Intern/Aide - Part-time
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7370210 (Ref:26156-en_US)
Posted: September 10, 2026
Job Description
Summary
The intern/aide will learn about multiple facets of pancreatic cancer - epidemiology, molecular biology, translational research, and clinical trials - while learning, in more general terms, how institutions collaborate towards a common goal.The intern/aide will be managing a database and attending research meetings for a national, multi-institutional consortium of academic institutions dedicated to improving outcomes in pancreatic cancer (the Canopy Cancer Collective). This is part-time, benefits eligible, 20 hours/week position.
Job Duties
- Learns about multidisciplinary management of pancreatic cancer.
- Understands how academic institutions collaborate in translational and clinical research.
- Learns about the processes involved in conducting clinical research, from inception to IRB approval, execution, and data acquisition/interpretation.
- Attends the weekly BCM/DLDCCC multidisciplinary pancreatobiliary tumor board conferences to hear about new patients that will need to be entered into the Canopy registry.
- Enters new pancreatic cancer patients and their clinical information into the Canopy registry.
- Attends research meetings (internal and inter-institutional through the Canopy Cancer Collective).
- Helps devise research projects, writes protocols, interprets data as they emerge.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be enrolled in high school, trade/vocational school or higher education institution.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
