Career profile: research governance assistant
In this career profile, Jess describes her role as a research governance assistant, understanding the ethics behind science research. This is one of a series of career profiles exploring lots of different jobs in genomics.
About me:
Name: Jess Petty
Job title: Research Governance Assistant
What do I do: I work in a team that ensures tissue samples have appropriate ethical approval and informed consent in place for use in research.
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Skills I use in my job:
Creativity
The team encourages challenging the status quo and thinking of better ways to continually improve our processes.
Teamwork
Working alongside colleagues to support bringing samples onsite for exciting research.
Communication
I talk to many different people within my role including colleagues, collaborators and regulatory bodies.
Organisation
I work on many different tasks, at different stages, so it’s important to assign time to different work and keep a to-do list!