• Coordinate all administrative aspects of Doheny CME programs, including development of timelines, status reports, project budgets, attendance tracking, logistics, speaker coordination, payments, travel logistics and distribution of materials.
• Assist CME Medical Director as liaison to course directors and faculty to ensure consistent and timely course management.
• Prepare agendas, program, evaluation tools and certificates for CME approved activity.
• Plan and administer special events to include annual Doheny Days event, faculty and staff training programs.
• Function as event liaison between Doheny and vendors.  Identify target groups, develop concepts, design and coordinate mailing of promotional materials and invitations and oversee logistical planning.  Maintain records on event activities, progress and status.
• Attend educational events to oversee activities and ensure details are handled as planned.
• Negotiate and contract with vendors for a variety of goods and services related to event planning.
• Monitor delivery of goods and services to ensure contract terms are satisfied.
• Develop and maintain an extensive network of contacts, both internal and external, to facilitate event coordination.
• Collate & analyze data from CME feedback on educational programs.
• Work with CME Medical Director and CME Committee to develop ongoing and future CME programs, and produce annual calendar of activities
• Prepare requests and applications for CME funding, including for exhibitor support and educational grants.
• Track LOAs and reconciliation of commercial support funds.
• Coordinate A/V technical requirements for educational events.
• Manage Zoom, webinar platforms, or livestream services. Support remote speakers and remote learners.

• Coordinate with Doheny Development & Communications to ensure that CME web-presence is up-to-date and supports CME activities and objectives.
• Work with Doheny Development & Communications on email campaigns, web updates, and social media posts, event pages, registration forms, and digital assets.
• Coordinate photography and post-event highlights.

• Collect and appropriately store conflict-of-interest disclosures for all planners and faculty.
• Ensure review of disclosures by CME Medical Director and mitigation documentation is completed before any learning occurs.
• Track and archive mitigation strategies, disclosure slides, and review notes.
• Collect slides in advance for compliance review.
• Ensure all presenters meet disclosure requirements and include disclosure slides.
• Ensure receipt of learning objectives and practice gaps from course directors.
• Ensure all materials meet Standards for Integrity and Independence, including commercial support separation requirements per ACCME standards.
• Maintain 6-year documentation records, including disclosures, mitigation, evaluations, agendas, promotional materials, and LOAs.
• Maintain meticulous activity files for audit readiness.
• Enter all relevant information in PARS (ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System) on a timely basis.

• Monitor departmental budget, advising CME Medical Director of budget variances as needed.
• Develop and control annual CME budget as well as program/event based budgets.

• Upload, maintain, and update course content on the learning platform.
• Manage learner registrations, credit claiming, and evaluation workflows.
• Troubleshoot user issues with access, certificates, and credit tracking.
• Monitor analytics (completion rates, drop-off points, post-tests).

• High School degree required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum four (4) years’ work experience in a directly related field
• Experience working as a CME or medical education program coordinator preferred

To Apply: Please complete the Employment Application and submit to

Opened as of: December 1, 2025

Position Title: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Ophthalmology
Salary range: $134,700 – $411,500 per year

The Doheny Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine invite applications from outstanding vision scientist for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor position, with salary and rank commensurate with credentials and experience. We are seeking applicants that have a research focus on immunology, regenerative medicine, gene editing, or imaging that incorporate advanced techniques in their research program.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic and interdisciplinary community of vision scientists and clinicians whose work incorporates basic and translational approaches to understanding and treating ocular disorders.  Research of current faculty incorporates multiple techniques (imaging, stem cell biology, mechanobiology, electrophysiology, and immunology) to study age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, and glaucoma.

Requirements for the position include a PhD and/or MD degree, or equivalent, publications in leading peer-reviewed journals, and presentations at national or international conferences. Early career investigators applying for the Assistant Professor position should demonstrate the potential for establishing an independent, federally funded research program. Candidates applying for the Associate or Full Professor position are expected to have a proven track record of scholarship, service, and federal grant funding. The successful candidate will maintain a nationally recognized basic and/or translational research program, provide service to the Institute, Department, and University, and mentor trainees in vision science.

A competitive start-up package, excellent laboratory space and core facilities will be provided at the Doheny Eye Institute in Pasadena.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter summarizing qualifications, full curriculum vitae, a detailed research plan (not exceeding 4 pages) outlining current research and future directions, and teaching philosophy to:

Deborah Ferrington, Ph.D.

Chair of the Search Committee, Doheny Eye Institute

To Apply: Please complete submit required documentation at the website:

https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10808

• The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. UCLA has programs to assist in partner employment, childcare, schooling and other family concerns.
•  The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5/Scale 7. The salary range for this position is $134,700 – $411,500. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation. 

Salary Range: $45,000 – $60,000 per year; Full-time; Monday – Friday​

Position Summary: The Research Tech V will work under the supervision of Scientist in the Ferrington Lab at Doheny Eye Institute investigating mechanisms and therapeutic strategies in age-related macular degeneration. This position will collaborate with principal investigator and other laboratory researchers to plan, design, and conduct highly technical and complex research projects. Research in Ferrington lab focuses on mechanisms that link genetic risk factors to mitochondrial dysfunction in RPE cells.

Principal duties:

1. Plan and conduct highly technical and complex research projects: Design and conducts research experiments in accordance with laboratory and safety protocols, laboratory procedures and techniques, including but not limited to:
   • Preparing experimental reagents and buffers
   • cell culture from iPSC or iPSC-RPE and cell-based assays
   • Seahorse assays
   • Flow cytometry
   • Western blotting
   • Immunostaining/Histology
   • ELISA
   • Quantitative PCR
   • Bioinformatics analysis
2. Experiment Design: Collaborate with Scientist and Principal Investigator and other research personnel to plan and design experiment.  Design methods for new research projects. Review progress and discuss with Principal Investigator.
3. Laboratory Procedure and Policy Development: Contribute to the development and implementation of laboratory procedures and policies. Coordinates and organizes laboratory: monitoring consumable stocks, freezer organization and data storage
4. Maintains accurate records of procedures used to conduct experiments.  Provide data summaries for review by supervisor
5. Provides input and updates on progress of research and makes recommendations for modification as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in biological science or related science required.
• Combined education and/or experience may be used as substitute for minimum education.
• 5 – 8 years research/lab experience
• Experience in biological science-related field required
• Lab experience working in cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry required.

To Apply: Please complete the Employment Application and submit to
Opened as of: April 13, 2026

Position Title: Research Fellow
Salary: Self-funded

Full time (Hybrid) Voluntary (must be self-funded).  Support research activities conducted at Doheny Eye Institute.  Provide general assistance to support research activities. Conduct research experiments in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols. Perform assignments that are non-routine and vary in complexity with general direction.  Compiles data and computes results for a variety of research procedures, tests and techniques. M.D. or Ph.D. required with 1 – 3 years research experience in related field or specialty.

To Apply: Please complete the Research Fellowship Application form and submit to .

To Apply: Please complete the Employment Application and submit to

Opened as of: March 19, 2026

Salary Range: $18.04 – $20/hour; Full-time Monday – Friday

Position Summary: Provide housekeeping services to Doheny Eye Institute.

Principal duties:

• Perform day-to-day housekeeping functions as assigned to ensure that the facility is maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner.
• Clean/polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, etc.
• Clean and sanitize restroom fixtures, hardware, partitions, floors, etc.
• Clean windows/mirrors in the restrooms and entrance/exit ways.
• Clean floors, to include sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, and buffing as scheduled.
• Clean walls and ceilings by washing, wiping, dusting, spot cleaning, etc.
• Clean hallways, stairways, and elevators.
• Care for and clean the grounds as scheduled.
• Discard waste/trash into proper containers and reline trash receptacles.
• Assure that work/assignment areas are clean and that equipment, tools, supplies, etc. are properly stored at all times, as well as before leaving such areas for breaks, meal times and end of the work day.
• Relieve, assist, or fill in temporarily on other jobs as assigned by the supervisor.
• Set up tables, chairs, and meeting rooms as directed.
• Assure that assigned work areas are maintained in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
• Report any damage or unsafe conditions to facility property as directed.
• Keep work/assignment areas free of hazardous objects such as protruding map/broom handles, unnecessary equipment, supplies, etc.
• Assure that equipment is cleaned and properly stored at the end of the shift.
• Keep supervisor informed of supply needs.
• Performs special projects or other related work as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School or GED required.
• Six months of experience preferred.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions, to follow instructions, and to accept constructive criticism.
• Be able to Sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Is subject to frequent interruptions and may need to reschedule cleaning activities.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull, and move equipment, supplies, etc.

To Apply: Please complete the Employment Application and submit to