**Job Description** **Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!** The Smidt Heart Institute reflects Cedars-Sinai's steadfast dedication to heart disease and research innovation giving patients access to the highest level of care. Year after year, thousands of people trust their hearts to Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. Our cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and niche care teams treat the full spectrum of heart disease and disorders, while our investigators continue to advance the field with groundbreaking, life-saving research. From genetic counseling and targeted drug therapies to a growing array of minimally invasive procedures, Cedars-Sinai continues to stand at the forefront of technology, innovation and discovery improving patient outcomes. **Join our team and use your skills with an organization known nationally for excellence in research!** Working independently but in close cooperation and in consultation with the Principal Investigator and other Research Scientists, the Postdoctoral Scientist will perform routine and sophisticated laboratory procedures throughout training period. May develop, adapt, and implement new research techniques and protocols. Analyzes and interprets data. May assist in preparation of grant proposals. Participates in publications and presentations as author or co-author. Not responsible for generating grant funds. **Primary Duties and Responsibilities** •May participate in publications and presentations as author or co-author. •Designs and performs experiments. Will keep appropriate experimental records and documentation and analyze the results with the Principal Investigator. •Analyzes interpret, summarizes, and compiles data. •Performs routine and sophisticated laboratory procedures throughout the training period. •Operates and maintains equipment and instruments. •May observe MD-patient or MD-human research subject interactions as it pertains directly to research being performed. **Qualifications** **Educational Requirements:** Doctorate (MD, PhD, VMD, or DDS) in area directly related to field of research specialization. **Licenses:** N/A **Experience:** - 1 year experience Acquired thorough technical and theoretical knowledge of research project and objectives during one to five (1-5) year post-doctoral appointment. - Demonstrated scientific writing and presentation skills required. **Physical Demands:** - Able to perform moderate lifting. - Able to sit, stand and walk for prolonged periods of time. - Able to read papers and online documents. - Able to operate standard office equipment. - Able to exercise physical ability and perspective acuity to satisfactorily perform essential job functions. **About Us** Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents. **About the Team** Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most. **Req ID** : HRC1314978 **Working Title** : Postdoctoral Scientist - Smidt Heart Institute (Wang Group) **Department** : Heart Institute **Business Entity** : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center **Job Category** : Academic / Research **Job Specialty** : Postdoctoral Scholar **Overtime Status** : EXEMPT **Primary Shift** : Day **Shift Duration** : 8 hour **Base Pay** : $30.00 - $45.00 Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.