2018/07/05 – PhD student – Functional Renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Geneva

France Life Imaging; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 100’000 - 125’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Un hôpital universitaire à Genève recherche un doctorant en imagerie par résonance magnétique fonctionnelle des reins dans le cadre d'un projet de recherche. Le candidat sera responsable de l'acquisition et de l'analyse des examens RM, tout en développant des séquences RM et en optimisant les protocoles d'acquisition. Le début du programme de doctorat est prévu pour septembre 2018.

Qualifikationen

• Expérience en traitement du signal/image est un avantage.
• Bon niveau d'anglais écrit et parlé requis.

Aufgaben

• Acquisition et analyse des examens RM rénaux.
• Développement de séquences d'impulsions RM et d'algorithmes de reconstruction.
• Collaboration étroite avec les radiologues et néphrologues.

Kenntnisse

Compétences en programmation avec Matlab

C et C++

R

Compétences en communication

Traitement du signal/image

Anglais écrit et parlé

Ausbildung

Master ou équivalent en physique MR, imagerie biomédicale/ingénierie ou domaine connexe

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Type de structure : The Faculties of Medicine and Science of the Geneva University Hospital are seeking to fill a full-time (100%) vacancy in the Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics in the context of the EU COST action CA16103 and the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF-COST project 177140 for a PhD student in the field of functional renal magnetic resonance imaging in chronic kidney diseases.

About the EU COST action CA16103 “PARENCHIMA” and the SNSFCOST project 177140: The overall aim of EU COST action PARENCHIMA is to eliminate the main barriers to the broader study, commercial exploitation and clinical use of renal MRI biomarkers. PARENCHIMA will coordinate the research of leading European groups in this area to:

• improve the reproducibility and standardisation of renal MRI biomarkers;
• increase their availability by developing an open-access toolbox with software and data;
• demonstrate biological validity and clinical utility in a prospective multicentre clinical study.

To support this networking COST action, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has funded a multicentric study on renal MRI in chronic kidney disease patients. This study includes the funding for the present PhD student position.

About the functional cardiac and renal imaging group: We are a clinical research group in the radiology department of Geneva University Hospital (https://www.unige.ch/medecine/radio/en/researchgroups/541vallee/) with a strong focus on cardiac and renal imaging. Our group is composed of radiologists and MR specialists with a strong collaborative network inside the CIBM (www.cibm.ch/3T_MR_HUG).

Contexte et mission

You will be responsible for the acquisition and analysis of renal MRI exams in chronic kidney patients scheduled before their renal biopsy in the 2 centers (Geneva and Lausanne) in collaboration with Dr Menno Pruijm and Pr H. Thoeny. You will develop MR pulse sequences and reconstruction algorithms as well as work on the optimisation of a multiparametric renal MR acquisition protocol. Using the expertise available in the EU COST network, advanced analysis tools in this patient cohort will also be developed. You will work closely with radiologists and nephrologists to interpret the data. You will be located in Geneva but you will travel once a week to Lausanne and Fribourg according to the patient recruitment.

Four year PhD program, full time position, starting in September 2018.

Lieu

Geneva and Lausanne

Diplômes requis

Master or equivalent, preferably in MR Physics, Biomedical Imaging/Engineering or related field

Compétences requises

• Programming abilities with Matlab, C and C++, as well as R
• Good communication skills
• Experience in signal/image processing is an advantage
• Good level of written and spoken English

Contact

For questions about the profile and the description of duties, please contact Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Vallée – Tel: [phone] – Email: [e-mail] or Dr. Lindsey Crowe – Tel: [phone] - Email: [e-mail]; Applications should be sent by email including a CV, motivation statement, master final marks, list of publications if any and at least 2 reference letters to: Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Vallée – Email: [e-mail] ; The call will be closed on July 15th 2018 and an answer will be given to candidates at the end of July 2018.