Postdoctoral Associate - Orthopaedic Surgery(#169)
University of Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted On: 2024-11-16
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted On: 2024-11-16
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is recruiting a postdoctoral research scholar for the study of skeletal stem cells with the eventual goal of high-level cell therapy design. Be part of a rich collaborative environment of excellence in an open concept laboratory enabled by the Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center in adjacency with Pitt BioForge. Co-mentorship will be available through the Joint Tissue Biology, Pathology, and Engineering lab (JTBE) and concurrently Dr. Cong from the Division of Sports Medicine.
For more info about this position, visit:https://www.orthonet.pitt.edu/
Qualifications or Expectations:
- • Post-graduate degree (MD or PhD) with capacity to perform conventional cell sorting of primary tissue specimens and murine transplantation and injury models. Immunofluorescence. • Ability to independently perform research activities. • Ability to write and publish, with intent to continue in an academic pathway.
Opportunities Available:
- • Travel funds provided for annual ORS and travel support for podium-level presentations is generally supported. • Operating room and clinical shadowing opportunities permissible on a 1 day per week basis. • Other ancillary opportunities will be supported on a case-by-case basis.
Duties or Responsibilities:
- • Written Postdoctoral Career Development Plan with the guidance of your mentors including plans for publications and grant submissions. • Spend full-time conducting research in collaboration with two core mentors (research and clinical) with focus on research with maintained clinical relevance. • Expected independence towards primary human skeletal stem cell research involving high-level cell sorting and transplantation experiments for stem cell discovery. • Participate in regular research project meetings with mentors and other collaborations. • Participate in regular meetings with other Postdoctoral Associates and Scholars to generate research ideas and write grant proposals. • Publish at least two journal articles per year as first author
For more info about this position, visit:https://www.orthonet.pitt.edu/