Postdoctoral Fellow
- Employer
- University of Maryland Baltimore
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
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- Faculty Jobs
- Health & Medical, Medicine
- Position Type
- Postdoc
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Applications are invited for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow position in Sajadi laboratory at the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine to join an active research group funded by the NIH, VA, and BMGF focused on translational research on the humoral immune responses to viral infections such as HIV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and CCHFV. Successful candidates will work in a highly collaborative multi-project environment with the goal of understanding the immune response to and developing immunotherapeutics for the prevention and treatment of these and other viral infections. Please refer to our recent publications (Cell 2018; JAMA 2021; Nature Communications 2022) for further information. The current position requires a driven, motivated and enthusiastic individual.
Qualifications
We are seeking highly motivated and collaborative individuals with PhD or MD/PhD capable of independent reasoning and excited about learning new technologies. The candidates should have excellent writing and communication skills and familiar with techniques such as multi-color flow cytometry, single cell PCR, tissue culture, humanized mouse models, and ELISA. Applicants should have prior experience in at least two of the following fields: Immunology, Genomics, and Animal Models (preferably all three). Please include a cover letter summarizing your past experience, research interests and career goals, PDF of up to three representative publications, and CV including the names and contact information of three references to the attention of Dr. Mohammad Sajadi (msajadi@ihv.umaryland.edu).The University of Maryland School of Medicine offers a competitive salary and benefits. Appointments are made commensurate with education and experience. The University of Maryland, Baltimore is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Job: Postdoctoral Fellows
Organization: School of Medicine - Centers/Programs/ORCs
Job Posting: Jan 12, 2023
Organization
Welcome to the Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland, founded in 1807 along a ridge in what was then called Baltimore Town. Today, this 61-acre research and technology complex encompasses 65 buildings in West Baltimore near the Inner Harbor. 
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.
Campus Data
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Equal Opportunity
The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, marital status or veteran's status to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote employees and applicants for employment in all job levels with regard to their qualifications and without consideration to the aforementioned categories. Exceptions to this policy will be made only as allowed by law for example, due to bona fide occupational qualifications or lack of reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
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