Employment Opportunities

Administrative Assistant 1 or Trainee (NY HELPS) Vacancy ID 221513

Application due 8/24/26

The Administrative Assistant 1 will provide administrative support to the Wadsworth Center’s Biggs Laboratory Administration Office. The incumbent will perform a wide variety of administrative duties including, but not limited to, reviewing, preparing, and processing travel and purchase requests for staff across multiple divisions and locations; preparing and tracking personnel documents; scheduling meetings and managing calendars; preparing and distributing reports; and maintaining workload tracking systems. The incumbent will also maintain efficient work flow; design and maintain electronic office filing systems; resolve day-to-day operations problems; answer and forward phone calls; sort mail; and modify and edit documents.

Assistant Research Scientist (Analytical Chemistry) Vacancy ID 221528

Application due 8/24/26

An Assistant Research Scientist is needed to support the Wadsworth Center’s Cannabis Reference Laboratory. The Cannabis Reference Laboratory was established to serve the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and provide scientific expertise to identify and quantitate contaminants that are known or suspected to be hazardous to public health. The Assistant Research Scientist will be responsible for researching and analyzing cannabis samples for filth and foreign material, water activity, and moisture content on cannabis products, developing, validating, and implementing a new method, and compiling and communicating the results.

Research Scientist 4 (Industrial Hygiene) Safety Office Vacancy ID 221074

Applications due 8/17/26

The incumbent will assist the Wadsworth Center Safety Director in managing and overseeing programs and policies aimed at minimizing safety, health, environmental, and regulatory risks to the Wadsworth Center community, and serve as the Radiation Safety Officer responsible for maintaining and ensuring compliance with the Center's radioactive materials license. The Safety Office program encompasses chemical safety, biosafety, fire/life safety, radiation safety, environmental programs, as well as general safety oversight across the Center. 

Responsibilities will include activities such as conducting laboratory safety inspections; investigating and examining the workplace for hazards and potential risk and working with staff to mitigate workplace hazards; performing accident and incident investigation; providing laboratory safety support and technical consultation and assist staff with promoting compliance with regulatory standards; collaborating with internal groups and outside agencies to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and safety initiatives; performing risk assessments and guiding associated improvements in performance and hazard control activities; developing and delivering professional training and education in key program areas; supporting safety program activities focused on biosafety, chemical safety, radiation safety, hazardous waste compliance, occupational health and safety, and environmental compliance as requested, responding to hazardous material spills, gas leaks, and other indoor air quality issues; participate on institutional safety committees as assigned.

Hourly Project Assistant II (Internship) JR-0002264

Application due 8/20/26

Health Research Inc. is seeking an Hourly Project Assistant to work within the Division of Scientific Cores, located within the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. The Hourly Project Assistant II will provide assistance to and support staff that are responsible for the development of a next-generation serology assay for the diagnosis of Chagas disease, assist with quality control activities, inventory management of clinical specimens, data entry, and assist with performing multiplex microsphere immunoassays. The Hourly Project Assistant II will also assist with data analysis, data presentation, and preparation of manuscripts.

Chagas disease, a Neglected Tropical Disease also known as American Trypanosomiasis is a life-long, debilitating infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The US currently does not have a national screening program for Chagas disease. A better diagnostic assay for Chagas disease is needed to provide equitable healthcare for Americans and New Yorkers through access to life-saving anti-parasitic drugs, prevention of T. cruzi maternal-fetal transmission, and a safer blood and solid organ supply.

This position is part of the Pathways to Public Health Internship Program and the purpose is to help strengthen career pathways to public health by bringing together students of all disciplines and academic levels with public health professionals to create a space of exploration, learning, and development. This position will last approximately 10 weeks from 9/14/2026 to 11/27/2026.