, writing abstracts/manuscripts, manuscript submission process including communicating with journals and timely resubmissions, helping prepare grant applications and applying for extramural funding.

Job Description

Job Duties

  • Delegate and coordinate assignments to team members, including medical students and other KUMC staff members.
  • Keep research meeting minutes.
  • Manage and track daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly task lists.
  • Write abstracts/manuscripts.
  • Process manuscript submissions, including communicating with journals and timely resubmissions.
  • Help prepare grant applications.
  • Request and obtain secure access to protected health information.
  • Comply and maintain data security per KUMC/TUKHS policies and approvals.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

  • 4 years of relevant work experience. Relevant education may substitute on a year for year basis.
  • Experience writing medical journals.
  • Experience working with grant applications.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Master’s Degree.

Work Experience: Experience using Biostatistical software.

Skills

  • Communication.
  • Organization skills.

Required Documents

  • Resume/CV
  • Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Rate Type

Hourly

Compensation Statement

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

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$53,864 to $72,762
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