Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research - Legs & Walking

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute and implement scientific research and/or development in collaboration with a research team.
• Investigate the feasibility of applying scientific principles and theories to potential inventions and products.
• Maintain substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories.
• Affiliate with development of collaborative projects within and outside the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and test ideas for new projects development.
• Apply for fellowships and grants for external lab funding and career development.
• Participate in weekly lab meetings, journal clubs and seminars.
• Build and maintain a well-organized and accountable journal of own laboratory protocols, experiments, results and analyses.
• Develop, submit and publish results of research projects in scientific journals and present data at public conferences/seminars when needed.

Qualifications

• Requires the academic knowledge associated with a doctorate degree.
• Typically, less than 4 years of postdoctoral training.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• General knowledge or interest in rehabilitation and specific knowledge in biomedical or clinical principles.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills needed to participate as a creative member of a growing research team.
• Ability to exchange ideas and to work closely with clinicians, patients and professional organizations.
• Willingness to network within the Institute and to independently strengthen/develop new external collaborations.
• Ability to timely plan and to coordinate project completions.