Postdoctoral Fellow - Anesthesiology and PeriOperative Medicine-Research
Houston, TXFull-time$64–76K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Gan laboratory seeks a postdoctoral fellow to learn, coordinate, and conduct clinical research in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. The fellow will coordinate clinical trials and studies, collaborate with clinical sites and research teams, and gain experience in research methods from study design through data analysis. The role also develops understanding of research ethics and regulatory requirements and contributes to research protocol development and refinement.
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Full job description
The Gan laboratory is seeking candidates interested in learning, coordinating and conducting clinical research within the department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. This position will be responsible for coordinating clinical trials and studies while ensuring that all research activities comply with applicable regulatory standards, study protocols, and institutional guidelines. The postdoctoral fellow will collaborate closely with clinical sites participating in multicenter studies, principal investigators, and research team members to maintain the integrity, accuracy, and quality of clinical research data. Through this role, the fellow will gain experience in clinical research methodologies, including study design, participant recruitment, data collection, management, and analysis.
In addition, the fellow will develop an understanding of the ethical principles and regulatory requirements that govern clinical research, including informed consent, patient confidentiality, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission and approval processes. The position will also contribute to the development, implementation, and refinement of research protocols to ensure compliance with scientific standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices in clinical research.
All duties and responsibilities are carried out in compliance with institutional policies, ethical research standards, and applicable federal and state regulations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1- Learn about clinical trial design in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine
2- Learn about basic and advanced statistical methods including adaptive trials
3- Learn about the application of augmented reality in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
PhD or MD
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION INFORMATION
N/A
POSITION INFORMATION
MD Anderson offers full-time postdoc positions with a salary ranging from $64,000 to $76,000. depending on the number of years of postgraduate experience. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition
Offsite work arrangements are subject to approval and may be modified or revoked at any time based on business needs, performance considerations, or regulatory requirements.
This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
How this job compares
Set against the 1,457 open Clinical Research jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$64–76K/yr
- Texas median$78–133K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$132–198K/yr732 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $70K, is 36% below the Texas median midpoint ($110K) — in the middle half of Clinical Research salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 85 open Clinical Research jobs in Texas and 1,457 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Houston Methodist22 open
- MD Anderson Cancer Center (this employer)7 open
- IQVIA6 open
- Experience
- Clinical Research postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,094 postings).
- Education
- 577 of the 1,457 open Clinical Research jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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