"Research Area Specialist Intermediate (Underfill to Associate)"

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Department of Radiology is seeking candidates for a Research Area Specialist Intermediate position to work in clinical research related to nuclear medicine imaging and dosimetry. This includes industry and NIH-funded projects with dose escalation trials and combination therapy with internal radiation and external beam radiotherapy. The Research Area Specialist will work with Dr. Yuni Dewaraja’s group in Nuclear Medicine and will also have the opportunity to work with collaborators in Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Engineering.

The candidate will:

• Gather patient data, supervises data collection and verification for clinical research protocols
• Develop code for data processing, analysis
• Contribute to patient recruitment and preparation of regulatory document
• Perform patient specific dosimetry calculations and analysis for clinical research
• Contribute to experimental measurements in the nuclear medicine clinic for research
• Summarize, interpret, and present findings in written, tabular, and visual formats for reports, manuscripts, and presentations. Opportunity to present at conferences and submit manuscripts for publication.

Intermediate: Bachelor's Degree is required in medical physics or related physics or engineering discipline and 4-5 years of experience in a related field. Good computer programming skills and physics background is essential

Associate: Bachelor's Degree is required in medical physics or related physics or engineering discipline and 1-3 years of experience in a related field. Good computer programming skills and physics background is needed.

• Master's degree in medical physics or related physics or engineering discipline.
• Experience working with medical images
• Experience in Monte Carlo simulation
• Experience in AI

40 Hours Per Week

This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

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