[JOB OPP] [jamesmichaelsonphd@gmail.com: Research Positions at the

Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 07:25:33 -0400
From: Jeff Knerr 
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Subject: [JOB OPP] [jamesmichaelsonphd@gmail.com: Research Positions at the
 Massachusetts General Hospital Involving Data Analysis, Math, & Computer
 Science Applications in Medicine]
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> ----- Forwarded message from James Michaelson PhD  -----
> 
> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 20:37:01 -0400
> From: James Michaelson PhD 
> Subject: Research Positions at the Massachusetts General Hospital Involving
> 	Data Analysis, Math, & Computer Science Applications in Medicine
> 
> Several full time research positions are available at the
> Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard affiliated teaching
> hospital, for graduating seniors interested in spending a year or two
> before continuing their education in medical or graduate school, as
> well as for individuals with somewhat more experience, including
> students with Masters Degrees. Previous holders of this type of
> position have had the opportunity to work on research projects and to
> publish scientific papers on their work, and many individuals have
> published first-authored papers on their work. For students with an
> interest in medicine, exposure to clinical medicine is encouraged. The
> work of our group has concerned: the assembly of data, and the
> development of improved mathematical methods, for predicting the
> outcome for cancer patients; the identification of screening schedules
> for reaching the maximal possible reduction in cancer death achievable
> by cancer screening; the application of modern computer speech and
> telephony for developing scheduling/reminder systems for increasing
> the use of preventative medical interventions such as mammography and
> influenza immunization. The program is a collaborative project between
> individuals at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, and MIT,
> and is located in an MGH facility next to MIT in Cambridge.
> 
> These positions are available in June.
> 
> The first position concerns the analysis of the systems that hospitals
> use to make medical appointments, and the assembly and analysis of
> data on how patients are processed through the system, with the aim of
> improving utilization of preventive service such as cancer screening.
> This position also concerns managing preventive health interventions
> that use these systems.
> 
> The second position concerns the refinement, implementation, and
> testing of a system that sends computer generated telephone reminder
> messages for increasing the use of breast cancer screening. Knowledge
> of, or ability to learn, ASP, ASP.net, AJAX, C#, HTML, MS SQL Server,
> Windows Server 2003 security, and general database and server
> administration is required. Skill with VXML and computer speech would
> also be desirable.
> 
> The third position the the assembly and analysis of data on cancer and
> its outcome, and development of improved mathematical methods for
> predicting cancer outcome. Related work concerns the development and
> implementation of novel mathematical methods for Web-based calculators
> that physicians can use for predicting the risk of cancer recurrence,
> as well as the development of computer simulation models of cancer
> progression.
> 
> Please reply by email with CV or resume to:
> 
> James S. Michaelson Ph.D.
> Department of Pathology
> Harvard Medical School
> &
> Departments of Pathology and Surgery
> Massachusetts General Hospital
> Email: JamesMichaelsonPhD@gmail.com
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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