Location: Orange, CA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Overview: Founded in 1965, **UC Irvine** is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu. The UCLA-UCI Alpha Stem Cell Clinic provides the necessary infrastructure, and medical and operational expertise to effectively and efficiently drive novel stem cell therapies to clinical trials and ultimately change clinical practice. To accomplish our mission, we are working to achieve the following five goals: 1. Creating a center of excellence for cell-based therapeutics that addresses the unique challenges of testing and delivering novel cell therapies by integrating and building upon the extensive experience and many strengths of UCLA, UCI, and our partners; 2. Building interactive and highly trained teams and electronic data sharing systems to accelerate and translate discovery to improve human health; 3. Transforming the delivery of cell therapeutics through our proven Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing; 4. Advancing, expanding, and integrating educational opportunities to inform patients, families, communities, and clinicians of the full range of scientifically sound and medically appropriate, regulated stem cell-based clinical trials while providing objective information about potentially dangerous and unproven procedures; 5. Serving as a regional, national and international resource for evidence-based best practices in stem cell treatments. Responsibil