PhD position in PET/CT of adrenal tumours - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Surgical Sciences (IKV) is a part of the Medical Faculty at Uppsala University. The department has approximately 130 employees, more than 170 registred PhD students and a turnover of approximately 152 millions. The department is responsible for undergraduate courses, part of the medical, nursing, logopedic and biomedical program. Furthermore, IKV is responsible for several programs in the nursing profession as well as separate courses and supplementary courses. IKV has a strong connection to the clinical work at the Akademiska sjukhuset. We are now looking for a PhD student for our project in PET/CT of adrenal tumours.

Duties/project description
The project includes analyses och quantification of PET/CT examinations with 11C-hydroxy-ephedrin of patients with suspected or diagnosed pheochromocytoma, and paraganglioma to assess the capacity of diagnosing and excluding pheochromocytoma, and paraganglioma, to diagnose recurrent disease, metastatic pattern in relation to the genetical profile. Another part of the project comprises development of more sensitive and specific methods to diagnose and stage neuroblastoma in children by adding PET/CT with 11C-hydroxy-ephedrin and 68Ga-DOTATOC to 123I-MIBG-SPECT/CT.

Qualifications:
Examination from medical school and experience from radiological and nuclear medicine, especially PET/CT.

Application
The application should include a description of research interests and past experience, a CV, copy of degrees and official transcripts, a copy of the Master thesis, relevant publications, and other relevant documents. Candidates are encouraged to provide letter(s) of recommendation and contact information to reference persons, as well as a date for earliest possible hire.

Rules governing Ph.D. candidates are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala university's rules and guidelines http://regler.uu.se/search/?hits=30&languageId=1&search-language_en=English.

Uppsala University strives to be an inclusive workplace that promotes equal opportunities and attracts qualified candidates who can contribute to the University’s excellence and diversity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all backgrounds.

Salary: According to local agreement for PhD students and teaching assistants.

Type of position: Full time position

For further information concerning the position please contact Professor Anders Sundin, anders.sundin@radiol.uu.se. For administrative matters please contact Human resource administrator Higran Saghir, higran.saghir@surgsci.uu.se or Karin Johansson karin.johansson@surgsci.uu.se.

Please submit your application no later than the 31:st of May, UFV-PA 2019/1808.

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