Postdoctoral Training Opportunities
To explore available opportunities, you may:
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Available Positions – Listed by Department
Advanced Imaging Research Center
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biomedical Engineering
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomedical Engineering — Kareem Azab, Ph.D.
- Drug Resistance Mechanism in Cancer — Kareem Azab, Ph.D.
- Non-and Minimally-invasive Diffuse Optical Tissue Monitoring — David Busch, Ph.D.
Cell Biology
- Chemical Biology/Medicinal Chemistry — Wen-Hong Li, Ph.D.
- Fluid-structure modeling for simulating embryonic development — Konstantin Doubrovinski, Ph.D.
Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Gene Therapies for Neurological Disorders — Rachel Bailey, Ph.D.
- Protein Aggregation and Membrane Remodeling in Neurodegenerative Diseases — Sarah Shahmoradian, Ph.D.
Center for the Genetics of Host Defense
- Lymphocyte Quiescence and Lymphomagenesis — Evan Nair-Gill, M.D., Ph.D.
- Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Diseases — Zhao Zhang, Ph.D.
Children’s Research Institute
- Functional Genomics and Cancer Metabolism — Javier Garcia Bermudez, Ph.D.
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Metabolism — Michalis Agathocleous, Ph.D.
- Metabolism in Normal and Cancer Cells — Javier Garcia Bermudez, Ph.D.
- Molecular Functions and Co-dependencies of Extrachromosomal DNA in Cancer — Sihan Wu, Ph.D.
- Nutrient Signaling & Metabolism — Gerta Hoxhaj, Ph.D.
Dermatology
Green Center for Reproductive Biology
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Studies on the Genomics of Gene Regulation — William Kraus, Ph.D.
- Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology — Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.
- Molecular Mechanisms, Computational Genomics, Mouse Genetic Models, RNA Biology and Noncoding RNAs, Protein Structure, Translational/Clinical — W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
- Reproductive Genomics — Haiqi Chen, Ph.D.
- Reproductive Sciences and Genomics — Edward Grow, Ph.D.
- Signaling and Gene Regulation using Proteomics and Mass Spectroscopy — William Kraus, Ph.D.
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry of Gene Regulation — W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D. & Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research
Immunology
- Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy — Tuoqi Wu, Ph.D.
- Innate Immunology — Andrew Sandstrom, Ph.D.
- Understanding Neurogenic Defense in the Gut — Yuki Obata, Ph.D.
Internal Medicine
- Arteriosclerosis and Vascular Remodeling — Dwight Towler, M.D., Ph.D.
- Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Personalized Medicine in Kidney Cancer — James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.
- Breast Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy — Sangeetha Reddy, M.D., M.S.C.I.
- Cancer Biology — Suzanne Conzen, M.D.
- Cardiovascular Biology — Dian Cao, M.D., Ph.D.
- Cellular Metabolism — Courtney M. Karner, Ph.D.
- Circulating Biomarkers in Genitourinary Cancers — Tian Zhang, M.D.
- Cystic Fibrosis and Non-CF Bronchiectasis Research — Raksha Jain, M.D.
- Epithelial Biology and Kidney Regeneration — Denise Marciano, M.D. Ph.D.
- Exercise-induced Synaptic Plasticity — Kevin Williams, Ph.D.
- Hematopoiesis, Leukemia, and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes — Stephen Chung, M.D.
- Human Genetics and Immunology — Xiao-Fei Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Tumor Immunology — Hans-Christian Reinecker, M.D.
- Metabolic Homeostasis — Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Microbiology and the Microbiome of Intestinal Diseases — Josephine Ni, M.D.
- Molecular Immunology/Cancer Immunology/Cell Signaling — Venuprasad Poojary, Ph.D.
- Molecular Mechanisms of Metastasis, Therapy Resistance, and Tumor Evolution in Pancreatic Cancer — Ravikanth Maddipati, M.D.
- Molecular Mechanisms and Translational Cancer Research — James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.
- Mucosal Immunology and Neuroimmunology — Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D.
- Underlying Changes in Cellular/Synaptic Plasticity in Mice — Kevin Williams, Ph.D.
McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
Molecular Biology
- Cell Fusion in Development and Regeneration — Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.
- Cell Signaling Mechanism in Development and Regeneration — Jin Jiang, Ph.D.
- Lung Cancer Pathogenesis — Kathryn A. O’Donnell, Ph.D.
- Mechanisms of Myoblast Fusion in Zebrafish Muscle Development — Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.
- mRNA Translation and Ribosome Homeostasis — Michael Buszczak, Ph.D.
- Nutrient Sensing and Cancer Biology — Jenna L. Jewell, Ph.D.
- Neural Injury and Regeneration — Chun-Li Zhang, Ph.D.
- Stress Response Signaling — Peter Douglas, Ph.D.
Neurology
Neuroscience
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology
- Mitochondrial and Metabolic Homeostasis in Corneal Health and Disease — Danielle Robertson, O.D., Ph.D.
- Ocular Chemical Biology — John Hulleman, Ph.D.
- Ocular Oncology Research — J. William Harbour, M.D.
Pathology
- DNA Damage, Oxidative Stress, Neurodegeneration and Cell Death — Yingfei Wang, Ph.D.
- Genetics of Allergic Disease — Jeffrey SoRelle, M.D.
- Genomic Instability and Cancer Genetics — Peter Ly, Ph.D.
- Hypoxia, Metabolism and Epigenetics in Cancer — Weibo Luo, Ph.D.
- Inflammation and Cancer Research — Hasan Zaki, Ph.D.
- Lung Cancer Biology — Esra Akbay, Ph.D.
- Minimal Residual Disease and Metastasis — Srinivas Malladi, Ph.D.
- Molecular Genetics of Endometrial Cancer — Diego H. Castrillon, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatrics
- Endothelial Basis of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease — Philip Shaul, M.D., Chieko Mineo, Ph.D.
- Molecular Mechanisms of Childhood Cancer Biology — Kenneth Chen, M.D.
Peter O’Donnell Brain Institute
- Alpha Synuclein Aggregation and Spread — William Dauer, M.D.
- Cholinergic Interneuron Function in Motor Control and Disease — William Dauer, M.D.
- Myelin, Motor Learning and Disease — William Dauer, M.D. & Lu Sun, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
Physiology
- Epigenetic Regulation in Neural Development and Brain Cancer — Jiang Wu, Ph.D.
- Size-control Mechanisms in Development, Regeneration, and Cancer — Duojia Pan, Ph.D.
- Translational Cancer Immunology — Chengcheng (Alec) Zhang, Ph.D.
Psychiatry
Radiation Oncology
- Biomedical Optics and Medical Physics — Ken Kang-Hsin Wang, Ph.D., DABR
- Cellular Mechanisms Maintaining Genome Stability — Guo-Min Li, Ph.D.
- Chemical and Biomedical Engineering to Cancer Research — Andrew Wang, M.D.
- Medical Imaging Physics and Engineering — Jie Deng, Ph.D.
- Medical Physics — Xuejun Gu, Ph.D. & Weiguo Lu, Ph.D.
- Postdoctoral Researcher in the AIRT Lab — Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Radiology
- Brain Tumor Non-Invasive Diagnostics — Joseph Maldjian, M.D.
- High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound — Rajiv Chopra, Ph.D.
- Image Analysis, Radiomics, and Machine Learning in Liver Cancer — Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
- Kidney Cancer Radiomics & Machine Learning — Ivan Pedrosa, M.D., Ph.D.
- PET Physics Research — Spencer Bowen, Ph.D.
- Radiotracer Development for Nuclear Imaging and Radiotherapy — Guiyang Hao, Ph.D.
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Transcription, Chromatin, Epigenetics, HPV, Molecular Virology, Cancer Biology, and Small Compound Inhibitors — Cheng-Ming Chaing, Ph.D.
Surgery
- Arterial Disease Management — Melissa L. Kirkwood, M.D.
- Biology of Human Tumors — Matteo Ligorio, M.D., Ph.D.
- Cancer Bioinformatics Scientist — Matteo Ligorio, M.D., Ph.D.
- Cancer-Causing Genetic Mutations — Michael Dellinger, Ph.D.
- Cell Death and Immunity — Daolin Tang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Extremity Trauma and Cell Fate — Benjamin Levi, M.D.
- Fibroblast Biology — Huocong Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Gastric Cancer Biology — Sam C. Wang, M.D., FACS
- Study and Assess the Microenvironment — Emina Huang, M.D.
- Translational Research on Complex Lymphatic Anomalies — Michael Dellinger, Ph.D.
- Video Based Assessment Group — Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Ph.D.
Questions about Postdoctoral Training Opportunities?
SGSPostdocOffice@utsouthwestern.edu the Postdoctoral Affairs Office for assistance.
