What are the responsibilities and job description for the Post-Doctoral Research Fellow position at CHEManager International?
- This position is eligible to receive a Sign-on Bonus.**
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If you meet the criteria and would like to be a part of our collaborative, innovative, and patient-focused team, please apply with a cover letter and copy of your resume, or CV, to the current opportunity listed below.
Position Summary
The Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) will design and conduct research within a specific field while receiving advanced training from a designated Principal Investigator to enhance professional skills and research independence needed for pursuing a professional career in Medical Physics. The ideal candidate will work with the Principle Investigator to develop new ideas, design and evaluate experiments, process and analyze data as well as prepare scientific manuscripts for publications. The initial appointment is for one year and renewal is expected upon the PDRF's performance.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Participate in the current proton FLASH therapy projects, support the cell and small animal Flash experiments, grants and coming clinical trials
- Participate in, but not limited to the existing clinical projects in adaptive proton planning, online treatment evaluation, motion mitigation, and new clinical protocol implementations
- Support Radiobiology-guided therapy program and develop criteria to guide the new clinical workflow
- Comply with all New York Proton Center policies related to Privacy Rules established under the Health Information Privacy and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- Other clinical and research supports as needed
- Ph.D. degree in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science or related fields
- Strong programming skills with MATLAB and Python; scripting skills in Eclipse preferred
- Experiences with Eclipse API scripting (C#), medical images analysis, and processing
- Knowledge of Monte Carlo simulation for proton therapy
- Must possess strong technical problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
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