Difference between revisions of "SNRLab:job-opening2010"
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| − | **Post-doctoral Research Fellow | + | **Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, or Junior Faculty aiming Principal Investigator-ship |
**at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org) | **at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org) | ||
**Image Guided Therapy Program, | **Image Guided Therapy Program, | ||
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**Reports updates, plans, documents in the laboratory wiki page. | **Reports updates, plans, documents in the laboratory wiki page. | ||
**Share source codes, mechanical drawings, and documents with laboratory members through wiki page. | **Share source codes, mechanical drawings, and documents with laboratory members through wiki page. | ||
| + | **[For Junior Faculty position] Obtain research grants and get trained for PI- and directorship. | ||
| + | **[For Junior Faculty position] Report and interact with the other investigator at National Center for Image Guided Therapy | ||
*Initial assignment | *Initial assignment | ||
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*Duration | *Duration | ||
| − | **One year | + | **One year, or two year for Junior faculty Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability. |
**Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position. | **Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position. | ||
*Applicants should submit: | *Applicants should submit: | ||
| − | **A letter describing areas of research interest | + | **A cover letter describing areas of research interest |
**A curriculum vitae with bibliography | **A curriculum vitae with bibliography | ||
**Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications | **Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications | ||
**Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references | **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 | **Send the material to Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu | ||
Latest revision as of 18:04, 21 June 2010
Home < SNRLab:job-opening2010Job Posting
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, or Junior Faculty aiming Principal Investigator-ship
- 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.
- 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.
- Attend and actively participate in discussion at laboratory meetings.
- Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of the developed tools and software
- Reports updates, plans, documents in the laboratory wiki page.
- Share source codes, mechanical drawings, and documents with laboratory members through wiki page.
- [For Junior Faculty position] Obtain research grants and get trained for PI- and directorship.
- [For Junior Faculty position] Report and interact with the other investigator at National Center for Image Guided Therapy
- 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
- Compensation, benefit, employment condition:
- Per the hospital post-doctoral policy
- http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/OPRC/Benefits_And_Policies.aspx
- Duration
- One year, or two year for Junior faculty Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability.
- Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.
- Applicants should submit:
- A cover 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
