Odyssey Systems has a stimulating opportunity to join the WRAIR Brain Trauma Neuroprotection team as a Research Scientist! We are researching many unique therapies to address brain injury, including enhancing cellular energetics, introducing neural stem cells and autologous cell therapies, and developing other neuroprotective strategies to improve outcomes after TBI.

***Contingent Upon Contract Award***

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Perform a variety of primary research efforts towards evaluation of neurotherapeutics, medical device safety and efficacy for the prevention and treatment in pre-clinical models of mild to severe TBI, with and without polytrauma. This includes effective integration of existing literature, developing novel research protocols and grants, firm grasp of research methods, data collection, data management, statistics, data analysis, manuscript development, leading presentations and hold a functional understanding of military requirements and circumstances.
• Coordinate research projects, which shall include the design and coordination of experiments, direction of research staff (e.g., post-doctoral fellows, research associates and assistants) and collaborators in the execution of these experiments, and providing insights into experimental objectives and techniques best suited to achieve these objectives.
• Develop and evaluate therapeutic strategies to detect and mitigate molecular, cellular, clinical, and functional alterations induced by TBI or TBI with polytrauma to support the branch research objectives, performance of complex tasks, and as needed, develop new technical methods for neuroscience and injury mechanisms.
• Must be able to work independently in all aspects of the research, including complex statistical analyses at a professional level while meeting established timelines.

***Contingent upon contract award***

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance: NACI (Able to Obtain) 

Education: PhD

Years’ experience: 3 years of experience

Additional Information:

Location: Available onsite at WRAIR

Travel: NA

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: Onsite

***Contingent upon contract award***

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Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, is an innovative small business committed to providing world-class technical, management, and training support services to government and public sector clients. We focus on people, processes, and performance to deliver superior results. Since our inception in 1997, our commitment to mission success and customer satisfaction has been recognized with exponential growth and exceptional past performance ratings. We accept challenging assignments and drive projects from the planning stages, through implementation, and into operations and support.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications. Salary range available upon request.