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Come join us and be a part of a team dedicated to making life better for those who need it most.\nThis place is packed with super-smart people who do their best work together. We work hard every day to advance our understanding of disease and provide world-class care to our patients in hopes of leaving our corner of the world a little better than we found it. While we are committed to improving the lives of thousands of patients, we never lose sight of the realization that they are the reason we get to create change in our field.\nBuilt on generosity, teamwork, and the freedom to try new things, we take great pride in our work. Great ideas come from everywhere in this company and we celebrate each success and failure for the opportunity it gives us to keep reaching. For more than twenty years after our founder, Dr. Patrick Walker, wrote his goals on the back of a napkin, our people, culture, and values have remained strong.\nAbout the Role\nArkana's research program sits at the center of our mission, advancing the understanding of kidney disease through federal grants, industry collaborations, and contract research projects. The Research Coordinator provides the administrative and operational backbone for that work, supporting the Director of Research Administration across regulatory compliance, grant submissions, and reporting.\nThis role touches nearly every part of our research portfolio, from helping investigators navigate IRB approvals to keeping federal grant accounts in good standing to coordinating biospecimen requests from partner institutions. 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