Jobs at University of Southern California

Coordinate and manage clinical research protocols: screen and enroll patients, obtain informed consent, ensure protocol compliance, calculate drug dosing, document toxicities and SAEs, enter data into databases, handle specimen processing/shipping, support audits, train staff, liaise with physicians/pharmacists/labs, and provide patient education and triage.

Develop software in C++ and Qt to control custom hardware for experimental imaging systems. Build graphical user interfaces that accept input, communicate with hardware drivers, receive returned data, and display 2D and 3D images. Perform testing, systems integration, documentation, and user acceptance activities while collaborating with auditory research lab personnel.

Supports workforce development and education project operations, including research coordination, budgeting, purchasing, funding proposals, financial reporting, quality assurance, training, public relations, communications, events, and stakeholder engagement. The role coordinates administrative and research activities, interfaces with funders, maintains project procedures, and helps ensure deliverables and objectives are achieved.

Provides administrative, organizational, and project management support for cancer prevention, patient navigation, care coordination, and community outreach programs. Coordinates referral processes, serves as a public and community-events contact, plans workshops, creates outreach materials, tracks program metrics, maintains electronic databases, and manages supplies. The role requires collaboration with clinical teams and community organizations, strong communication, and meticulous coordination skills.

Plans and conducts stem cell and synthetic biology experiments under principal investigator direction. Performs cell culture, molecular biology, protein analysis, microscopy, data analysis, and laboratory documentation. Maintains and troubleshoots equipment, manages supplies, follows safety protocols, improves experimental methods, and trains students and laboratory personnel. Coordinates with collaborators and supports daily laboratory operations.

Produces, records, edits, mixes, and scripts audio content for broadcast and digital platforms. Manages production workflows, schedules, resources, contributors, budgets, content clearances, and deadlines across multiple projects. Collaborates with programming, marketing, engineering, editorial, membership, and community engagement teams on audio, social, digital, and fundraising initiatives. Troubleshoots recording challenges and maintains technical, editorial, and brand standards.

Coordinates recruitment and retention for the NIH-funded All of Us Research Program. Presents the study to eligible participants, supports informed consent and survey completion, collects vital signs and biospecimens, maintains clinic partnerships, contacts participants for retention, and documents activities in REDCap. The role requires travel to off-site locations, strong communication and organization, research or administrative experience, familiarity with medical terminology and research regulations, and proficiency with office and clinical research systems.

Leads major-gift fundraising for USC Dornsife by managing approximately 75 high-capacity prospects and donors, primarily in Hong Kong and Southern California. Responsibilities include prospect identification, relationship cultivation, gift solicitation and negotiation, stewardship, proposal development, portfolio strategy, and collaboration with academic and advancement leaders. The role requires independent judgment, cultural fluency, executive presence, and regular domestic and international travel to secure philanthropic support for the College's priorities.

Supports university interventional public health studies focused on HEPA filtration and cardiometabolic health. Responsibilities include participant recruitment, scheduling and conducting English or Spanish interviews, home visits, installing air-quality equipment, transporting biospecimens, managing REDCap data and sample manifests, assisting with statistical analysis, and preparing IRB documents and progress reports. Requires strong communication, organization, independent judgment, and flexibility for occasional evenings and weekends.

Leads a complex portfolio of research, healthcare implementation, education, quality improvement, and strategic initiatives. Manages project plans, grants, budgets, reporting, stakeholder coordination, partnerships, communications, and program operations from planning through completion. Facilitates multidisciplinary teams, tracks milestones and deliverables, supports grant submissions and financial administration, develops workflows and quality-improvement systems, and coordinates educational and outreach programs. The role requires proactive ownership, strong organization, financial management, communication, and project leadership skills.

Conducts technical research on innate immunology, pathogen-host interactions, liver diseases, inflammation, and immunity under a principal investigator’s guidance. Responsibilities include developing research questions, designing and performing in vitro and mouse experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, leading publications and conference presentations, maintaining laboratory protocols and materials, supporting quality control, and following safety and animal-use procedures.

Coordinates daily clinical research activities in Cardiology under the supervision of the principal investigator and research leadership. Responsibilities include preparing IRB and regulatory submissions, organizing study files, screening and consenting participants, coordinating tests and registrations, collecting data, completing case report forms, maintaining supplies and records, communicating with sponsors and participants, supporting compliance reporting and ClinicalTrials.gov registration, assisting with study closeout, and coordinating participant payments.

Supports street medicine workforce development projects, including research and evaluation initiatives, study protocol design, data collection, event planning, technical assistance, relationship management, status reporting, literature review, and preparation of reports or research publications. The role coordinates project deliverables under the direction of department leadership and requires strong organization, communication, and office software skills. This is a full-time hybrid position based in Los Angeles with at least three days on campus and expected travel.

The Vice President of Federal Relations leads USC’s federal government affairs strategy, advocacy, and Washington, D.C. relationships. The role advises senior university leadership on legislative, regulatory, appropriations, funding, and political matters; represents USC with Congress, federal agencies, and national associations; coordinates advocacy across academic and research stakeholders; and connects university leaders with policymakers. The VP manages a three-person team, budget, consultants, and vendors, registers as a federal lobbyist, ensures lobbying compliance, and travels to Los Angeles four to six times annually.

Coordinates clinical trials and observational research in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Responsibilities include participant recruitment and scheduling, clinical assessments, data collection and analysis, regulatory documentation, informed consent, study monitoring, audit readiness, sponsor visits, reporting, and research team guidance. The role requires maintaining protocol compliance and high-quality documentation while supporting operational and regulatory improvements.

Provides comprehensive administrative support to a medical school hematology division, including calendar and travel management, meeting and event coordination, communications, document preparation, recruitment and onboarding support, records maintenance, purchasing, invoice processing, and deadline tracking. The role supports faculty, leadership, educational, research, and clinical initiatives while handling confidential information and improving administrative processes in a hybrid academic healthcare environment.

Leads corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, and principal gift fundraising for USC Marshall. Manages a portfolio of 50 major prospects and donors, develops donor-centered cultivation and solicitation strategies, conducts donor visits, leverages academic leaders, and oversees fundraising directors. The role is accountable for annual fundraising goals of up to $10 million, including securing gifts of $500,000 or more, with emphasis on gifts exceeding $1 million.

Manages clinical trial data by extracting information from medical records into eCRFs and CRFs, maintaining regulatory knowledge, resolving discrepancies, supporting sponsor monitoring, tracking patient survival, coordinating protocol training, assisting with audits, and maintaining accurate study documentation and invoicing spreadsheets. The role also supports specimen handling, outside document collection, data confidentiality, and compliance with research protocols and FDA, NCI, and sponsor requirements.

Leads learning and organizational development across Auxiliary Services. Determines training needs, designs and facilitates instructional programs, manages compliance training and certification tracking, leads new hire orientation, administers customer feedback and training solutions, and oversees mobile app notifications and digital monitor content. Creates career development programs and leads learning specialists while consulting with operational leaders and presenting to employees at all levels.

Provide technical support for Dr. Mariani's bone repair research: run standardized experiments, collect and analyze data, maintain mouse colonies and perform small animal surgery, manage lab supplies/chemical inventory, maintain records, assist with protocol approvals and safety trainings.