Recruitment/Posting Title Postdoctoral Associate Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Neurosurgery-Meb Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for the department of Neurosurgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University.

This position will assist staff and Principal Investigator neuroimaging research projects; contributes to meeting regulatory compliance (IRB and possible IACUC) and to the compilation of regulatory protocols; designs, tests and evaluates methods and protocols for processing and analyzing neuroimage data including structural CT/MRI, resting state fMRI, DTI and task-based fMRI. Summarizes and organizes collected data, and publishes results of investigations in professional journals; is capable of working with a high level of independence. The Postdoctoral Associate offers advice and brings expertise to the research team; is responsible for the scientific operations of the laboratory; and submits grant applications to obtain independent research.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Performs various research, statistical analyses, and related operations relative to ongoing investigatory activities of a laboratory. Analyzes and interprets experimental data and publishes results. Contributes work for independent peer-reviewed external funding; and contributes to grant applications for the Assistant Director of Research. Trains and mentors residents, junior research assistants, graduate students, and student workers in the laboratory. Actively collaborates with colleagues to develop research ideas; shares theoretical and technical expertise with colleagues; collaborates with colleagues to strategize and assess effectiveness of studies; collates and analyzes complex data. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement. FLSA Exempt Grade Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary Annual Mid Range Salary Annual Maximum Salary Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description Post Docs - Regular Salaried Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP