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Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Job Category Academic / Research
Date posted 09/18/2026
Job Description
Principal Investigator, Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin, PhD, is looking for a Research Associate to join the team!
The Vujkovic-Cvijin Lab investigates how human gut microbes influence inflammatory diseases. Research in the lab is focused on integration of omics technologies and lies at the intersection of immunology, microbiology and computational biology. The gut microbiota—the community of bacteria, fungi, viruses and protists that inhabit our intestines—has a profound impact on the way our body functions. The primary goal of my lab is to better understand how these microbes affect us, and to harness that relationship for improving human health. We use microbiology, immunology, ecology and data science techniques to identify microbes that spur inflammation, and in turn, devise ways of therapeutically targeting them for clinical benefit. To learn more, please visit Vujkovic-Cvijin Research Lab | Cedars-Sinai.
The Vujkovic-Cvijin Laboratory exists within the Cedars-Sinai Inflammatory Bowel and Immunology Research Institute (IBIRI), which focuses on chronic inflammatory conditions of the intestines, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The gastroenterology and gastrointestinal (GI) surgery program at Cedars-Sinai is the No. 2 program nationwide, facilitating state-of-the-art science aimed at understanding human gastrointestinal medical conditions.
Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?
Working under direct supervision, the Research Associate I performs a variety of routine experimental protocols and procedures to support the objectives of one or more laboratory research projects in a specific area of research. Assists in general laboratory activities, including maintenance of reagents and stocking of supplies. Files and monitors documents. Keeps accurate and detailed records of experiments and results. Assists in the operation of specialized equipment and machinery. Observes safety standards and procedures. The Research Assistant I will be able to perform routine cellular, micro- and molecular biology procedures. This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs a variety of routine laboratory tasks and procedures.
- Keeps accurate and detailed project records of experiments and results.
- May assist with animal husbandry.
- Maintains lab equipment and related records.
- Transports, processes and logs samples.
- Maintains computer database with relevant clinical information.
- Performs lab maintenance duties, including glassware cleaning and sterilization.
- Maintains stocks of general lab materials, and places orders for lab equipment and supplies.
- Assists new students and fellows at the laboratory.
- Assists in the operation of specialized equipment and machinery.
- Observes and complies with safety standards and procedures.
Department-Specific Responsibilities:
- Collaborates to problem solve and make decisions to achieve desired outcomes.
- Establishes effective working relationships with cross-functional team(s).
- Responds promptly, effectively, and appropriately to deliverables.
- Shares knowledge, time, and expertise to assist other members of the team.
- Maintains detailed, organized, and accurate laboratory records.
- Assists with instrument validation/service and maintenance purchase orders as needed.
- Assists with issues concerning the lab space including coordinating repairs to equipment and space.
- Places orders for lab supplies, general and researcher-specific.
- Aids in maintaining contact with vendors to ensure availability and best cost for equipment or supplies needed by the group.
- Coordinates biowaste pickup, anaerobic gas, liquid nitrogen, and CO2 delivery/pickup.
- Assist researchers with glass washing, autoclaving, and miscellaneous lab duties.
- Will be a point of contact for all freezer alarms and system monitoring.
- Assists in annual and semiannual maintenance for equipment (PCR machines).
- Provide entry into the space for any visitors and or repairs needed.
Assist new Research Fellows and/or Research Scientists with day-to-day lab operations and procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a science-related field.
Experience & Skills:
- Understanding of general research objectives. Familiar with routine laboratory procedures and experimental protocols.
- Must be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and able to demonstrate problem-solving skills and recommend solutions.
- Working knowledge of database management, personal computers, and presentation and imaging software.
- Must possess computer skills including, but not limited to, Excel and Word.
- Must have outstanding interpersonal, communication, and organization skills and the ability to work across company disciplines and functional units.
About us
Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars-Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.
About the Team
Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.
Req ID 20176
Working Title Research Associate I - Immunology - Vujkovic-Cvijin Lab
Department Research - Digestive and Liver Diseases
Business Entity Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category Academic / Research
Job Specialty Research Studies/ Clin Trial
Overtime Status NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift Day
Shift Duration 8 hour
Base Pay $25.00 - $30.46
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve Quality Care and Research—For All, By All.
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy.
Job ID 20176
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Job Category Academic / Research
Date posted 09/18/2026
Job Description
Principal Investigator, Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin, PhD, is looking for a Research Associate to join the team!
The Vujkovic-Cvijin Lab investigates how human gut microbes influence inflammatory diseases. Research in the lab is focused on integration of omics technologies and lies at the intersection of immunology, microbiology and computational biology. The gut microbiota—the community of bacteria, fungi, viruses and protists that inhabit our intestines—has a profound impact on the way our body functions. The primary goal of my lab is to better understand how these microbes affect us, and to harness that relationship for improving human health. We use microbiology, immunology, ecology and data science techniques to identify microbes that spur inflammation, and in turn, devise ways of therapeutically targeting them for clinical benefit. To learn more, please visit Vujkovic-Cvijin Research Lab | Cedars-Sinai.
The Vujkovic-Cvijin Laboratory exists within the Cedars-Sinai Inflammatory Bowel and Immunology Research Institute (IBIRI), which focuses on chronic inflammatory conditions of the intestines, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The gastroenterology and gastrointestinal (GI) surgery program at Cedars-Sinai is the No. 2 program nationwide, facilitating state-of-the-art science aimed at understanding human gastrointestinal medical conditions.
Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?
Working under direct supervision, the Research Associate I performs a variety of routine experimental protocols and procedures to support the objectives of one or more laboratory research projects in a specific area of research. Assists in general laboratory activities, including maintenance of reagents and stocking of supplies. Files and monitors documents. Keeps accurate and detailed records of experiments and results. Assists in the operation of specialized equipment and machinery. Observes safety standards and procedures. The Research Assistant I will be able to perform routine cellular, micro- and molecular biology procedures. This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs a variety of routine laboratory tasks and procedures.
- Keeps accurate and detailed project records of experiments and results.
- May assist with animal husbandry.
- Maintains lab equipment and related records.
- Transports, processes and logs samples.
- Maintains computer database with relevant clinical information.
- Performs lab maintenance duties, including glassware cleaning and sterilization.
- Maintains stocks of general lab materials, and places orders for lab equipment and supplies.
- Assists new students and fellows at the laboratory.
- Assists in the operation of specialized equipment and machinery.
- Observes and complies with safety standards and procedures.
Department-Specific Responsibilities:
- Collaborates to problem solve and make decisions to achieve desired outcomes.
- Establishes effective working relationships with cross-functional team(s).
- Responds promptly, effectively, and appropriately to deliverables.
- Shares knowledge, time, and expertise to assist other members of the team.
- Maintains detailed, organized, and accurate laboratory records.
- Assists with instrument validation/service and maintenance purchase orders as needed.
- Assists with issues concerning the lab space including coordinating repairs to equipment and space.
- Places orders for lab supplies, general and researcher-specific.
- Aids in maintaining contact with vendors to ensure availability and best cost for equipment or supplies needed by the group.
- Coordinates biowaste pickup, anaerobic gas, liquid nitrogen, and CO2 delivery/pickup.
- Assist researchers with glass washing, autoclaving, and miscellaneous lab duties.
- Will be a point of contact for all freezer alarms and system monitoring.
- Assists in annual and semiannual maintenance for equipment (PCR machines).
- Provide entry into the space for any visitors and or repairs needed.
Assist new Research Fellows and/or Research Scientists with day-to-day lab operations and procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a science-related field.
Experience & Skills:
- Understanding of general research objectives. Familiar with routine laboratory procedures and experimental protocols.
- Must be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and able to demonstrate problem-solving skills and recommend solutions.
- Working knowledge of database management, personal computers, and presentation and imaging software.
- Must possess computer skills including, but not limited to, Excel and Word.
- Must have outstanding interpersonal, communication, and organization skills and the ability to work across company disciplines and functional units.
About us
Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars-Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.
About the Team
Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.
Req ID 20176
Working Title Research Associate I - Immunology - Vujkovic-Cvijin Lab
Department Research - Digestive and Liver Diseases
Business Entity Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category Academic / Research
Job Specialty Research Studies/ Clin Trial
Overtime Status NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift Day
Shift Duration 8 hour
Base Pay $25.00 - $30.46
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve Quality Care and Research—For All, By All.
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Research Associate
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires a direct relationship between your degree and the Research Associate position. A biology degree supporting a clinical research role clears the bar; a general business degree rarely does. Review the job description against your transcript before applying.
Target cap-exempt research institutions first
Nonprofits affiliated with universities and government research organizations can file H-1B petitions outside the annual 85,000-cap lottery. Identify whether a prospective employer holds cap-exempt status before you spend months pursuing a role that requires lottery selection.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified H-1B sponsors
Search Research Associate roles on Migrate Mate to surface employers with documented H-1B LCA filing history for this occupation. That filing history confirms the employer has sponsored the role before, cutting your outreach list to realistic targets.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must certify your salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your location and job level. Run your offer through the OFLC Wage Search using the correct SOC code before accepting. A salary below Level I can stall or block LCA certification.
Secure O*NET documentation for specialty occupation proof
USCIS officers scrutinize Research Associate petitions because the title spans multiple disciplines. Pull your occupation's O*NET profile and confirm the listed entry-level education requirement is a bachelor's degree or higher. Include it in your petition package to preempt an RFE.
File premium processing if your OPT end date is near
Standard H-1B adjudication can stretch beyond your OPT expiration. If your EAD expires within four to five months of your petition's filing date, request premium processing to get a decision within 15 business days and avoid a status gap.
H-1B Visa Research Associate: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Research Associate role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer frames the position. USCIS requires the role to normally demand a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as biology, chemistry, psychology, or public health. A Research Associate posting that accepts any degree or substitutes years of experience for education can fail the specialty occupation test. Make sure the job description lists a specific degree field before pursuing sponsorship.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Research Associate positions?
Universities, academic medical centers, government-affiliated research institutes, biotech and pharmaceutical companies, and contract research organizations are the most consistent sponsors for Research Associate roles. Nonprofits affiliated with universities may qualify as cap-exempt, letting them file outside the annual lottery. You can browse employers with active H-1B filing history for this role on Migrate Mate.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Research Associate role at a different employer?
Yes. Under H-1B portability, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file a transfer petition, as long as your current H-1B is valid and your previous employer filed in good faith. The new employer must file a fresh LCA and I-129 covering the specific Research Associate duties and location. You don't need to restart from the lottery.
How does a Research Associate's job level affect the H-1B prevailing wage requirement?
DOL assigns wage levels from I to IV based on experience and supervisory responsibility. Most entry-level Research Associate roles are classified at Level I or II, which carry lower prevailing wage floors. If your employer designates the role at a higher level to justify a competitive salary, the LCA must reflect that level and your actual duties must match it, or USCIS may issue an RFE.
What documentation strengthens an H-1B petition for a Research Associate position?
Include a detailed duties letter that maps each core function to a specific degree field, your official transcripts confirming your major, any published research or co-authorship that reinforces subject-matter expertise, and the O*NET profile for your occupation code showing a bachelor's degree as the standard entry requirement. If your degree is from outside the U.S., attach a credential evaluation from a NACES-member service.