Postdoctoral Fellow III, Basic Science & Translational Research

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race color religion age national origin sex gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression genetic information disability veteran status or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ph.D. M.D. or Doctoral equivalent in any field and three (3) years of completed Postdoctoral Fellow research experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The postdoctoral fellow will conduct report and present research in his/her field of study under the supervision of a faculty mentor. This is a training position and is not expected to be a permanent position. This position will support research in reproductive pharmacology pharmacokinetics and computational biology to advance our understanding of drug disposition and therapeutics at the feto-maternal interface and improve outcomes in womens health.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• In vitro and in vivo pharmacology
  
• Pharmacokinetics and drug disposition
  
• Computational biology and PK modeling
  
• Drug transporters and metabolism
  
• Manuscript writing and grant support
  

• Mentoring and collaboration
  

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  

• PBPK/PK modeling experience (GastroPlus PK-Sim Simcyp)
  
• Background in drug transport/metabolism
  
• Experience with extracellular vesicles
  
• Experience with placental or reproductive tissue models
  
• PhD (or MD/PhD) in pharmacology pharmaceutical sciences pharmacokinetics cell/molecular biology or a related field
  
• Strong record of peer-reviewed publication
  
• Hands-on experience in in vitro pharmacology (cell culture qPCR Western blot ELISA)
  
• Experience in in vivo pharmacology (animal studies dosing PK/PD)
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to work independently and within a team
  

SALARY:
Commensurate with experience.

To Apply
Submit a cover letter CV and contact information for three references to