Research Postdoctoral Fellow, INSPIRE Lab

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The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

At Spaulding, we aim to apply research results and new ideas to patient care as quickly as possible. As the principal teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, new ideas and a passion for innovation are part of our makeup. This academic affiliation and combined resources allow us to maintain a vigorous research agenda and operate ongoing clinical trials.

These and other endeavors enhance Spaulding's treatment programs, with clinical research results that often quickly find their way to the bedside.

The post-doctoral fellowship is within the INSPIRE lab at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The fellow will actively study the neuromechanics of whole limb movements in able-bodied persons and persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Our research team examines the enduring effects of novel treatments on the neuromechanics of limb movements after SCI through rigorous experimentation, electrophysiology, and modeling.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in one or more of the following areas: neuroscience, rehabilitation, and/or engineering. Strong quantitative and experimental skills are required. The position is available for up to one year, with an option to renew this training provided adequate progress is made and the project funding is continued. The work will be conducted in a highly interdisciplinary research environment composed of physiologists, clinicians, neuroscientists, and engineers.

In addition to our primary research program, there will be several opportunities to interact and collaborate with faculty in the Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is time-limited. It is intended to be a short-term training position, followed by a move to an independent investigator or research career position. The maximum term of service for a Research Fellow appointment is five (5) years.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

* Conduct research in the field of physical rehabilitation

* Collects, record, analyze and present data

* Maintains research records and databases

* Conduct literature searches

* Assists with recruiting patients for clinical trials

* Obtains patient study data from medical records, physicians, etc.

* Uses software programs to generate graphs and reports

* Prepares reports of completed projects for publication in technical journals, presentations at professional meetings/conferences, and for use in further applied or theoretical research activities.

* Participates in manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals and/or for presentations

* Performs administrative support duties as required

* Draft grants and portions of grants for submission to federal and private agencies with the assistance of the lab director

* Works under general supervision

* Stay current in area of research interest through review of the relevant literature; educate self about the latest methods and evidence related to physiologic, cardiovascular, and biomedical science

* Prepare clinical research protocols and documents for submission to IRB

* Assists with recruiting participants for clinical trials

* Conduct clinical research following all institution, state, and federal regulations.

* Collect research data from participants

* Obtains participant study data from medical records, physicians, etc.

Lab Specific functions and requirements:

* Under the supervision of Randy Trumbower, PT, PhD the candidate should have

* Post-doctoral role is performed per established guidelines.

* Activities are completed…