Immunology Staff Scientist

Eagle Health is seeking an Immunology Staff Scientist to join our team in Fort Detrick, MD.

The Scientist shall serve as a Lead Investigator and conduct basic and applied research on specified bacterial threats, in support of the BD and infectious disease program. The employee will work in BSL-3 laboratories and handle controlled substances thus must hold and maintain BPRP and CS-PRP status, IAW the provisions in this contract and applicable regulations.

• Employee shall assist in designing, conducting, and analyzing complex experiments with the goal of characterizing the immune response to 1) bacterial pathogens, 2) medical-countermeasures designed to combat threat-specific disease, and 3) medical countermeasures designed to combat threat-agnostic disease.
• Employee shall present 2 research findings/presentations at lab meetings, attend 23 lab meetings; and attend up to 2 scientific meetings or symposia per year, as required.
• Employee shall complete 4 quarterly reports and 1 annual progress report for DTRA as requested.
• Employee shall prepare/assist in preparing multiple manuscripts for publication per year.
• Employee shall use computer to analyze data, prepare graphs, compute statistics, and write lab notes and reports.
• Employee shall conduct animal experiments to better understand bacterial pathogenesis and the host immune response and design vaccines and therapeutics.
• Employee shall perform approximately 20 ELISpot assays per year
• Employee shall perform approximately 20 Luminex/Magpix assays per year.
• Employee shall run approximately 100 ELISAs per year.
• Employee shall plan and assist in approximately 5 animal experiments per year.
• Employee shall analyze approximately 200 animal immune profiles per year (e.g., flowcytometry, in vitro stimulation assays, etc.).
• Employee shall prepare BSL-2 and BSL-3 labs for Safety, Biosurety and CDC inspections 4 per year.
• Employee shall assist in 3 animal protocols conducted by other investigators.
• Employee shall complete approximately 50 bacterial opsonization assays to evaluate experimental vaccines.
• Employee shall conduct Equipment Inventory Management twice a year in BSL-2 and BSL-3.
• Employee shall perform monthly Laboratory Management to include safety functions and chemical inventory.
• Employee shall provide 1 Immunological Scientific Support monthly report to the TPOC by the last working day of the month. Report will include materials and methods, data and data analysis and should be updated monthly
• CS-PRP enrollment is required and will be held and maintained IAW the provisions in this contract and all applicable regulations.
• BPRP enrollment is required and will be held and maintained IAW the provisions in this contract and all applicable regulations.