"RESEARCH FELLOW"

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 at the University of Michigan is seeking one full-time postdoctoral scholar, for an in-person, 1-year position, with the possibility of extending into a 2nd year contingent scholar's progress. The scholar will be mentored by Dr. Yuni Dewaraja and will primarily be involved in research related to NIH and industry funded projects in nuclear medicine imaging and dosimetry. This includes clinical trials in radiopharmaceutical therapy for prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumor and combination therapy of internal radiation and external beam radiotherapy for liver cancer. The scholar will have the opportunity to work on projects with novel radiopharmaceuticals including alpha emitters. The scholar will have the opportunity to collaborate with researchers/clinicians in Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Electrical Engineering.

The candidate will: 

1. Benchmark/validate/adapt radiation dosimetry algorithms developed at Michigan and by industry collaborators. Develop code for data analysis.
2. Perform patient specific dosimetry calculations and analysis for research projects. Contribute to clinical dosimetry protocols.
3. Contribute to novel research projects that are sponsored by NIH and industry. This includes dose escalation trials, pharmacokinetic model development, therapies with alpha emitters, and combination therapy with internal and external beam radiotherapy.
4. Present research findings at conferences and prepare manuscripts for publication
5. Contribute to experimental measurements in the nuclear medicine clinic for research purposes
6. Contribute to developing improved SPECT/CT and PET/CT image segmentation and reconstruction methods including AI-based methods.
7. Additional responsibilities include lab-management, contribution to patient recruitment and regulatory process, and opportunities to developing their own lines of inquiry (i.e., NIH K Award, etc.).

Required Qualifications

• PhD in medical physics, nuclear engineering or other engineering or physics disciplines. Applicants with medical degrees with relevant experience will also be considered.
• Experience working with medical images.
• Very good computer programming skills and physics background is essential.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nuclear medicine imaging/dosimetry experience.
• Experience in image reconstruction.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence in medical imaging
• Experience with Monte Carlo simulation in medical imaging

One-year postdoc with option to renew.