UC San Diego Health · 13 hours ago
Lab Assistant - 138164
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$20.90/hr - $24.22/hr
1+ years expUC San Diego Health is seeking a Lab Assistant to support the Ophthalmology department. The role involves assisting with patient recruitment for studies, coordinating blood sample collection, and performing basic laboratory duties while supporting the Principal Investigator and laboratory personnel in various experiments and analyses.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Assist with the recruit of patients for the study
Coordinate blood sample collection
Collection of patient data
Perform basic laboratory duties including answering telephones
Inventory of lab supplies
Receiving lab specimens
Instructing collaborators in lab submissions
Assist and support the PI, trainees and technicians in carrying out experiments
Making routine analysis and preparing solutions
Managing laboratory records
Assist with the preparation of solutions, buffers, and complex reagents
Performing immunocytochemistry
Cell culture
Blood sample analysis
Database maintenance
Operating lab equipment
Assist and support supervisor and laboratory personnel in lab organization of specimens and lab procedures/protocols
Ordering supplies
Qualification
Required
Graduation from high school or a General Education Diploma and one year of laboratory experience or two years of college including courses in the in the natural, physical or social sciences and two years of laboratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Demonstrated experience developing AI/ML models for clinical or biomedical applications, including hands-on work with imaging, omics, biosignals, or electronic health record (EHR) data
Experience, measuring and weighing chemicals, preparing solutions and serial dilutions; and knowledge and ability to prepare a variety of reagents, media, and buffers
Familiarity with assisting in procedures such as but not limited to, biochemical assay, DNA and RNA extraction and quantification, genotyping, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), sequencing, and mutation screening, cell culture
Experience with clinical data pipelines, preprocessing, data standardization, annotation workflows, and handling protected health information (PHI) in compliance with HIPAA
Experience with and understanding of basic laboratory equipment
Prior experience and knowledge of proper handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials
Proficient with Windows 2000/XP OS and databases with an ability to work with a variety of computer applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop) and with a willingness and ability to increase skills and knowledge as needed
Ability in keeping organized, accurate lab records and computer files
Ability to communicate effectively over the telephone with clientele exercising diplomacy
Preferred
Experience in preparing IRB protocols
Knowledge of working with patient populations in clinical settings
Proficiency working with scientific computing environments, including Linux, high performance computing clusters, or cloud-based compute platforms
Company
UC San Diego Health
UC San Diego Health is the only academic health system in the San Diego region.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.2MKey Investors
The Beryl InstituteThe Conrad Prebys Foundation
2025-10-31Grant
2023-06-26Grant· $0.2M
Leadership Team
Christian Dameff
Medical Director of Cybersecurity
Sandip Patel
Professor
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