[bioundgrd] Fwd: Research job opening - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

[Janice Chang]

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>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:40:48 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Lucy Lu Wang <luwang at alum.mit.edu>
>Subject: Research job opening - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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>I would like to submit a posting to the Course 7 joblist. It's a 
>great opportunity, especially for people who are looking to take a 
>year off and do some research before medical/graduate school.
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>Thanks!
>Lucy
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>--
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>Research Engineer, Electrical Impedance Myography, Beth Israel 
>Deaconess Neurology Lab
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>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.
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>Desired qualifications:
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>1. Good interpersonal skills and ability/desire to work with patients.
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>2. Good analytical skills and experience in working in standard 
>microsoft office programs, including excel.
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>3. Familiarity and experience with Matlab software is highly desirable.
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>4. A degree in biomedical engineering, computer science, 
>neuroscience or a related field is preferable.
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>5. An interest/willingness to work with animals is also desired, but 
>is not critical.
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>6. An interest in device development and software design would also 
>be helpful.
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>7. Ability to perform basic electrical work, including soldering, 
>would also be useful.
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>Start date: June, 2010
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>To apply, please forward a cover letter and CV to Seward Rutkove at 
>srutkove at bidmc.harvard.edu.