Published: 06 July 2024
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Postdoctoral Researcher for Data Science in Spinal Cord Injury
80%-100%, Zurich, fixed-term
The Biomedical Data Science (BMDS) Lab investigates data-driven solutions for healthcare applications with a focus on neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury (SCI), lower back pain, neuro-degenerative disorders and neurological tumors. At the core of our research is the collaboration across disciplines spanning expertise in medicine, biology, computer and data science. We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join this growing team and contribute to interdisciplinary research partnerships.
Project background
Traumatic SCI has strong and life-long implications on affected patients and their families. A major problem of contemporary drug development for traumatic SCI is the high failure rate in clinical trials despite promising preclinical evidence. A possible contribution for this may be the assumption that SCI can be targeted without accounting for substantial variability in individual biological, clinical, health, and injury-related characteristics. A uniform physiological recovery capacity and consistent benefits from the experimental drug are assumed, contradicting the conventional understanding of natural recovery prognosis. We hypothesize that conventional outcome and SCI severity assessment metrics mask the true treatment-induced recovery improvements implying that better alternative solutions for this question are needed. The aim of this postdoctoral position is to investigate alternative quantification metrics for SCI from a data-driven perspective.
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The postdoctoral researcher will
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We offer a 2-year project-based contract at the BMDS lab working in the SCI team that includes:
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Curious? So are we.
We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:
Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.
Further information about the BMDS lab can be found on our website.
Questions regarding the position should be directed to Sarah Brüningk, by email E-Mail schreiben (no applications).
About ETH Zürich
Curious? So are we.
We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:
Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.
Further information about the BMDS lab can be found on our website.
Questions regarding the position should be directed to Sarah Brüningk, by email E-Mail schreiben (no applications).