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By joining our team, you’ll be part of our life-changing Mission and Vision. You’ll work in a truly inclusive environment where diversity and equity are championed through words and actions. You’ll contribute to an innovative culture that is second to none, one that embraces curiosity, discovery and compassion. You’ll play a role in something that’s never been done before as we integrate science and clinical care to help patients achieve better, faster outcomes — as we Advance Human Ability, together.
Job Description Summary
The overarching vision of the Center for Bionic Medicine is to develop, evaluate, and translate transformative technology to advance Human Ability. We seek a post-doctoral fellow to build on the most recent advances in human pose estimation, wearable sensors, and artificial intelligence to improve mobility outcomes in rehabilitation. Clinically applicable markerless motion capture, being pioneered by the Cotton Lab, now enables gait analysis during clinic visits, and a critical next step is to maximize health-related information to guide Precision Rehabilitation decision-making in the era of Big Data.Job Description
The Postdoctoral Fellow will:
Designs, executes, and interprets kinematics during gait and function outcomes collected with both markerless motion capture and wearable sensors, including data collection, processing, and algorithm development.
Related measurements collected during clinical assessments to real-world mobility outcomes measured with wearable sensors, analyzed within a causal framework for precision rehabilitation.
Work with clinical populations with gait impairments including lower-limb prosthesis users and people with a history of a stroke and other neurologic conditions.
Assists with the development of collaborative projects within and outside the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and test ideas for new project development.
Applies for fellowships and grants for external lab funding and career development.
Develops, submits, and publishes the results of research projects in high-quality journals and presents data to public conferences/seminars when needed.
Participates in weekly lab meetings, journal clubs, and seminars.
Builds and maintains a well-organized and accountable journal of own laboratory protocols, experiments, results, and analyses.
Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
Reporting Relationships
Reports directly to the assigned Principal Investigator
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required
Requires the academic knowledge associated with a doctorate degree in Biomedical Engineering (PhD), or equivalent.
Typically, less 4 years of postdoctoral training.
Background in engineering with knowledge or interest in biomedical applications and data science.
Strong computational skills are required, with proficiency in Python.
Experience with biomechanics data, either from marker-based or markerless motion capture, is beneficial although not required.
Experience with deep learning, including using human pose estimation algorithms or training computer vision algorithms are beneficial, although a willingness to learn may be considered.
A moderate level of independence, including the ability to mentor undergraduate and graduate students.
Able to work closely with patients, clinicians, and professional organizations.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills needed to participate as a creative member of a growing research team.
Willingness to network within the organization and to independently strengthen/develop new external collaborations.
Able to timely plan and to coordinate project completions.
Working Conditions
Normal office environment with little or no exposure to dust or extreme temperature.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Equal Employment Opportunity
ShirleyRyan AbilityLab is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Full Time
$79k-105k (estimate)
05/19/2024
06/05/2024
sralab.org
Chicago, IL
500 - 1,000