Research Scientist - Muscle Metabolism - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION:

Research Scientist Muscle Metabolism

Working at Abbott

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands including Similac, PediaSure, Pedialyte, Ensure, and Glucerna to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division. In Research & Development, our ambition is providing innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience, and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life.

The Research Scientist will provide scientific expertise to drive innovations for key nutritional brands and development of scientific research projects at Abbott Nutrition towards development of new products or improving existing products.

What Youll Work On

Primary Functions:

• Developing an innovation pipeline for key Abbott nutritional product to target muscle loss and metabolic dysfunction resulting from chronic disease (e.g. cancer, diabetes, etc.), aging (sarcopenia), hospitalization, and malnutrition. This will include:
  • Proposing scientific concepts to help develop brand innovation, based on new and evolving mechanisms of action and research gaps, in the areas of mobility and metabolism across the lifespan.
  • Independently conducting literature searches to identify novel ingredients and appropriate preclinical models to screen for ingredient efficacy.
  • Designing and implementing preclinical studies (animal and cell culture) to evaluate nutritional ingredients to fill the innovation pipeline for the brands.
  • Translating preclinical findings by designing and conducting early-stage human clinical studies.
  • Developing intellectual property for Abbott by filing patent applications and understand the patent landscape.

• Endure Abbott science through scientific publications (original articles, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, reviews etc.) in peer-reviewed journals, and communicate research findings to scientific and non-scientific audiences.
• Identify best-in-class external institutional partners to collaborate with on research projects that will help building the science to support innovations and products.
• Cross-functionally collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g. nutrition science, product development, regulatory affairs and commercial) to understand and leverage their expertise towards progressing the innovation pipeline toward commercialization.
• Understand the competitive landscape and identify ways to differentiate Abbott products on market.

Required Qualifications

• PhD with broad expertise in muscle metabolism and/ or disease-related metabolic dysfunction; background in nutrition is desirable but not required.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience including at least 2 years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex science concepts to a non-science audience.
• Expertise in Microsoft office apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), GraphPad PRISM, or other programs for data analysis, Endnotes or Reference manager. Experience using artificial intelligence tools a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with desire and ability to work within a highly collaborative environment; closely collaborate with global teams and internal stake holder. Network and work collaboratively with the external scientific community and key opinion leaders in the field.
• Proven ability to work independently: proactive self-starter with strong project leadership, research, and publication/scientific writing skills.
• Requires knowledge and experience in more than one of the following areas: molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, human physiology and cell biology.
• Minimum of 5 years basic or applied research, clinical, industry, and/or academic experience that blends science and business preferred.

MISC

• Travel: 10% (Domestic and International)
• This position is located on-site here in Columbus, OH this is not a remote position
• Relocation Assistance is offered.

Apply Now

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The base pay for this position is

$97,300.00 $194,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Research and Discovery DIVISION: ANRD Nutrition Research & Development LOCATION: United States > Columbus : RP04 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 10 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: EEO is the Law link - Espanol: