42 Science jobs

Summary The Sterilization Assistant is responsible for conducting proper, sterilization techniques related to dental instrumentation, dental terminology, and proper infection control protocols as established by the College of Dental Medicine. This position is responsible for the dispensing, collecting, and processing of dental instruments, equipment, and consumable supplies utilized in the Dental Institute clinics. The position reports to the Supervisor of Sterilization and interacts significantly with faculty, staff, and students. Individuals in this position must be able to adapt to work schedule changes based on the hours of the clinic. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Disinfect mobile carts so that instruments can be transported to clinic dispensaries in a timely manner for both shifts. Responsible for inventory data used to maintain supplies in the dental clinic. Assist with data entry pertaining to supplies used in the dental clinic. Participate in...

Summary: Are you passionate about shaping the future of veterinary medicine while working in a collaborative, growth-minded environment? Midwestern University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is looking for a clinical or tenure-track faculty member to join our expanding Small Animal Emergency Service. This is more than just a job! It is an opportunity to make an impact . You will help train the next generation of veterinarians, influence an evolving curriculum, and play a key role in building an extraordinary critical care program focused on compassionate, evidence-based medicine. This is a full-time, clinical position that will provide coverage for daytime and after hour emergencies through a rotational schedule. The successful candidate will join other faculty members who provide emergency services in the Companion Animal Clinic (CAC). The Emergency Services team will consist of four full-time clinicians sharing a flexible schedule. The CAC is an AAHA-accredited...

Summary The Veterinary Technician will be responsible for all of the essential duties related to veterinary care in the Companion Animal Clinic to support faculty teaching of veterinary students at a busy general and specialty practice.  This position reports to the Veterinary Technician Supervisor at the Animal Health Institute.  Must have the ability to work flexible hours based on clinical support needs.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities    Assist in setting up treatment and procedure areas and restraining animals for procedures and treatments. Admit patients to clinic and follow protocols. Create accurate hospitalization and treatment estimates. Ensure correct charges are completed in EMR daily. Assist with anesthesia administration and monitoring. Assist with surgical and internal medicine procedures as needed. Responsible for radiography, venipuncture, catheter placement and bandage changes. Monitor physical and medical conditions of...

Summary: The Research Specialist provides essential research support to the He Laboratory on an NIH-funded project under the supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI). The successful candidate will contribute to the design and execution of research experiments, data collection and analysis, and the preparation of figures, presentations, and manuscripts based on the research findings. This position reports directly to the Principal Investigator. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Competently performs standard research procedures in biochemical analysis (e.g., Western blotting, qRT-PCR, Immunohistochemistry) under the supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI). Maintain transgenic mice, proficient in handling mice and performing drug administration, behavioral testing, and tissue dissection & harvesting under the supervision of the PI. Provides direction and guidance to students conducting research in the lab Assists PI with trouble-shooting and...

A grant funded Research Assistant position is available in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics on the Glendale campus of Midwestern University. The laboratory studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying prion diseases and other more common neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The successful candidate will contribute to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to advance the research program of the lab. This role involves meeting with the Principal Investigator to review experiments and oversee laboratory operations. The Research Assistant will regularly interact with students, faculty, and staff. The position operates under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI).

Summary The Veterinary Technician, Exotic Animals will be responsible for providing veterinary technician services in support of the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) exotic animal medicine service, typically performed at off-campus facilities. Technical duties include, but are not limited to, assistance with laboratory, surgical, and emergency care procedures. The individual must take initiative and responsibility for completion of assigned tasks, with or without direct supervision. This position reports to the Manager of the Companion Animal Clinic at the Animal Health Institute.  The individual must have excellent communication skills, patience, compassion, a willingness to teach students, and the ability to work flexible hours based on clinical support needs. This is a day shift full-time position. Essential Duties and Responsibilities    Support faculty and students in the delivery of patient care at a variety of facilities Assist in setting up surgical and...

Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine invites applications for a clinical track faculty position in small animal urgent care. If you are passionate about influencing the next generation of veterinarians, we have a position for you! Come help us fulfill the urgent care service’s mission by offering outstanding clinical services and student education. We are seeking a faculty member who is excited about being involved in a new veterinary college to influence our clinical and teaching programs, help us provide excellent patient care, and training day-one ready, competent and confident veterinarians.   This is a full-time, clinical position that will provide coverage for daytime and after hours emergencies though a rotational schedule. The successful candidate will join two other faculty members who provide urgent care services in the Companion Animal Clinic (CAC). The Urgent Care team will consist of four full-time clinicians sharing a schedule. The CAC is a 110,000...

This full-time Clinical Faculty position for Occupational Therapy will provide occupational therapy services for the Midwestern University Therapy Institute in collaboration with speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, vision therapists, and clinical psychologists. Qualifications:  Qualified candidates must possess a Masters or Doctoral level degree and be licensed or eligible for licensure as an occupational therapist in Arizona. Clinical practice experience for this position is essential. Candidates must have advanced knowledge in areas of assessment and treatment of children and adults. Exceptional interpersonal communication, organizational, leadership skills are required. This position will also require demonstrated teaching experience which may include academic instruction, community education, workshops, and professional presentation., supervising work-study and Level I and Level II fieldwork students.  Preferred candidates will possess prior independent...

The Department of Physiology in the College of Graduate Studies at Midwestern University Glendale ( http://www.midwestern.edu/programs_and_admission/az_osteopathic_medicine/physiology.html)  invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in physiology at the rank of Assistant Professor available to start in the 2025/2026 academic year. Individuals must have a PhD degree in Physiology or a related field with completion of a two-year postdoctoral program. The successful candidate must demonstrate effective teaching potential and prior teaching experience in human physiology is highly preferable. The successful applicant will contribute to our team-based teaching approach to meet the needs of several healthcare education graduate programs, including Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatric Medicine, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Nurse Anesthesia, Dentistry, Optometry, Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with...

Summary The Animal Caretaker at the Large Animal Clinic (LAC) is responsible for ensuring a clean environment and delivering high-quality husbandry and care to the clinic’s teaching horses and cattle. The ideal candidate will be dependable, able to carry out assigned duties independently or collaboratively, with or without supervision. As a key member of the animal health care team, the Animal Caretaker must effectively communicate with veterinary assistants, technicians, managers, directors, faculty, clients, and veterinary students. This role requires flexibility to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays. The position reports directly to the Manager of the Large Animal Clinic. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Animal Care & Handling Observe, feed, and water cattle and horses as instructed. Prepare and feed the patients according to instructions. Note the volume of food eaten or rejected. Withhold food and water from teaching animals...

Summary The He Lab in the Precision Medicine Program at Midwestern University (Downers Grove) is seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to join our research program focused on chronic pain and addiction pharmacology. The anticipated start date is November 1, 2025, with an appointment duration of up to four years, renewable annually. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to work on our project related to chronic pain and opioid pharmacology. Your responsibilities will be, including but not limited to, designing and carrying out experiments, presenting research results in oral presentations, drafting manuscripts, and mentoring graduate and professional students. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Design and carry out experiments Report findings, in oral and written forms, and draft manuscripts Maintain detailed and accurate experimental records for publication and reporting purposes Participate in weekly lab meetings, journal clubs and campus-wise seminars...

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) is seeking an academic/clinical faculty member. This person will spend 0.4 FTE for the Department of Osteopathic Family and Community Medicine teaching clinical skills, lecturing, assisting with standardized patient testing of students, grading, and participating in clinical clerkship rotations. The remaining 0.6 FTE will involve clinical practice in the Family Medicine and/or Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic of the Midwestern University (MWU) Multispecialty Clinic, depending on which specialty or specialties the faculty member has board certification. Teaching Participate in curricular planning and faculty retreats. Develop, implement, and assess the curriculum as faculty in the pre-clinical courses. Teach clinical lectures, including developing the associated learning objectives and examination questions. Actively participate in the 4-year teaching program in AZCOM, including OMM labs, physical examination...

Summary The Assistant Manager of Patient Accounts, Coding reports directly to the Manager of Patient Accounts for Central Billing Office and is responsible for coding processes for Midwestern University Clinics. This position oversees staff responsible for coding edits, ensuring that they are providing excellent customer service, and following departmental policies and procedures for coding and claim submissions.  Essential Responsibilities         Organize, direct, coordinate and evaluate the daily activities of the clinic patient account specialists including work associated with claim processing. Hire, train, manage and evaluate patient accounts staff members. Ensures timely and accurate billing of accounts receivable and prompt claim follow-up through the daily supervision of the Patient Accounts staff. Review coding used for Midwestern University Clinics to ensure coding is in accordance with legal requirements, compliance standards, official coding rules,...

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) is seeking an academic/clinical faculty member. This person will spend 0.4 FTE for the Department of Osteopathic Family and Community Medicine teaching clinical skills, lecturing, assisting with standardized patient testing of students, grading, and participating in clinical clerkship rotations. The remaining 0.6 FTE will involve clinical practice in the Family Medicine and/or Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic of the Midwestern University (MWU) Multispecialty Clinic, depending on which specialty or specialties the faculty member has board certification. Teaching Participate in curricular planning and faculty retreats. Develop, implement, and assess the curriculum as faculty in the pre-clinical courses. Teach clinical lectures, including developing the associated learning objectives and examination questions. Actively participate in the 4-year teaching program in AZCOM, including OMM labs, physical examination...

Summary The Physical Therapy Aide supports licensed physical therapists, clinical faculty, and students by ensuring smooth clinic operations and maintaining a clean, organized, and patient-centered environment. This role involves direct and indirect patient interaction, assistance with therapeutic activities, clerical and administrative support, and coordination of educational and research activities. This position reports to the Academic Clinic Coordinator. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Obtaining measurements of vital signs and administering questionnaires during patient interactions. Preparing and maintaining treatment areas with supplies, equipment, and materials. Ensuring a safe clinical environment by cleaning all equipment and treatment areas between patients and coordinating with housekeeping and maintenance for required clinic needs. Tracking of equipment maintenance, monitoring supply expiration dates, hydrocollator temperature, and other risk...

The Clinical Assistant Professor Faculty should have earned a DDS/DMD degree, having a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in general dentistry. S/he should be a person committed to educating and empowering students with a wide range of clinical and academic abilities. The Clinical Assistant Professor Faculty must be eligible for and obtain licensure in the state of Illinois and must be able to obtain an unrestricted DEA license.  Reporting to the Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences, the Clinical Faculty will: Work directly with students in the patient clinic, supervising all areas of general dentistry. Interact positively with students, treating all students as future colleagues. Demonstrate dental procedures on patients to students as needed. Be competent treating patient in all areas of general dentistry. Be a positive role model for students in professionalism. Have strong clinical experience in the use of CAD/CAM dentistry and lasers, being competent in...

Summary The Certified Coding Specialist protects and recovers the clinic’s patient reimbursement by acting as a coding/billing resource for all MWU clinics, educating providers, monitoring accounts receivable, and collecting delinquent accounts. This position will report to the Assistant Manager of Patient Accounts. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Reviews coding used for Multispecialty Clinics and Eye Institute to ensure coding is in accordance with legal requirements, compliance standards, official coding rules, guidelines and definitions Review electronic health records (EHR) to determine what information is appropriate for coding purposes Participate in provider education on proper documentation of services provided, coding and billing issues, charge capture process and reconciliation of charges as it relates to E & M coding guidelines Train and educate finance staff on billing and coding Participate in clinic coding assessments/audits, both...