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OHSU Student Worker

Oregon Health & Science University
Posted 5 days ago, valid for 24 days
Location

Portland, OR 97256, US

Salary

$16.8 per hour

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health is seeking a graduate student to assist with environmental chemistry research, focusing on measuring pH and dissolved oxygen in wet-lab settings.
  • Candidates must be enrolled in a graduate program with a minimum of 4.5 credit hours and possess basic environmental chemistry knowledge.
  • The position requires technical record-keeping, reporting, and project maintenance skills, with the ability to perform job duties with or without accommodation.
  • This role involves no travel or hazardous materials, and may include moving and switching tanks for compressed gas after training.
  • Salary details are not specified, but candidates should have relevant experience in laboratory work, ideally with a focus on environmental science.

Department Overview

The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) is aligned with the American Public Health Association in declaring racism a public health crisis, and our School is committed to becoming an antiracist SPH. We are working to center social justice in our internal and external work as a school and are committed to addressing structural and institutional racism, and to holding ourselves accountable to this work.

Function/Duties of Position

  • Measure pH and DO vs. sediment depth with microelectrodes
  • Figure out how to measure Fe(II) using Hach colorimetric methods.
  • Re-establish HPLC method for TPA in water samples
  • Use TPA method to measure OH vs. depth in microcosms.

Required Qualifications

  • Enrolled in or on vacation from or is otherwise registered in Graduate Program (minimum 4.5 credit hours)

  • Technical record keeping, reporting, time and project maintanence.

  • Basic environmental chemistry

  • Ability to perform the job duties with or without accommodation.

Additional Details

  • All of the work will be performed in the wet-lab space on HRC-3. It will involve using electrodes to measure pH, dissolved oxygen, etc. No travel, no hazardous materials.
  • Possibly moving and switching tanks for compressed gas (after training).

Why apply to OHSU?

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu



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