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MCW: SARGEANT HEALTH CENTER Postdoctoral Fellow in MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
JOB REQUIREMENTS: Position Description: POSITION TITLE: Postdoctoral Fellow Purpose: The part-time postdoctoral fellow will be an essential collaborator in American Heart Association (AHA) funded strategically focused research network (SFRN) center with a focus on Disparities in Cardio-Oncology, as well as on the Every Day Counts (EDC) lifestyle intervention study for women with metastatic breast cancer. This person will contribute meaningfully to the conduct of these two studies conducting essential duties that support the sucessful implementation of these studies, while at the same time gaining invaluable training. These duties include performing exercise and vascular function testing with AHA study participants, completing recruitment activities and fitness assessments with EDC study participants, and implementing the EDC lifestyle intervention. The goals of the AHA project is to understand and ameliorate health outcomes disparities in cardio-oncology by: Goal 1. Quantifying physiological and molecular differences in inflammation and endothelial function before and following standard of care chemotherapy (CTx) among African American (AA) vs. Non-Hispanic White (NHW) breast cancer (BC) patients receiving CTx. Goal 2. Testing the feasibility and efficacy of an exercise intervention designed to mitigate the adverse effects of CTx. Goal 3. Examining the influence of socio-ecological factors (individual, interpersonal, systemic, environmental) on inflammation, microvascular endothelial function, quality of life (QoL) and response to the exercise intervention. This study will provide novel data on the impact of breast cancer treatments on vascular function, as well as the potential mitigating effects of exercise during treatment. By analyzing the socio-environmental context in which women live, we will also understand risk factors associated with cardio-toxicity. The goals of the Every Day Counts study are to understand and impact lifestyle and quality of life among women with metastatic breast cancer by: Aim 1. Examining the efficacy of the Every Day Counts intervention in producing significant post-intervention changes in multidimensional QOL in women with MBC. Aim 2. Investigating the mechanistic effects of the Every Day Counts intervention on body composition, adipokines, serum biomarkers of inflammation, and insulin sensitivity. Exploratory Aim 3: Exploring if microRNA (miRNA) signatures associated with inflammation and/or mitochondrial function are altered with the EDC intervention. EDC is among the first studies to focus on lifestyle in the metastatic cancer setting and has the potential to impact... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability The Medical College of Wisconsin is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/299CE52751B84E76 Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.