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Job Summary 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 scholars 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.

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Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 21 Match on retirement savings

Responsibilities

• Benchmark, validate, and adapt radiation dosimetry algorithms developed at Michigan and by industry collaborators.
• Develop code for data analysis.
• Perform patient-specific dosimetry calculations and analysis for research projects.
• Contribute to clinical dosimetry protocols.
• Contribute to novel research projects that are sponsored by NIH and industry, including dose escalation trials, pharmacokinetic model development, therapies with alpha emitters, and combination therapy with internal and external beam radiotherapy.
• Present research findings at conferences and prepare manuscripts for publication.
• Contribute to experimental measurements in the nuclear medicine clinic for research purposes.
• Contribute to developing improved SPECT/CT and PET/CT image segmentation and reconstruction methods, including AI-based methods.
• Additional responsibilities include lab management, contribution to patient recruitment, and regulatory process, and opportunities to develop 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.

Desired Qualifications

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

Modes of Work Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time and for any reason throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Additional Information

• One-year postdoc with option to renew.
• Background Screening Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Application Deadline Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO Statement The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.