Careers
Career opportunities in vector borne disease science. If you would like to share a job posting, please send the advertisement to flvbdcoe@gmail.com.
Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty in Vector Biology
Location: Miami, Florida
Organization: Florida International University
Description:
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to Job Opening ID 534013 at careers.fiu.edu and attach a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a research statement, as well as a statement of teaching and mentoring philosophy. Candidates will be requested to provide names and contact information for at least 3 references who will be contacted as determined by the search committee. To receive full consideration, applications and required materials should be received by January 5, 2025. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please direct any questions to Dr. Janna Fierst at jfierst@fiu.edu.
Medical Laboratory Scientist II – OPS, Full-time
Location: Tampa, Florida
Organization: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories
Description:
The scientist will work 35-40 hours per week during regular business hours (days, Monday through Friday) and be paid hourly at a rate of $18.06-$18.97/hr. Health insurance benefits are available.
This position is part of our arbovirology laboratory team. Duties of the position include accessioning specimens; processing specimens; performing serological assays for the detection of antibody to arboviruses such as West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, eastern equine encephalitis virus, Zika virus, and dengue virus; reporting results; and general laboratory duties. Applicants with laboratory experience and licensed (or eligible for licensure) in the State of Florida as a clinical or public health laboratory technician in microbiology are preferred.
Please note, the State of Florida hires only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. You will be required to provide identification and either proof of citizenship or proof of authorization to work in the U.S.
Please send your resume or CV to Dr. Peter Dumoulin at peter.dumoulin@flhealth.gov as soon as possible but not later than September 15th 2024. Please indicate which positions you are applying for (you can apply for more than one). Include an unofficial transcript and two references (preferably current or past supervisors) to contact that includes their name, organization, title, phone number, and email address.
Biological Scientist I – OPS, Full-time
Location: Tampa, Florida
Organization: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories
Description:
The scientist will work 35-40 hours per week during regular business hours (Monday through Friday) and be paid hourly at a rate of $17.25-$20.90/hr. Health insurance benefits are available.
This position is part of our arbovirology laboratory team. Duties of the position include accessioning specimens; processing specimens; performing serological assays for the detection of antibody to arboviruses such as West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, and eastern equine encephalitis virus; reporting results; and general laboratory duties. Applicants with laboratory experience are preferred, but experience is not required.
Please note, the State of Florida hires only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. You will be required to provide identification and either proof of citizenship or proof of authorization to work in the U.S.
Please send your resume or CV to Dr. Peter Dumoulin at peter.dumoulin@flhealth.gov as soon as possible but not later than September 15th 2024. Please indicate which positions you are applying for (you can apply for more than one). Include an unofficial transcript and two references (preferably current or past supervisors) to contact that includes their name, organization, title, phone number, and email address.
Public Health Entomologist
Location: Wake County, NC
Description:
This position administers statewide program of vector borne disease prevention targeting arthropods that transmit disease agents to humans (e.g., develops epidemiologic, field and laboratory capabilities for investigation, surveillance and control of vector borne diseases to include mosquito and tick borne diseases). Maintain readiness to respond to emergencies caused by epidemics, disaster-related vector problems, develops recommendations for program goals and objectives, program implementation and evaluation related to vector borne diseases. Instructs and trains other personnel as necessary on procedures for field, laboratory and epidemiologic investigations, prepares budgets and allocates resources for purchase, plans and carries out public health educational program related to vector borne diseases to include prevention and control. Plans and conducts training seminars for public health officials, medical professionals, academic students and general public, participates in internal and external committees related to vector-borne disease issues to include emerging infectious diseases and supervises assigned staff. In collaboration with professional associations and local vector control programs, develops integrated vector control strategy with proportional emphasis on integrated pest management.
More information and apply here.
CDC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Entomological Surveillance
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Mentor(s): The mentor for this opportunity is Michael Huston (yfk0@cdc.gov). If you have questions about the nature of the research please contact the mentor(s).
Anticipated Appointment Start Date: September 16, 2024. Start date is flexible and will depend on a variety of factors.
Description:
The participant will be involved in projects to learn about the development and improvement of molecular tools that inform decisions regarding vector mosquito control and surveillance. They will be trained in laboratory workflow development, specimen processing and management, next-generation sequencing, PCR assay development, and data analysis with a variety of tools (command line using CDC’s cluster computing resources, programs such as Geneious and CLC Genomics, and the online bioinformatics platform Galaxy). The fellow will have the opportunity to develop their own related side project if desired.
More Information and apply here.
Debug Biological Research Associate
Location: Miami (Miramar)
Description:
Verily, an Alphabet company, lives at the intersection of technology, data, and healthcare. Our mission is to make the world’s health data useful so people enjoy longer and healthier lives. We combine expertise in medicine, engineering, computer science, hardware and more to create interventions that improve patient care. We partner with leading life science, medical devices, and government organizations to deploy our solutions.
Our team is hiring a biological research associate to oversee rearing and quality in our South Florida mosquito production facility.
Mosquitoes kill more people than every other animal combined. One particular species transmits diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya that sicken hundreds of millions of people every year. Applying broad spectrum pesticides is unsustainable as they become less effective over time and can be toxic. Clearing standing water is not enough since it is challenging to find all of the places where mosquitoes breed. Debug is an effort to eliminate mosquito-borne disease using the Incompatible Insect Technique IIT. We combine modern molecular biology with robotic automation and machine learning to generate millions of sterile male mosquitoes that, when safely released into the wild to mate with females, cause a crash in the population of only the one targeted species. In concert with integrated mosquito vector control programs, Debug aims to ultimately impact the cycle of mosquito-borne disease
Responsibilities:
-Meticulously rear multiple mosquito strains within a QMS setting.
-Performing quality-control bioassays including testing for cytoplasmic
incompatibility, pupation rate, longevity, viability, etc for the various strains being
maintained and produced.
-Work cross-functionally with engineering to troubleshoot rearing issues that arise
during day-to-day operations.
-Train and oversee new staff on mosquito rearing procedures.
-Perform research experiments aimed at increasing mosquito rearing efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in a biological discipline or equivalent practical experience.
-Experience with insect husbandry.
-Strong attention to detail and meticulous note taking ability.
-Ability to escalate and clearly communicate rearing or other issues as they arise.
Preferred Qualification:
-Fluent in spoken Spanish
-Previous experience rearing mosquitoes
More information and apply here.
Internship Opportunity
Lee County, Florida
AMCA’s model deposition project
This opportunity is to assist with the AMCA modeling project, the PI of this project is Dr. Jane Bonds. The goal of the project is to better assess where ULV spray clouds drift and how much deposition occurs during an application event. Work will be done in Lee County, and the intern will help with the field work.
The team generally starts at 4 in the morning, sets up sampling stations in the field, sprays at 6am, then picks up sampling stations at 7, and are generally back by 9am. Following this you will assist with set up for next day events, with “end of day” being around noon, although with field trials something always comes up. The next trials are scheduled to be performed in Mid-August and again in Mid-September. Housing in Lee County could be available.
If interested contact Dr. Daniel Markowski (AMCA.TA@mosquito.org) or David Brown (dabrownsoj@gmail.com)
