Senior Research Scientist- Internal Medicine Physiologist and Early Project Lead
Elanco
July 02, 2026
Remote friendly (Indianapolis, IN)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Your Role: Senior Scientist (R2) - Internal Medicine Physiologist and Early Project Lead
Responsibilities:
- Lead or contribute to translational research strategies to advance novel therapies in companion and farm animal medicine.
- Identify and prioritize biologically meaningful therapeutic targets using physiological, clinical, mechanistic, and translational evidence.
- Evaluate therapeutic opportunities, biological risks, and potential safety considerations using mechanistic/translational thinking.
- Develop and apply biomarker, diagnostic, and translational research approaches to understand disease progression and therapeutic response.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert in physiology, disease mechanisms, and translational interpretation of animal studies.
- Collaborate across disciplines to advance early-stage therapeutic programs from concept through translational evaluation.
- Partner internally/externally to support study design, interpretation, documentation, and recommendations.
- Ensure high-quality scientific execution, appropriate documentation, animal welfare principles, and relevant compliance (e.g., GLP/GxP where applicable).
Minimum Qualifications:
- DVM with advanced internal medicine training and/or PhD in veterinary physiology, comparative medicine, translational biology, biomedical sciences, or related field.
- Experience studying naturally occurring or experimental disease biology in veterinary/biomedical research.
- Demonstrated ability to design, lead, or interpret hypothesis-driven research collaboratively.
- Ability to integrate complex biological/physiological/clinical/experimental data.
- Experience with biomolecular/translational/mechanistic approaches (e.g., flow cytometry, transcriptomics, proteomics, biomarker or diagnostic development).
- Strong communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- DVM boarded in internal medicine with a PhD.
- Pharmaceutical/biotech experience or strong independent academic/translational productivity.
- Fellowship, post-doctoral, clinical specialty, or comparative medicine research experience.
- Experience with clinical trials, translational studies, animal models, or naturally occurring disease investigations.
- Working knowledge of statistics, biomarker strategy/diagnostic development, and emerging tech (e.g., AI, New Approach Methodologies).
- Proficiency in immunology/physiology/internal medicine/disease mechanism research; cross-disciplinary influence without direct authority.
Travel: up to 25% | Location: Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid).
Responsibilities:
- Lead or contribute to translational research strategies to advance novel therapies in companion and farm animal medicine.
- Identify and prioritize biologically meaningful therapeutic targets using physiological, clinical, mechanistic, and translational evidence.
- Evaluate therapeutic opportunities, biological risks, and potential safety considerations using mechanistic/translational thinking.
- Develop and apply biomarker, diagnostic, and translational research approaches to understand disease progression and therapeutic response.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert in physiology, disease mechanisms, and translational interpretation of animal studies.
- Collaborate across disciplines to advance early-stage therapeutic programs from concept through translational evaluation.
- Partner internally/externally to support study design, interpretation, documentation, and recommendations.
- Ensure high-quality scientific execution, appropriate documentation, animal welfare principles, and relevant compliance (e.g., GLP/GxP where applicable).
Minimum Qualifications:
- DVM with advanced internal medicine training and/or PhD in veterinary physiology, comparative medicine, translational biology, biomedical sciences, or related field.
- Experience studying naturally occurring or experimental disease biology in veterinary/biomedical research.
- Demonstrated ability to design, lead, or interpret hypothesis-driven research collaboratively.
- Ability to integrate complex biological/physiological/clinical/experimental data.
- Experience with biomolecular/translational/mechanistic approaches (e.g., flow cytometry, transcriptomics, proteomics, biomarker or diagnostic development).
- Strong communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- DVM boarded in internal medicine with a PhD.
- Pharmaceutical/biotech experience or strong independent academic/translational productivity.
- Fellowship, post-doctoral, clinical specialty, or comparative medicine research experience.
- Experience with clinical trials, translational studies, animal models, or naturally occurring disease investigations.
- Working knowledge of statistics, biomarker strategy/diagnostic development, and emerging tech (e.g., AI, New Approach Methodologies).
- Proficiency in immunology/physiology/internal medicine/disease mechanism research; cross-disciplinary influence without direct authority.
Travel: up to 25% | Location: Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid).