Position Title: T32 Postdoctoral Trainee – Translational Orthopaedic Research Training Program (Topic: Bone metastasis and/or bone infection)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)
Schedule: Full-time, 24-36 months. This position will start before July 2023.
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral trainee who is highly committed to developing a successful research career with a focus area of research on bone metastasis and/or bone infection. This T32 mentored postdoctoral training program is offered at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The postdoctoral trainee will be mentored by the Co-Directors and faculty members at the Center for Engineered Therapeutics, which is located at the interface of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Medicine, within the rich ecosystem of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST). The Center for Engineered Therapeutics provides an interdisciplinary research environment where biomedical engineers, biologists, chemists, pharmacists, material scientists, and clinicians work together to solve biological challenges with holistic and creative approaches. We develop novel biotechnologies for clinical translation based on the understanding of biological mechanisms. We love addressing exciting and hard problems that will have a high impact on patients’ lives. Please check our publications (examples of our recent research articles include https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-021-01000-4 and https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-022-00950-x.)
The center will provide training in experiment design, result analysis, scientific writing, and other guidance for the career development. We are fully equipped for material synthesis and characterization, bioengineering, immunochemistry, synthetic chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, in vitro assays and in vivo studies. In addition to professional research training in the center, the researchers will be exposed to high-level seminars and conferences held at Harvard and MIT.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Postdoctoral trainee candidate will have completed highly relevant doctoral training in biomedical sciences, chemistry, pharmacy, or material science and engineering related area and awarded a Ph.D., M.D., M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent prior to starting the program. Candidates who already have post-doctoral training experience are also eligible.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience: All applicants must be either US citizens, non-citizen nationals or permanent residents, by the time they will begin this program. The candidates should have less than one year of T32 or F support in the past.
Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae to Dr. Shiladitya Sengupta (ssengupta2@bwh.harvard.edu) and Dr. Hae Lin Jang (hjang@bwh.harvard.edu) by Feb, 2023.
Additional information: Preferred candidates will have strong publication record.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers generous benefits, including some of the best healthcare plans available, long term disability insurance and life insurance, tax sheltered annuities, employees assistance programs, subsidy on MBTA card, etc. (https://www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/careers/benefits-overview) Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military service, or other protected status.
We are seeking talented postdoctoral researchers to do exciting and creative research, especially in the field of biomaterials, tissue engineering, cancer biology, and immunology. We expect postdoctoral researchers to do high impact research, which can contribute to the science community and help patients. A career at the Center for Engineered Therapeutics will offer you the opportunity to learn how to define important questions, solve problems, manage teams, and translating biological understandings into the clinic. The center will provide training in experiment design, result analysis, scientific writing, and other guidance for the career development. We are fully equipped for material synthesis and characterization, bioengineering, immunochemistry, synthetic chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, in vitro assays and in vivo studies. In addition to professional research training in the center, the researchers will be exposed to high-level seminars and conferences held at Harvard and MIT. For applying, please email your cover letter, curriculum vitae including the name of three referees, and brief write up on past research, addressed to Drs.Shiladitya Sengupta (shiladit@mit.edu) & Hae Lin Jang (haelin@mit.edu), Co-Directors of CET (cet.bwh@gmail.com).
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military service, or other protected status.