Post Doc Fellow

About the role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. The Feng lab is looking for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow. Dr. Di Feng is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Her lab integrates the latest techniques across multiple disciplines to understand mechanisms of podocyte- and tubular-mediated kidney disease. These techniques include organ-on-a-chip technology, intravital microscopy, Superresolution imaging, CRISPR gene editing, stem cell engineering, and mass spectrometry, among others. Dr. Feng's work has been published in the field's leading journals, including Cell Metabolism, PNAS, and JASN. The Post-doctoral fellow will be a key member of our team, leading one or more projects that match career goals and interests. Projects span rare familial forms of kidney disease to common forms of kidney disease-such as diabetic nephropathy-as well as renal drivers of systemic disease-such as salt-sensitive hypertension. The fellow will have the opportunity to learn the above skills and more under close mentorship. The position comes with an appointment at Harvard Medical School and access to cutting-edge technology and resources across Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals and institutions.

Responsibilities

• Abides by the institutional policies of BIDMC relating to health and safety, equality of opportunity and data storage and management. (essential)
• As a member of the research team, actively pursues research under the supervision of a principal investigator while developing skills for independent work. (essential)
• Receives training in and performs duties contributing to the investigational work of the team including formulation of research questions and design, conduct of experiments, and evaluation of results. (essential)
• Prepares and publishes scientific manuscripts under direction of PI. (essential)
• Develops expertise in desired lab skills/informatics/ physics/clinical research. Develops proficiency with research tools and equipment. Develops ability to work with more independence as the fellowship progresses (essential)
• Develops new ideas that promote current research; brings new expertise to the research program. (essential)
• Teaching skills and provide supervision of students and their projects when appropriate. (essential)
• Engages in collaborative meetings with other research groups. Attends and leads scientific seminars. (essential)
• Learns to identify, acknowledge and correct deficiencies in one's own performance. (essential)
• Under the direction of PI, pursues/secures independent funding near the end of the fellowship. (essential)

Requirements

Doctoral Degree or M.D.0-1 year of postdoctoral research experience in academic or industrial lab setting, and/or teaching assistantship in a university setting, and/or residency, and/or clinical duties beyond that of the qualifying doctoral degree.

Physical Nature Of The Job: Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.

Skills

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided