Description

Job Description

TheDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University ofMaryland Baltimore, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank ofAssistant/Associate Professor to support and lead the cardiovascularimaging research program within its Magnetic Resonance Research Center(MRRC). Applicants are expected tohave a doctorate degree related to imaging science and a strong track record ofpeer-reviewed publications in methodology developments and clinicalapplications related to cardiovascular imaging research. Applicants are also expected to have trackrecord of external funding preferably from federal funding sources. The successfulapplicant will work closely with the MR Physics group will take the lead inforging multi-disciplinary collaborations in cardiovascular research

Atthe MRRC the faculty member will have access to state of the art imagingequipment including two research dedicated 3.0 Tesla MRI Systems (GE 750w &Siemens Prisma FIT), a Siemens PET/MRI system and several state of the artSiemens clinical MR systems (both 1.5T & 3T). In addition small animal imaging resourcesinclude a 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla (March 2018 installation) with cryoprobe fromBruker, a Siemens Inveon microPET/CT system, MR-guided Focused ultrasoundsystem from Image Guided Therapies, and a Perkin Elmer IVIS Spectrum forBioluminescence and fluorescence studies.

Thesuccessful candidate will also have access to the Center for Metabolic Imaging& Therapeutics, a collaborative venture between the hospital system and theSchool of Medicine to foster multi-disciplinary collaborations and to translatebasic science findings to clinical practice. At this center, in addition to the 3.0 GE 750w system, a GE SpinLabTMdynamic nuclear polarizer is available which is suitable for preclinical andclinical applications. Supporting theHyperpolarization program is also a dedicated small animal 3T MR system. The GEMR scanner is also integrated with two Insightec 1024-element high-intensityfocused ultrasound (HIFU) systems (220 & 670 kHz) for image-guidedinterventions.



Qualifications

Interestedapplicants should send their applications including a research statementoutlining current research activities and interests, a teaching statementsummarizing previous and current teaching and mentoring activities, and acurrent curriculum vitae, via e-mail to bstewart@umm.edu.

The University of Maryland at Baltimoreis an AA/EOE/ADA Employer and encourages applications from women and members ofminority groups.