Research Coordinator

Overview

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem‑solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS) has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Coordinator to join their team.

The Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS) in the School of Dentistry (SOD) brings together faculty from different ends of the dental and oral health research spectrum into a single department that has expertise ranging from the modern experimental life sciences through the public health and behavioral sciences. OHS has the goal of improving the oral and general health and well‑being of our diverse global population through research, teaching and service.

OHS has a broadly defined mission that accommodates diverse faculty interests and expertise. At present, OHS enjoys faculty expertise in areas including anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, behavioral science (basic and applied), public health, dental hygiene, education, law, medicine, and clinical dentistry including faculty members with specialty training in periodontics, orthodontics, and oral medicine. OHS also sponsors the School of Dentistry’s only PhD program as well as the combined DDS‑PhD program and the Master of Science program for Dental Hygiene.

Our graduate programs provide advanced interdisciplinary training for graduate students to enable them to become academic and research leaders in the dental and craniofacial sciences, and to contribute to improved understanding of human oral and systemic health and disease. OHS is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion and to providing an environment where every employee feels welcomed, valued and appreciated.

The Research Coordinator will help coordinate the activities of several funded projects, at the initial stages of study launch, data collection, data analyses, and dissemination of findings. There are also administrative tasks in the lab including assistance with grant application preparation; maintenance of websites and social media; management of lab meetings, supplies and equipment, and functions; and coordination of volunteer staff.

This position will help our lab produce new knowledge that is in line with the mission of the UW as a scientific leader.