Research Associate

Globl Hlth and Infect Disease - 427801

Research Professionals

04/23/2026

Temporary Staff (EHRA NF)

Research Associate

20074036

N000847

1

40

North Carolina, US

04/30/2026

6 months

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

The Research Associate will work in the Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases in the laboratory of Dr. Archin. Archin’s lab focuses on HIV latency and performs a mix of basic science and translational clinical research. This position is essential to advancing research in the laboratory. Work requires knowledge of applicable laboratory procedures, tests, techniques, and terminology. The range of duties includes, but is not limited to: conducting experiments, collecting data, and data analysis. Presenting data at local, national, and international conferences, and the ability to write and publish manuscripts, and formulate grant proposals to seek external research funding.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity or professional-level institutional planning/assessment experience, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution.

Experience in HIV Latency Research.

Experience working with HIV and other sexually transmitted pathogens and knowledge of standard laboratory practices for work under BSL-2 conditions.
Prior knowledge of cell culture, sample preparation, and analysis by multi-color flow cytometry is preferred.
Prefer candidates with strong nucleic acid isolation experience and extensive experience in PCR assay setup and analysis.

Not Applicable.