Postdoctoral Fellow
- Employer
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Location
- Houston, Texas
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Apr 2, 2023
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- Discipline
- Health Sciences
- Organization Type
- Healthcare/Hospital
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Job Details
Lung cancer is the leading cancer death for both men and women. PET/CT imaging, which provides whole-body functional and anatomic information in one imaging session of 20-25 min, is the standard imaging tool for managing lung cancer patients for surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these treatments. In collaboration with an industry partner, we are embarking on new research and development to improve PET/CT imaging of lung tumors.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learn the state-of-the-art clinical and research PET/CT technologies; participate in developing a clinical solution to improve PET/CT imaging of lung cancer; evaluate clinical impacts of the proposed clinical solution; submit research papers to scientific journals and give presentations at conferences.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
PhD in engineering or physics with a background or interest in medical imaging and is proficient in scientific programming of Python.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learn the state-of-the-art clinical and research PET/CT technologies; participate in developing a clinical solution to improve PET/CT imaging of lung cancer; evaluate clinical impacts of the proposed clinical solution; submit research papers to scientific journals and give presentations at conferences.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
PhD in engineering or physics with a background or interest in medical imaging and is proficient in scientific programming of Python.
Company
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. It was named the nation's No. 1 hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2023 rankings. It is one of the nation's original three comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.
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