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=Job Posting=
 
=Job Posting=
  
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow
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**Post-doctoral Research Fellow
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SNR Laboratory, Image Guided Therapy Program,
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**at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
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Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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**Image Guided Therapy Program,
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**Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  
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*Reporting to
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**Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology
  
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*Name of employing hospital and department:
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*Objective
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**Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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**Develop and clinically validate innovative Medical Robots for Image-Guided Therapy
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**Learn to publish results in premier journals and to acquire research funding
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*Report to*
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**Aim at independent principal investigator-ship in academic and industry research setting
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**Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology
 
  
 
*Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:  
 
*Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:  
 
**Candidate must have recent PhD degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering.
 
**Candidate must have recent PhD degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering.
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**Excellent technical, analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently are necessary.
 
**Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
 
**Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
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**Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are plus.
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**Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are highly desirable.
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**Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) are part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.
  
 
*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
 
*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
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*Compensation, benefit, employment condition:
 
*Compensation, benefit, employment condition:
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Per the hospital post-doctoral policy.
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**Per the hospital post-doctoral policy
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**http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/OPRC/Benefits_And_Policies.aspx
  
 
*Duration
 
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One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
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**One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
  
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*Contact:
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*Applicants should submit:
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. Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu
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**A letter describing areas of research interest
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**A curriculum vitae with bibliography
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**Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications
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**Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references
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**Send the material to Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu

Revision as of 02:27, 2 May 2010

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Job Posting

    • Post-doctoral Research Fellow
    • at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
    • Image Guided Therapy Program,
    • Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  • Reporting to
    • Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology
  • Objective
    • Develop and clinically validate innovative Medical Robots for Image-Guided Therapy
    • Learn to publish results in premier journals and to acquire research funding
    • Aim at independent principal investigator-ship in academic and industry research setting
  • Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:
    • Candidate must have recent PhD degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering.
    • Excellent technical, analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently are necessary.
    • Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
    • Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are highly desirable.
    • Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) are part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.
  • Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
    • Design, test, and build surgical robots
    • Develop control software for surgical robots
    • Assess and validate surgical robots in pre-clinical AND clinical setting.
    • Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of the developed tools and software
  • Initial assignment
    • Robot for CT and/or MRI-guided per-cutaneous therapy
    • Visual servoing in MRI-guided robots
    • Hybrid optical/electro-magnetic tracking sensor for neurosurgery
  • Duration
    • One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
  • Applicants should submit:
    • A letter describing areas of research interest
    • A curriculum vitae with bibliography
    • Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications
    • Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references
    • Send the material to Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu
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