Professional Research Assistant Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the professional research assistant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for copies of forms to study sponsor, IRB, clinical and translational research center, FDA etc including reporting of SAEs, AEs per regulatory and institutional guidelines.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Preparation of culture media, stock solutions
• Advanced computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and EPIC
• Experience with immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, PCR, sequencing is preferred
• Previous experience in patient navigation or health related field of work
• Advanced computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, PeopleSoft, and COGNOS
• Requires independent judgment self-directed work capabilities
• BA or BS in health related fields or equivalent
• Comfort with animal handling

I would like to submit my application for the professional research assistant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for training and mentorship to medical students with clinical research skills in preparation for a career that includes clinical and translational research.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Knowledge of statistical analyses is beneficial
• Some lab experience
• Mastery of Microsoft Office products including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Advanced skills in editing for grammar and content eye for formatting (attention to small details)
• Experience with formatting documents according to APA style (and other citation guidelines)
• Experience with cell culture and multi-color flow cytometry
• Experience in a cell biology laboratory
• Experience in using cellular and molecular biology techniques like immunostaining, cell transfections

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the professional research assistant position.

Previously, I was responsible for general clerical support to clinical research coordinators, grant analyst and principle investigators, the practice and operations manager and the BI research manager.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Able to manage documents related to human subjects research, including recruitment, enrollment, scheduling and participant performance
• Able to perform study procedures, including consenting, interviewing, questionnaire delivery, working with qualitative data, and database entry
• Prior experience with human subjects in research is preferred
• Prior experience organizing meetings is preferred
• Prior experience working with individuals with cognitive impairments is preferred
• Needs to be compliant with basic word processing, spreadsheet, statistics programs, and inventory management
• BA/BS in biological sciences or physical sciences
• Experience performing cell culture techniques, cell transfections

I would like to submit my application for the professional research assistant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for operational management of Late Phase investigator initiated research (IIR), including planning, execution and completion of clinical and non-clinical projects in the Global Medical Department.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• BA or BS in biological sciences or related field
• Comply with all standard operating procedures and quality control systems, and comply with any laboratory duties assigned by the PI
• BA/BS computer science, statistics or related field
• Experience with intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injections preferred
• Experience with immunofluorescence and imaging preferred
• Experience with imaging techniques such as confocal, two-photon, optical coherence tomography
• Biology, Biochemistry, or Chemical Engineering, or related field
• Industrial or academic experience related to the production of proteins

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the professional research assistant position.

Previously, I was responsible for administrative support to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and Vice President of Clinical Research, with some support to the Clin Res team.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a BS in Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Cell biology or Molecular Biology
• Comfort working with laboratory animals (mice)
• Experience or training in immunology, flow cytometry and animal handling
• Molecular biology, immunology, biochemistry, cell culture
• Extensive experience in Drosophila
• Have a BA or BS
• Experience using with statistical software programs such as SPSS (PASW), SAS, JMP, STATA and/or R
• Experience designing and maintaining electronic databases