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The Radiation Oncology Department at City of Hope National Medical Center (Duarte, CA) under the direction of Dr. Tyler Watkins is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow to join our team. The position will include onsite training in clinical medical physics and exciting research in imaging and radiation therapy. This is a great opportunity to join the medical physics community with the potential to transition into a clinical medical physics residency. This 1-year position includes on-site training working with a great team of medical physics faculty, residents, and radiation oncology physicians.

Career opportunities upon completion of the postdoctoral training include:

• Clinical medical physics

• Medical imaging computer programming

• Radiation therapy computer programming

As a successful candidate you will:

• Support clinical physics faculty in PET/CT imaging for investigating immune response, cancer detection, disease progression, and radiation therapy adaptation.

• Gain Research experience that includes medical image processing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm development, and scientific writing.

• Gain clinical experience including training in radiation oncology software, imaging including multiple PET/CT scanners, and radiation delivery systems including PET-guided radiation therapy.

Your qualifications should include:

• A PhD in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• Programming experience in Python, Matlab, and SQL.

• Mathematical modeling and data analysis.

• Machine/Deep learning (e.g. Pytorch, TensorFlow, JAX).

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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