[bioundgrd] Position available at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

[Janice Chang]

>Subject: RE: Job Posting for Course 7 Seniors
>Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:00:53 -0400
>
>
>The individual in this position will be responsible for assisting in 
>a variety of the research endeavors in the electrical impedance 
>myography laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, under 
>the direction of Seward Rutkove, MD. This work focuses on studying, 
>developing, and refining this technique for the non-invasive 
>evaluation of muscle. The specific duties of this research assistant 
>will include: 1. Assisting with data collection in human subjects 
>using a variety of techniques including ultrasound and electrical 
>impedance myography; 2.Assisting with data analysis. 3. Assisting, 
>as needed, with animal work, including performing measurements on 
>animals. 4. Assisting with device development and programming as 
>part of our engineering work. 5. Assisting with manuscript and grant 
>application preparation. 6. Interacting with the institutional 
>review board. The position will be very varied in its 
>responsibilities and the individual in this position will be exposed 
>to a variety of areas of human neuromuscular disease research, from 
>bench to bedside.
>Desired qualifications:
>1. Good interpersonal skills and ability/desire to work with patients.
>2. Good analytical skills and experience in working in standard 
>microsoft office programs, including excel.
>3. Familiarity and experience with Matlab software is highly desirable.
>4. A degree in biomedical engineering, computer science, 
>neuroscience or a related field is preferable.
>5. An interest/willingness to work with animals is also desired, but 
>is not critical.
>6. An interest in device development and software design would also 
>be helpful.
>7. Ability to perform basic electrical work, including soldering, 
>would also be useful.
>Start date: June, 2009
>To apply, please forward a cover letter and CV to Seward Rutkove at 
><mailto:srutkove at bidmc.harvard.edu>srutkove at bidmc.harvard.edu.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/bioundgrd/attachments/20090415/feb9ad37/attachment.htm