Postdoctoral Researcher in Bone Imaging Biomarker Analytics

Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine & Science; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid parental leave

Disability plans

Life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

403(b) retirement plan with 8% company

Job summary

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to support a DoD-funded project on urinary proteomic biomarkers of bone adaptation and injury in military recruits.

The role focuses on developing standardized assessment protocols and leading HR-pQCT and DXA data analysis, with opportunities to contribute to study coordination, data harmonization, and dissemination of findings through manuscripts and presentations.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in a relevant field and strong quantitative research experience.
• Ability to manage and communicate rigorous research; strong writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, piloting, documentation, and implementation of SOPs.
• Coordinate data collection and monitor protocol adherence across sites.
• Develop reproducible imaging-workflows and data provenance.
• Analyze HR-pQCT data with segmentation and quality control.
• Analyze DXA data for body composition metrics; QC procedures.
• Harmonize and preprocess multimodal datasets; maintain data dictionaries.
• Conduct longitudinal analyses with reproducible code and validation.
• Prepare figures, manuscripts, abstracts and progress reports.

Skills

Quantitative data analysis

Biostatistics

Programming (R/Python/MATLAB)

Scientific writing

Team collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree (biomedical engineering or related field)

Tools

R

Python

MATLAB

HR-pQCT

DXA

Job description

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to support a DoD-funded project on urinary proteomic biomarkers of bone adaptation and injury in military recruits.

The role focuses on developing standardized assessment protocols and leading HR-pQCT and DXA data analysis, with opportunities to contribute to study coordination, data harmonization, and dissemination of findings through manuscripts and presentations.