Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (In Vivo Microscopy)
Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA
A Postdoctoral research fellowship in the area of In Vivo Microscopy is available in the Tearney Lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the Wellman Center for Photomedicine. This appointment will be made at the rank of postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School. MGH’s role as a leading teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and close ties to Harvard University and MIT provide an outstanding environment for developing and translating new in vivo microscopy technologies with applications in basic and clinical research.
The fellowship will focus on the development and clinical application of advanced in vivo microscopy imaging devices, including endoscopic OCT, multimodality OCT (fluorescence, absorption spectroscopy, Raman), high-resolution OCT, spectroscopic OCT, FFOCM, confocal microscopy, SECM, capsule endomicroscopy, oblique-backscattering microscopy (OBM), and related technologies. The specific aim of the fellowship can be tailored to meet individual goals, which will provide an opportunity to build clinical, research, and publication experience.
Clinical applications of these technologies include diagnosis of cancer, inflammatory, and malabsorption conditions in the gastrointestinal tract, quantifying cilia function and mucus clearance in the pulmonary airways and identifying high-risk atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries.
Representative recent publications from our group include:
Requirements:
A PhD (or equivalent) in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related field is required. Demonstrated excellence in one of the various forms of optical coherence tomography, confocal microscopy, or other in vivo microscopy techniques is required. Additionally, expertise in one or more of the following areas is desired: optical imaging systems, optical design, circuit design, optical system fabrication, fiber optic systems and components, broadband light source development, spectroscopy, image processing, programming in C++, clinical studies with novel devices. Creativity is highly desirable.
Contact:
Interested candidates are encouraged send a CV accompanied by a cover letter describing any previous research training, specific areas of interest and contact information for three letters of reference. Address correspondence to Dr. Gary Tearney, note the position you are applying for in the subject line, and send by email to Lisa Palmer at: ECPALMER@MGH.HARVARD.EDU and Kiki Zafeiroudi at: KZAFEIROUDI@mgh.harvard.edu, MGH is an equal opportunity employer.
Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA
A Postdoctoral research fellowship in the area of In Vivo Microscopy is available in the Tearney Lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the Wellman Center for Photomedicine. This appointment will be made at the rank of postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School. MGH’s role as a leading teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and close ties to Harvard University and MIT provide an outstanding environment for developing and translating new in vivo microscopy technologies with applications in basic and clinical research.
The fellowship will focus on the development and clinical application of advanced in vivo microscopy imaging devices, including endoscopic OCT, multimodality OCT (fluorescence, absorption spectroscopy, Raman), high-resolution OCT, spectroscopic OCT, FFOCM, confocal microscopy, SECM, capsule endomicroscopy, oblique-backscattering microscopy (OBM), and related technologies. The specific aim of the fellowship can be tailored to meet individual goals, which will provide an opportunity to build clinical, research, and publication experience.
Clinical applications of these technologies include diagnosis of cancer, inflammatory, and malabsorption conditions in the gastrointestinal tract, quantifying cilia function and mucus clearance in the pulmonary airways and identifying high-risk atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries.
Representative recent publications from our group include:
- Liu L, et al. Imaging the subcellular structure of human coronary atherosclerosis using micro-optical coherence tomography. Nature Medicine 17(8), 1010-4 (2011).
- Gora MJ, et al. Tethered capsule endomicroscopy enables less invasive imaging of gastrointestinal tract microstructure. Nature Medicine19(2), 238-40 (2013).
- Ughi GJ, et al. Clinical Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerosis with Dual-Modality OCT and Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Imaging. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 9(11), 1304-14 (2016).
- Yin B, et al. Extended depth of focus for coherence-based cellular imaging. Optica 4, 959-965 (2017).
- Gora MJ, et al. Tethered capsule endomicroscopy for microscopic imaging of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum without sedation in humans (with video). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 88(5), 830-840 (2018).
Requirements:
A PhD (or equivalent) in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related field is required. Demonstrated excellence in one of the various forms of optical coherence tomography, confocal microscopy, or other in vivo microscopy techniques is required. Additionally, expertise in one or more of the following areas is desired: optical imaging systems, optical design, circuit design, optical system fabrication, fiber optic systems and components, broadband light source development, spectroscopy, image processing, programming in C++, clinical studies with novel devices. Creativity is highly desirable.
Contact:
Interested candidates are encouraged send a CV accompanied by a cover letter describing any previous research training, specific areas of interest and contact information for three letters of reference. Address correspondence to Dr. Gary Tearney, note the position you are applying for in the subject line, and send by email to Lisa Palmer at: ECPALMER@MGH.HARVARD.EDU and Kiki Zafeiroudi at: KZAFEIROUDI@mgh.harvard.edu, MGH is an equal opportunity employer.
