BME

The University of Rochester invites applications for a senior faculty member to serve as the Director of the Center for Medical Technology Innovation (CMTI). This new Center will focus on translational research and the development of collaborative projects between physicians, students, faculty and business. Applicants must have a record of research and/or industry activity in medical technology development that will warrant appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The Director of the Center will be expected to foster collaborations that produce innovative and commercially viable engineering solutions to clinical problems, and to develop and manage dynamic educational programs in medical technology design and translation.

The University of Rochester provides an exceptionally rich environment for clinical collaboration and translational science. The Biomedical Engineering department is a short walk from the University of Rochester Medical Center, one of the original sites for the NIH's Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The University is also home to the Center for Entrepeurship, which offers educational programs in technical entrepreneurship with participating faculty from both the Hajim School of Engineering and the Simon Graduate School of Business. The establishment of the CMTI has enjoyed enthusiastic support from both the Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and is viewed as a major strategic direction for the Department of Biomedical Engineering. In addition to this search for the CMTI directorship, the University is seeking biomedical engineering faculty with research interests in translational medicine that will strengthen the CMTI.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths and experiences in this area. The University of Rochester is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Candidates should submit the following application materials to http://www.rochester.edu/fort/bmecmti/:

• A CV
• A statement of experience in medical technology design and translation
• A short description of a sustainable business model for a university-based center in medical design and translation
• The names of at least four references

For further information, contact Dr. James McGrath, Chair, Director of CMTI Search Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.

The University of Rochester invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Candidates for appointment at any rank will be considered. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree and should have significant BME research accomplishments. Applicants with an ability to contribute to the Center for Medical Technology Innovation and a new Master's Program in Medical Technology Innovation within the Department of Biomedical Engineering are strongly encouraged to apply.

Preference will be given to applicants whose research interests lie in the areas of Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioinstrumentation, Cell and Tissue Engineering, or Biomedical Imaging. Numerous opportunities for collaborations exist with departmental strengths in tissue engineering, imaging, ultrasound, materials science, orthopaedics, neuroengineering, cardiovascular science, and biomedical optics. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain an independent, extramurally funded research program and to participate in departmental teaching programs.

The new Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics encompasses state-of-the-art space and facilities for education and research, and houses the Integrated Nanosystems Center. Goergen Hall, located in the engineering school, is a short walk from the University of Rochester Medical Center and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Thus, we offer an exceptionally rich environment for translational research, and both clinical and basic science collaboration. The Department of Biomedical Engineering is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum.

Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and identify their strengths and experiences in this area. Review of candidates will begin on December 1, 2011 and continue until the position is filled.

Candidates should submit the following application materials to http://www.rochester.edu/fort/bmefac/:

• A CV
• Links to recent reprints
• A statement of research and teaching interest plans
• The names of at least three references

For further information, contact Dr. Diane Dalecki, Chair BME Faculty Search Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.

Multiple opportunities exist for scientists with backgrounds in second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging, tumor biology, multiphoton laser-scanning microscopy, and/or biomedical imaging.

The focus of the research will be to study the tumor extracellular matrix using SHG imaging. We will initially focus on several improvements to a technique we have recently developed (Han et al., Optics Express (2010) 18(8): pp.10538-10550) for measurement of the ratio of forwards-propagating SHG to backwards-propagating SHG. We will also apply this technique to the study of tumor samples.

Specific Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. or M.D., an interest in cancer, SHG, and/or biomedical imaging, as well as a demonstrated level of productivity. Optics, immunohistochemistry, laboratory pathology, and/or animal surgery experience are also desirable. Positions are available for highly qualified Postdoctoral Fellows funded by a 5-year DoD Breast Cancer Research Program Era of Hope Scholar Research Award, as well as a 5-year NIH Director's New Innovator Award.

Interested applicants should send an application package (in a single PDF file) via email with the subject line 'Postdoctoral Applicant') to Dr. Brown. The application package should contain:

• CV including a letter describing their interests
• A list of publications and references

Research projects include, but are not limited to:

• Variation in the throughput from single cortico-motoneuronal cells to electromyographic activity
• Dimensionality reduction in the cortico-muscular system controlling the hand
• Substitution of biomimetic multichannel intracortical microstimulation to repair deficits resulting from focal nervous system injury
• Closed loop control of dexterous manipulation with a prosthetic hand

Specific Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Systems Neuroscience or a related discipline (e.g. Motor Control, Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, or Biomedical Engineering).
• Previous research experience in the following is desirable:
  • chronic electrophysiological recordings from behaving animals
  • multi-electrode recording
  • video motion analysis
  • electromyography
  • MatLab programming
  • upper level training in mathematics, engineering or computer science

Interested candidates should send resume to: Dr. Schieber

We are accepting applications for post-doctoral fellow positions in the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Laboratories / The Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Interested candidates, please e-mail your CV and a cover letter detailing your scientific background and skills to Dr. Awad.