Postdoctoral Fellow I, Internal Medicine Hematology/Oncology

UTMB Health • Galveston, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Postdoctoral positions are available for highly motivated researchers interested in cardio-oncology, cardiotoxicity related to cancer therapy, cardiovascular inflammation, and heart failure biology. The position will support NIH-funded research focused on defining the molecular, cellular, and immune mechanisms through which cancer therapies contribute to cardiac injury, adverse remodeling, and impaired cardiac function. Successful candidates will participate in studies investigating how anticancer therapies affect cardiomyocyte stress and injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammatory signaling, immune-cell activation, and cardiac remodeling. Research will use translational mouse models of cancer therapy–associated cardiotoxicity together with cardiac functional phenotyping, molecular and cellular assays, flow cytometry, histology, and genomic approaches. Depending on the candidate’s background and interests, projects may incorporate bulk RNA sequencing, single-cell RNA sequencing, immune profiling, and computational analysis to identify cellular and molecular pathways that drive susceptibility to cardiotoxicity and heart failure.

Requirements

• Ph.D., M.D. or Doctoral equivalent in any field
• One (1) year of completed Postdoctoral Fellow research experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in cardiovascular biology
• Experience in cardio-oncology
• Experience in heart failure
• Experience in cancer biology
• Experience in immunology
• Experience in inflammation
• Experience in mouse models
• Experience in echocardiography
• Experience in flow cytometry
• Experience in single-cell approaches
• Experience in molecular biology
• Experience in mitochondrial biology
• Experience in histology
• Experience in computational analysis

Responsibilities

• Conduct, report and present research in his/her field of study under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
• Plan and perform experiments independently.
• Prepare lab reports.
• Writes protocol.
• Interacts with graduate students.
• Capable of presenting data at meeting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree