<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Colleague: <br><br>For Seniors interested in full time positions starting in June. <br><br>The Laboratory of Quantitative Medicine is collaborative project between individuals at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, and MIT, and is located in an MGH facility next to MIT in Cambridge. <br><br>The work of our group has concerned: the assembly of data, and the development of improved mathematical methods, for predicting the outcome for cancer patients; the identification of screening schedules for reaching the maximal possible reduction in cancer death achievable by cancer screening; the application of modern computer speech and telephony for developing scheduling/reminder systems for increasing the use of preventative medical interventions such as mammography and influenza immunization. <br><br>Previous holders of this type of position have had the opportunity to work on research projects and to publish scientific papers on their work, and many individuals have published first-authored papers on their work. For students with an interest in medicine, exposure to clinical medicine is encouraged. <br><br>The first position concerns the assembly and analysis of data on cancer and its outcome. An interest in medicine, and a familiarity with the use of Excel and Access is essential. The candidate need not have a strong background in mathematics or computer science, although this would be desirable. <br><br>The second position concerns the analysis of the systems that hospitals use to make medical appointments, with the aim of improving utilization of preventive service such as cancer screening. <br><br>The third position concerns the refinement, implementation, and testing of a system that sends computer generated telephone reminder messages for increasing the use of breast cancer screening. Knowledge of, or ability to learn, ASP, <a href="http://ASP.net/">ASP.net</a>, AJAX, C#, HTML, MS SQL Server, Windows Server 2003 security, and general database and server administration is required. Skill with VXML and computer speech would also be desirable. <br><br>The fourth position concerns the development of improved mathematical methods for predicting cancer outcome. Related work concerns the development and implementation of novel mathematical methods for Web-based calculators thatphysicians can use for predicting the risk of cancer recurrence, as well as the development of computer simulation models of cancer progression. <br><br>The fifth position concerns the creation of telephone reminder scripts, which our systems will launch to recruit patients to schedule appointments for cancer screening. This position would be suitable for a person with interests in advertising, copywriting, English, marketing, social marketing, persuasion psychology, health communication and public health. <br><br>Please reply by email with CV or resume to: <br><br>James S. Michaelson Ph.D. <br>Department of Pathology <br>Harvard Medical School <br>& <br>Departments of Pathology and Surgery <br>Massachusetts General Hospital <br><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:JamesMichaelsonPhD@gmail.com">JamesMichaelsonPhD@gmail.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:JamesMichaelsonPhD@gmail.com"><mailto:JamesMichaelsonPhD@gmail.com></a> </body></html>