Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) and

the Department of Surgery at Hennepin Healthcare

The Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to join our research team.

At the HHRI, we have been actively investigating the causes of and potential treatments for diseases since 1952. We support and oversee the medical research conducted at Hennepin Healthcare System's HCMC, an acute care research and teaching hospital located in downtown Minneapolis. In an academic environment that emphasizes patient care, research, and teaching, HHRI helps offer patients better care now and hope for improved healthcare in the future.

HHRI is the nonprofit 501(c)(3) institute responsible for providing administrative and fiscal oversight for research performed on the HCMC campus. The HHRI is one of the largest medical research institutes in Minnesota and consistently ranks in the top ten percent of all institutions receiving research funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH). HHRI administers over $23 million in federally funded activity with $57 million in total research funds annually.

HCMC is a 484-bed public teaching hospital located in downtown Minneapolis, MN. HCMC employs approximately 6,000 people and is Minnesota's largest safety net hospital. HCMC conducts approximately 600,000 clinic visits annually and is the state's premier Level 1 Trauma Center. The majority of HCMC patients are of minority racial and/or ethnic backgrounds.

The Fellow will be an integral part of the research team. They will be responsible for developing and managing software for running and analyzing data for multiple clinical projects including time series data from intracranial, extracranial, and muscle electrophysiology including complex statistical analyses. They would create and maintain databases in RedCAP, and work towards publications and support grants with quantitative analyses and visualizations. They will work with other scientists, physicians and engineers to transform complex requirements into software, publications, and grants.

This is a 50/50 hybrid role requiring a minimum of 50% onsite presence in downtown Minneapolis, MN.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Under the direction of the Principal Investigators, work closely with HCMC/HHRI investigators to clarify clinical research questions and data elements needed to guide data needs for research projects.
• Participate in the design and implementation of research projects and lead the evaluation of research projects. (10%)
  • Electrophysiology
  • Behavioral experiments
  • neuromodulation
• Develops software running and analyzing neural recording and stimulation experiments (50%)
• Build and maintain datasets and data infrastructure(10%)
• Prepare and present data for conferences. (10%)
• Author, co-author, and otherwise collaborate on reports, conference papers and journal articles. (10%)
• Prepare grant applications. (10%)
• Work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
• Utilize computational modeling of electrophysiology

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Collaborate with researchers on projects related to Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:

Education/Experience:

Applicants with any doctoral level degree will be considered, but an ideal candidate would have a degree in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, health informatics, data science, neuroscience, biomedical engineering or a related field plus 2 years of applicable experience.

The ideal candidate would have a strong research background and have previous experience in one or more of the following areas: clinical trials research, electrophysiology, neuromodulation, data science, biomedical engineering, or statistics.

Skill, Knowledge & Ability (SKA):

Requires interaction with a diverse population. Work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with researchers on projects related to Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury research.

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience conducting analyses for clinical research and interpretation of complex, multi-dimensional data
• A doctoral degree in a relevant field (neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science) with publications in high quality peer-reviewed journals.
• Strong programming and/or data analysis skills. MATLAB or Python is essential. Experience with data management including cleaning raw data files, preparing datasets for analysis, and performing quality assurance
• Has analyzed, curated, and debug codes written by other programmers and scientists
• Experience conducting power and sample size analysis and drafting statistical analysis sections for grant applications
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Experience in research design
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Display high standards of attendance, punctuality, maintains confidentiality, and manages time effectively

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with RedCAP building and reporting
• Prior work in neuroscience, spinal cord injury, or traumatic brain injury research.
• Prior experience with invasive and/or noninvasive neuromodulation
• Signal processing and/or engineering background.
• MATLAB, python, and scripting languages could be useful. Prior experience with data acquisition hardware including behavioral, EEG, and EMG would be helpful.
• Experience with neurophysiology (human or animal), psychophysics and/or brain stimulation is ideal.
• Previous experience with human electrophysiology.
• Experience with neurophysiological data (MEG/EEG, fMRI, single neurons)
• Experience working in a healthcare-related setting
• Experience in qualitative analysis methodologies
• Advanced degree

This position will be compensated based on NIH guidelines for post-doctoral roles.

Questions about this position or requests for more detailed information can be directed to Dr. David Darrow at

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