美国匹兹堡大学2024年招聘博士后职位（矫形外科）

匹兹堡大学（University of Pittsburgh），简称“匹大”（PITT），成立于1787年，美国最早的十所大学之一，被誉为“公立常春藤”，是美国大学协会成员。主校区位于宾夕法尼亚州第二大城市匹兹堡，与卡内基梅隆大学隔街相对，各学院分布在奥克兰区（Oakland），地理位置优越。

截至2020年，学校有教员5240人；有学生28391人，其中大学部19200人，研究生院9191人。

Postdoctoral Associate - Orthopaedic Surgery(#169)

University of Pittsburgh

Job Description

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is recruiting a postdoctoral research scholar for the study of skeletal stem cells with the eventual goal of high-level cell therapy design. Be part of a rich collaborative environment of excellence in an open concept laboratory enabled by the Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center in adjacency with Pitt BioForge. Co-mentorship will be available through the Joint Tissue Biology, Pathology, and Engineering lab (JTBE) and concurrently Dr. Cong from the Division of Sports Medicine.

Qualifications or Expectations:

• Post-graduate degree (MD or PhD) with capacity to perform conventional cell sorting of primary tissue specimens and murine transplantation and injury models. Immunofluorescence. • Ability to independently perform research activities. • Ability to write and publish, with intent to continue in an academic pathway.

Opportunities Available:

• Travel funds provided for annual ORS and travel support for podium-level presentations is generally supported. • Operating room and clinical shadowing opportunities permissible on a 1 day per week basis. • Other ancillary opportunities will be supported on a case-by-case basis.

Duties or Responsibilities:

• Written Postdoctoral Career Development Plan with the guidance of your mentors including plans for publications and grant submissions. • Spend full-time conducting research in collaboration with two core mentors (research and clinical) with focus on research with maintained clinical relevance. • Expected independence towards primary human skeletal stem cell research involving high-level cell sorting and transplantation experiments for stem cell discovery. • Participate in regular research project meetings with mentors and other collaborations. • Participate in regular meetings with other Postdoctoral Associates and Scholars to generate research ideas and write grant proposals. • Publish at least two journal articles per year as first author

For more info about this position, visit:https://www.orthonet.pitt.edu/