Position: PhD studentship funded by EU Host-Driven Marie Curie Action RTN (Marie Curie job opportunity for Early Stage Researcher, 0-4 years of experience).
Place of work: Copenhagen, Denmark
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 years
Start date: 01/09/2007, at the latest
Deadline for application: 01/04/2007
Job title: Clinical applications of hyperpolarized 3He MRI             
Profile: The candidate should have a background in physics/medical engineering, preferably with experience in MR sequence development and/or image processing. 
Job description and environment: An appointment as an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) is available at Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR) as part of a European funded Marie-Curie Research Training Network entitled PHELINET (Polarized Helium Imaging Network). The PHELINET network is focused on the topic 'Innovative, non-invasive lung MRI techniques for clinical diagnosis and lung therapy' and DRCMR is involved in the research line aiming at applying hyperpolarized 3He for human studies. Patients with different lung diseases (COPD, cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia) will be studied with the aim of evaluating the potential of hyperpolarized 3He MRI for diagnosis and treatment monitoring. The successful candidate will be involved in implementation of new imaging methods at the 1.5 T scanner used for 3He MRI as well as developing new methods for image post-processing. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with a medical PhD student. The PhD student will be encouraged to participate in collaborations with other PHELINET research teams and will be invited to attend training schools organized within the network.
Funding: The project is funded as part of the EU- 6th Framework Program - Research and Training Network "PHELINET" (Polarised Helium Lung Imaging Network, 2007-2011, information posted on http://www.phil.ens.fr). As a consequence, specific rules with trans-national mobility conditions apply for recruitment.
Gross amount of employment contract: 39440 euros/year. Recruited researchers in Marie Curie RTNs also receive travel, mobility, and relocation allowances. 
Restrictive conditions: For detailed information about the rules of mobility and conditions of nationality applicable to eligible researchers, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/. In particular: 1/The candidate should preferably (but not exclusively) be a national of EU Member or Associated States, excluding Denmark; 2/ At the date of appointment, she/he should not have resided or worked in Denmark for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. PHELINET recruitment is based on an equal opportunity policy. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Contact: For more information please contact Lise Vejby Sgaard, Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark. Email : lisevs@drcmr.dk

 
