Position Description:

Postdoctoral Fellow - Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Purpose

The Carroll Lab in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to conduct research examining the structure and function of the living human retina.

This postdoctoral fellow will use a wide range of non-invasive retinal imaging tools, including optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy. The successful candidate will work on NIH-funded projects examining how varying inherited and acquired diseases affect photoreceptor structure and function. This position will also provide opportunities to explore other aspects of retinal structure, including vascular density, foveal topography, and nerve fiber layer thickness.

Characteristics of a postdoctoral appointment:

It is expected that postdocs at MCW, with the assistance of their supervisor, will:

• Transition to career independence through the development of professional skills that enable the postdoc to actively pursue a career of his/her own choosing.
• Establish an individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates equally the postdoc's career and training goals and the mentor's research goals.
• Pursue basic, clinical, or translational projects so long as effort is focused primarily on research.
• Publish results of the postdoc's research and scholarship during their appointment.
• The postdoctoral appointment is temporary by nature, the aggregate amount of time spent as a postdoc is recommended to not exceed five years (not including family medical leave or maternity/paternity leave).
• As postdocs are important members of the host institution's community, appropriate levels of compensation, health care, and other benefits commensurate with their essential status should be afforded, independent of the postdoc's source of funding.

Primary Functions

• Plan, design and execute complex research studies, procedures and protocols.
• Oversee organization, synthesis and analysis of data and findings.
• Prepare scientific reports, outcome findings and scientific manuscripts. 
• Participate in meetings with Principal Investigator and research staff at which you will evaluate/interpret the validity of data, develop methodologies, and design and evaluate lab procedures.
• May oversee the work of laboratory personnel including training and development as well as daily work direction, delegation and establishing priorities.

Organizational Structure

Building: Eye Institute                           

Department: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences 

Division: N/A                                        

Reports to (Title): Principal Investigator 

Direct Reports (Titles): none                 

Collaborates with (Titles): laboratory staff, graduate students, and medical students

Preferred Schedule:

Position Requirements:

Knowledge – Skills – Abilities

Highly self-motivated, passion for translational research and working with patients, excellent communication/writing skills  

Specifications

Minimum Required Education:               Ph.D. or D. Phil

Preferred Education:                             Ph.D. or D. Phil in Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, or a related field

Preferred Experience:                           Experience with adaptive optics retinal imaging required.

Certification:                                         CITI training is required and can be obtained once at MCW

Preferred Schedule:

Position Requirements:

MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.

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