Post-doctoral Fellow Position
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- University of Maryland Baltimore
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- Baltimore, MD
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University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Post-doctoral Fellow Position
The opportunity: A postdoctoral position is available in the Laboratory of Addiction Genomics at the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Maryland School of Medicine for a candidate who would like to extend her/his training knowledge to the field of alcohol and other substance use disorders. The position is available for a highly motivated individual who is enthusiastic about understanding molecular markers of pathological and behavioral changes in substance users. The candidate will participate in on-going collaborative projects including, research on cell-free biomarkers of substance use in humans, as well as to increase expertise in designing, conducting, and analyzing data from biomarker-based translational research projects on substance use.
Eligibility and conditions of employment: Candidates should have a background in genomics, molecular biology or neuroscience. Candidates must have:
· Doctoral degree in genomics, molecular biology, neuroscience or relevant field;
· Excellent writing and communication skills;
· A fair understanding and/or willingness to learn ethical conduct of research involving human subjects
· Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative research environment;
Duration of the fellowship is two-years. A candidate immediately after their PhD or less than 2 years of post-doctoral training is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with experience and demonstrated capabilities in relevant areas, including writing for scholarly publications, and familiarity with good research practices.
Application: Please send letter of introduction and CV to Chamindi Seneviratne, MD, csenevi@som.umaryland.edu, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Qualifications
Eligibility and conditions of employment: Candidates should have a background in genomics, molecular biology or neuroscience. Candidates must have:
· Doctoral degree in genomics, molecular biology, neuroscience or relevant field;
· Excellent writing and communication skills;
· A fair understanding and/or willingness to learn ethical conduct of research involving human subjects
· Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative research environment;
Duration of the fellowship is two-years. A candidate immediately after their PhD or less than 2 years of post-doctoral training is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with experience and demonstrated capabilities in relevant areas, including writing for scholarly publications, and familiarity with good research practices.
Application: Please send letter of introduction and CV to Chamindi Seneviratne, MD, csenevi@som.umaryland.edu, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
UMB is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy.
Job: Postdoctoral Fellows
Organization: School of Medicine - Clinical Departments
Job Posting: Oct 8, 2019
Organization
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The University is Maryland's only public academic health, human services, and law center. Seven professional and graduate schools train the majority of the state's physicians, nurses, dentists, lawyers, social workers, and pharmacists.
Under the leadership of President Jay A. Perman, MD, the University is a leading partner in the redevelopment of the west side of Baltimore. The University of Maryland BioPark, which opened in October 2005, promotes collaborative research opportunities and bioscience innovation.
Sponsored research totaled $567.1 million in Fiscal Year 2010. With 6,349 students and 6,717 faculty members and staff, the University is an economic engine that returns more than $15 in economic activity for every $1 of state general funds appropriation. The University community gives more than 2 million hours a year in service to the public.
Mission
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the State¹s public health, law and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service. As a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, and using state-of-the-art technological support, we educate leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, global health, social work and the law. We emphasize interdisciplinary education and research in an atmosphere that explicitly values civility, diversity, collaboration, teamwork and accountability. By conducting internationally recognized research to cure disease and to improve the health, social functioning and just treatment of the people we serve, we foster economic development in the City, State, and nation. We are committed to ensuring that the knowledge we generate provides maximum benefit to society and directly enhances our various communities.
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