Postdoctoral Fellow, Vaccine Immunology & Global Health

University of Maryland, Baltimore; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to join Dr. Sztein’s Laboratory.

The Sztein Lab focuses on immunity to enteric fevers caused by Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi and on developing multivalent vaccines to address rising antimicrobial resistance. The successful candidate will contribute to understanding CMI and innate immunity, employ systems biology and transcriptional analyses, and help translate findings into

Qualifications

• PhD in Immunology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Study immune responses to enteric fevers in humans and vaccine contexts.
• Investigate T- and B-cell mediated immunity and innate responses after immunization or exposure.
• Apply systems biology approaches to integrate epigenetics and scRNA-seq data.
• Identify immunological correlates of protection and publish findings.

Education

PhD in Immunology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, or a related field

Job description

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to join Dr. Sztein’s Laboratory.

The Sztein Lab focuses on immunity to enteric fevers caused by Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi and on developing multivalent vaccines to address rising antimicrobial resistance. The successful candidate will contribute to understanding CMI and innate immunity, employ systems biology and transcriptional analyses, and help translate findings into