Employment Opportunities

Research Scientist 3 (Biology) Director's Office Vacancy ID 187115
Applications due 5/16/25
A Research Scientist 3 is needed to serve as the Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) for the Wadsworth Center clinical laboratories that perform clinical testing at three different locations across the Capital District. Under the direction of the clinical laboratory director, the Quality Assurance Manager will ensure compliance with regulatory agencies including the NY State Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program (CLEP), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In addition, the Quality Assurance Manager oversees and maintains responsibility for developing, implementing, and maintaining Quality Assurance (QA) for the Wadsworth Center’s clinical laboratories. Federal and state regulations require clinical laboratories to establish a Quality Management System, to continually assess and improve the quality of laboratory services and ensure that it is complaint with regulatory requirements. State regulations also require that we designate a quality systems manager or quality assurance officer who has the experience and authority to ensure communication, training, competency assessment and ongoing compliance monitoring with all requirements of our Quality Management System.

Research Scientist 5 (Analytical Chemistry) Vacancy ID 187934
Applications due 5/28/25
The Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, is seeking an outstanding research scientist at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to establish a competitive, extramurally funded, research program in the general area of Inorganic Environmental Monitoring. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program and lead a small public health laboratory focused on environmental testing of unknown white powders, and asbestos-containing materials. The research program can be at the intersection of inorganic chemistry, environmental medicine, and public health, and should complement existing strengths within the Center. The successful applicant will join an interactive group of research scientists, which will expand the Center’s existing world-class program in environmental health sciences.

Research Scientist 2 (Radiation Chemistry) Vacancy ID 188028
Applications due 5/28/25
The Laboratory of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry (LINC) is a fully accredited laboratory responsible for monitoring New York State’s nuclear power plants, responding to requests for radiological laboratory support for statewide incidents, participating to radiological emergency response activities, and protecting the food supply from harmful radioactive contamination. A Research Scientist is needed to provide technical and scientific support for nuclear regulatory matters and oversee day-to day quality assurance for all radioactivity measurements in environmental and food samples.