JOB OFFER –SUMMER IN ROME

The Department of Radiology at IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, in Rome, Italy, has one open position for Early Stage Researcher (ESR) and one open position for Experienced Researcher (ER) in the EU Initial Training Network (ITN) Software for the Use of Multi-Modality Images in External Radiotherapy (SUMMER).


SUMMER unifies experts from radiotherapy, radiology, human computer interaction, image registration, segmentation and medical visualization from five European countries with the goal to train a multi-disciplinary team of ten young experts for the development of future radiotherapy applications. Summer schools, workshops and research stays at the other participating institutions will ensure a high level of knowledge transfer and collaborative research.

Fondazione Santa Lucia is a Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) in Rome, Italy, which carries out intensive research work in the fields of neuro-motor rehabilitation and, more generally, of neuroscience. The Department of Radiology studies structural and functional brain maturation in humans throughout life, in health and diseases with the aim of overcoming the segmented approach which is typical of conventional specialization training and scientific programs in order to transfer scientific research to the clinical activity. The Department of Radiology at FSL develops and implements MRI brain scan protocols and processing pipelines. Scans are being acquired for this purpose on the 1.5T and 3T scanners. Processing pipelines exist for volume quantification, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, brain iron-imaging, resting-state fMRI, BOLD fMRI, phase imaging.

Fondazione Santa Lucia is responsible for the fMRI part of the project with strong focus on the development of automatic algorithms to contour target volume using fMRI imaging. by the systematic assessment, exploration and visualization of images that will be used as basis for highly reliable visualizations and delineations of the radiation target volumes.

We are looking for two highly motivated young scientists preferably from European Countries interested in medical visualization and in the development of fMRI techniques development, implementation and analysis. Starting Dates for the position ESR is 1. January 2012 or later, position ER 2 starts 1. June 2013 or later. Duration ESR position is 36 month, and for ER position 18 month.
ESR Applicants should have a MSc in physics, biology, biomedical engineering, psychology, or equivalent, and should fulfil the requirements to register to a PhD.
They will be trained in pulse sequence programming and optimization for fMRI acquisition.

ER Applicants should have a PhD in physics, biomedical engineering or medical image computing (or equivalent research experience), plus knowledge of MRI physics and experience in high-level programming; a background in pulse sequence programming is desirable.

Applicants should have
§ Good programming skills in C++ and GPU programming
§  Basic knowledge in medical visualization and human computer interaction
§ Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing (English is working language of the ITN);
§ Tenacity in problem solving and willingness to learn

The applicants must not have a history of employment in Italy for the past three years.

We aim at increasing the percentage of female researchers at Fondazione Santa Lucia and especially encourage qualified women to apply.

Your application should include:
• Curriculum vitae
• Publication list, including talks, master thesis, projects that are online available, etc.
• A short personal statement, why you in fact apply for this position
• Names of references

If you are interested in the position, please contact or directly apply via email to Umberto Sabatini (u.sabatini@hsantalucia.it). Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
 See http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/mariecurieactions/itn_en.html for more information on Initial Training Networks.