Post-Doctoral Fellow Department of Radiation Oncology , Lab of Dr. Vinogradskiy

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This is an exciting opportunity to work on NCI-funded research on the incorporation of functional imaging into the radiation therapy and clinical care paradigm for cancer patients. The focus of the research involves working with patient data acquired on prospective clinical trials and large retrospective datasets. The research will aim to apply image processing, ML methods, DL methods, and clinical outcome modeling techniques to functional imaging to provide early imaging biomarkers to predict and mitigate treatment side-effects. The post-doctoral fellow will have an opportunity to collaborate with Thomas Jefferson faculty, national and international collaborators, and work alongside investigators at the NCI Quantitative Imaging Network.

Candidates must have a PhD in Medical Physics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field. The ideal candidate will be highly interested in an academic or data science career, have strong computational skills, and seek out a highly collaborative environment. Based on the interest of the post-doctoral fellow; opportunities will be provided to obtain clinical experience, treatment planning experience, as well as mentorship on clinical trial design and statistical modeling methods.

The Thomas Jefferson Medical Physics Division consists of 33 physicists, a computational physicist, 7 physics residents, and 6 post-doctoral research fellows. System-wide equipment incorporates a variety of vendors and includes Varian and Elekta Linacs, a ViewRay MRI-Linac, and Elekta's brachytherapy studio. Treatment planning is performed mainly with Eclipse and MOSAIQ is used for record and verify.

Thomas Jefferson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans. Applicants should forward a curriculum vitae and a statement of interest to the physics administrative assistant, Julianne Johnson ( Julianne.Johnson@jefferson.edu ).

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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