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Posted: 12-Jan-23
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 229066
1) cover letter 2) CV, 3) a reprint of two representative publications. Reference letters will be requested for highly qualified candidates.
The Department of Radiology at Michigan Medicine of the University of Michigan has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow beginning ASAP. The project related to this position is focused on the validation and clinical application of a novel medical image analysis technique, vascular deformation mapping (VDM) for three-dimensional assessment of growth in aortic aneurysm and dissection. This project is supported by an NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in collaboration with a medical image analysis software company (Imbio). Our multi-disciplinary group involves close collaboration between investigators in the Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery. The post-doctoral researcher will be involved in the refinement and validation of key algorithms using clinical data, as well as the application of novel analysis tools to analyze large populations of patients with aortic disease at University of Michigan to better understand how these new tools help us diagnose, manage and prognosticate aortic disease. Given the novelty of this technique, technical developments and clinical analyses are anticipated to yield highly publishable results.
The postdoctoral researcher will be responsible for assisting the PI, collaborators and other research staff with investigating clinical applications of novel image analysis techniques for diagnosing, phenotyping and risk-stratifying patients with diseases of the aorta (primarily aneurysm and dissection). They will assist with database creation and management, supervision of undergraduate/graduate students, and will independently perform data and statistical analysis and will assist the PI with presentation & publication of data in research manuscripts.
- Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or equivalent) OR Ph.D. in the fields of Public Health/Epidemiology, Biomedical Engineering or Medical Physics.
- Experience building and maintaining clinical research database.
- Strong oral and communication skills required, with a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed articles demonstrating a scientific background in clinical research.
- Must be enthusiastic about exploratory research in areas with little or no prior published literature.
- Strong organizational and planning skills and ability to assist with project management.
- Experience with STATA/SPSS/R or other statistical software package and experience with basic statical methods including correlation and regression analysis.
- Experience with statistical/data science techniques including mixed models, clustering/classification analysis, PCA, statistical shape modeling, and active contour/shape modeling.
- Experience handling and analyzing medical image data (CT/MRI)
- Experience with machine learning/deep learning, image segmentation and registration.
- Basic experience with Python and/or MATLAB
One-year postdoc with option to renew.
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