Research associate (MSc/PhD) for translational PET/SPECT quantification and research data management in nuclear medicine

Belgique
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Offer Description

– You are responsible for independent, timely and quality data processing of contract and academic research studies, with primarily CNS PET (> 50%) and oncological PET/SPECT;

– You are involved in methodological aspects of grant proposals and service contracts, also to enable recurrent funding for your position on the long term;

– You oversee and collaborate on the implementation of novel research data processing pipelines and structured data management of clinical and preclinical research data;

– You work under direct supervision of the departmental head;

– You work in close collaboration and can be supported by our medical physics ZAP on image quantification, PI physicians and the department’s innovation manager;

– Please note that the position is not intended to pursue a fully independent research trajectory or PhD for yourself, but is supportive of research in the whole group.

Requirements

Research Field
Physics
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Excellent
Languages
DUTCH
Level
Basic

Additional Information

Benefits

– The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of medical doctors, physicists, engineers and technologists at the Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging department at UZ and KU Leuven, both for preclinical and clinical imaging;

– We offer an exciting working environment aimed at inclusive and supportive human collaboration and professionality with aim of translation to highly innovative patient care in a university hospital setting;

– Multiple contacts with industrial pharmaceutical and imaging company partners;

– A full-time mandate of 2 years funded by commercial and service contracts, but extendable depending on further funding;

– Relocation facilities can be foreseen through KU Leuven.

Eligibility criteria

– You have a master or PhD in (medical) physics, engineering, bio-engineering or equivalent, with experience in (nuclear medicine) image processing;

– Knowledge of kinetic modelling, SPM, Freesurfer, Matlab/Python, statistical image analysis tools and clinical/preclinical software packages is a plus;

– Experience in working in a contract research setting is a plus;

– You have strong scientific skills and a desire to be actively involved in preclinical and clinical projects, programming skills are a plus;

– You are dynamic, have good communication skills and eager to work supportively in a team;

– You have an eye for detail and quality in presentation of results, next to being stress resistant and having good problem-solving skills;

– You have excellent knowledge of English, both oral and writing. A working knowledge of Dutch/Flemish is a strong plus;

– You are willing to work in a flexible schedule.

Selection process

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Koen Van Laere, tel.: +3216343715, mail: koen.vanlaere@kuleuven.be or Mr. Peter Vermaelen, tel.: +32 16 33 09 06, mail: peter.vermaelen@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than 30/11/2023 via the online application tool

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تصنيف الوظيفةEnseignement et recherche scientifique

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