Research Associate- Preclinical

Role & responsibilities

Job Description: Junior Research Associate

Preclinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

Experience: 01 to 04 years

Department: Preclinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

Location: Baddi

Reporting to: Study Director / Team Lead

Job Purpose

Support preclinical pharmacology and toxicology studies through animal experimentation, clinical observations, sample collection, data recording, ethical and regulatory documentation, and preparation of study reports under senior supervision.

Educational Qualification

M.Pharm in Pharmacology, M.Sc. in Pharmacology, Toxicology, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or an equivalent discipline.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in efficacy, safety pharmacology, acute toxicity, repeated-dose toxicity, dose-range-finding, and other preclinical studies.
• Handle, restrain, identify, dose, and monitor laboratory animals, primarily rats and mice.
• Support oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and other dosing procedures after appropriate training.
• Record mortality, morbidity, clinical signs, body weight, food consumption, and treatment-related observations.
• Assist with blood collection, plasma or serum separation, urine collection, necropsy, organ weighing, tissue collection, and sample storage.
• Prepare test-item formulations, dosing solutions, reagents, labels, and sample-accountability records.
• Assist with data tabulation, basic statistical analysis, interpretation of findings, and preparation of tables and graphs.
• Coordinate with animal-house, pathology, bioanalytical, formulation, quality assurance, and regulatory teams.

Documentation Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing study plans, protocols, amendments, schedules, worksheets, and raw-data formats.
• Prepare and maintain IAEC proposals, animal-use justifications, study-specific ethical documents, and approval records.
• Record study data contemporaneously, accurately, legibly, and traceably following ALCOA+ principles.
• Maintain test-item receipt, storage, dispensing, reconciliation, and disposal records.
• Document deviations, unexpected observations, corrective actions, humane-endpoint decisions, and animal-welfare concerns.
• Support preparation of draft study reports, statistical summaries, literature reviews, and regulatory responses.
• Maintain controlled copies of SOPs, forms, training records, equipment records, and study-related correspondence.
• Assist in compilation, indexing, reconciliation, and archival of study plans, raw data, reports, approvals, and supporting records.

Required Skills

• Basic knowledge of pharmacology, toxicology, physiology, and experimental design.
• Good observational, numerical, documentation, and scientific-writing skills.
• Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and basic statistics.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow approved protocols and SOPs.
• Good communication, teamwork, time-management, and problem-solving skills.

Performance Expectations

The selected candidate must complete assigned training, demonstrate competency before independently performing procedures, maintain complete and error-free documentation, follow ethical approvals and SOPs, and immediately report deviations or animal-welfare concerns.

Preferred candidate profile