POST-DOCTORAL POSITION
Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Cutting edge projects focusing on the innate immune mechanisms leading to adaptive immunity. These projects include novel pathways that regulate macrophages, and T cells, macrophage biology linked to autoimmune disease, determining the unique and shared role of the principle macrophage developmental molecules in immune mediated inflammation, and the power of the programmed death pathway in regulating tissue injury. Furthermore, studies focus on tissue regenerative pathways mediated by resident cells and macrophages, and inflammation that fails to resolve. Unique transgenic strains and knockout mice with reporter genes have been constructed on autoimmune susceptible strains for these projects. These projects dissect the basic mechanisms of autoimmune disease (kidney, skin, heart) and have human translational components.

Experience:
Immunology, and/or Molecular biology and Cell Biology
Knowledge of histopathology desirable
Mouse systems
Computer literacy is necessary

Desired:
Responsible, hard-working individual who is able to multi-task and to work independently

MD, or PhD required, position for two years or longer within the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Please send three references.

Interested candidates contact: Dr. Vicki Rubin Kelley, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115; FAX 617-525-5830; e-mail: vkelley@rics.bwh.harvard.edu