Research Associate I - Radiotherapy Physics and Imaging
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7270293 (Ref:10026806)
Posted: November 8, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $25.13 - $29.15 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.
The Radiation Oncology Department at City of Hope has an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Research Associate with a lot of exposure to clinical practice of radiotherapy physics. The Radiation Oncology Department at COH is the largest Radiation Oncology enterprise in the southern California with more than 25 Linear Accelerators (Linacs) including special designed machines such as MR-guided Linac and PET-guided linac, Varian Ethos with adaptive radiotherapy capabilities. Different imaging simulators are also available within the department including CT, PET/CT and MRI. Research is highly active here.
Under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator, or designee, the Research Associate I performs a variety of routine and increasingly complex research experiments.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Develop novel magnetic resonance imaging technique.
- Develop new medical image post-processing techniques using conventional and deep learning-based approaches.
- Coordinate research imaging studies to promote applications of MRI in the application of radiotherapy.
- Troubleshoot procedures if experiment results are unexpected or unsatisfactory. Recommend alternative procedures.
- Independently evaluate research data and initiate alternative approaches to improve the quality of results by providing input to overall research design.
- Contribute to the preparation of manuscripts by describing methods and specialized techniques, presenting collected results.
Your qualifications should include:
- Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences.
- 0-2 years of research/laboratory experience.
Preferred qualifications:
- Two years related research experience in the medical imaging or related computer science field with knowledge about magnetic resonance imaging and image processing.
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $25.13 - $29.15 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
