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The Wellcome Trust have awarded a prestigious Translation Award to Imperial College London to fund a multi-disciplinary team for four years to design, develop, and introduce into clinical practise a technologically ground-breaking Total Shoulder Replacement System. This exciting project will be run by a team of engineers and orthopaedic surgeons with expertise in biomechanics, implant design and manufacture, computer-assisted surgery, etc. We are seeking to recruit a post-doctoral research associate to support this project. There will be a focus on the goal of delivering into a clinical evaluation a well-developed and tested, yet truly innovative, system of implants and related instruments, supported by relevant wear and fixation testing, smart instruments allied to novel surgical approaches, etc. This project is supported by strong industrial collaborations and will include a clinical study in the latter stages. We are seeking enthusiastic applicants with both strong academic track records and also evidence of working happily in collaborations across disciplines, ideally “from the test bench to the bedside”. Our group has a strong track record in implant design in orthopaedic surgery and further information on the group can be found by visiting our webpages: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/mechanica...calengineering
POST 1: 3-year research associate (Post-doc) to design and develop the humeral component of the shoulder system. The Research Associate will require a range of skills, including implant design, experimental and computational testing to develop the design, understanding of the advanced materials that can be used for implants, how to optimise the fixation, stress in the implant/bone construct and the bearing with the glenoid component. Experience should ideally include implant design using contemporary materials, or other experience with contemporary materials in orthopaedic surgery, including polymers, ceramics and metals. Closing date 03 Jan 2013. Informal enquiries to Dr Jonathan Jeffers j.jeffers@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 5471, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.jeffers. Reference # EN20120388TT
POST 2: 3-year research associate (Post-doc) to design and develop the glenoid component of the shoulder system. The aim of this work will be to prove the fixation and wear resistance of the new shoulder prosthesis, in relation to existing designs. The Research Associate will require a range of skills, including implant design, experimental and computational testing to develop the design, a detailed understanding of fixation principles, how to optimise the fixation particularly addressing non-optimal surgery, stress in the implant/bone construct and the bearing with the humeral component. Closing date 03 Jan 2013. Informal enquiries to Dr U Hansen at u.hansen@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 7061, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/u.hansen. Reference # EN20120387TT
POST 3: 3-year research associate (Post-doc) to design, develop, and use a novel wear-testing shoulder joint simulator machine. The aim of this work will be to prove the wear resistance of the new shoulder prosthesis, in relation to existing designs. The Research Associate will require a range of skills, including machine design, instrumentation and control, experimental dexterity, software development, kinematic and structural analysis and practical engineering construction. Experience should ideally include development of wear simulation machines or other biomechanical testing system. Closing date 03 Jan 2013. Informal enquiries to Professor Andrew Amis at a.amis@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 7062, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.amis. Reference # EN20120389TT
POST 4: This post will commence one year into the project, and is a 2-year research associate (post doc) to develop the instrumentation required to implant the shoulder implants through a new and novel surgical approach. This will involve close working with the implant design posts, and also the surgeons involved in developing the surgical approach. This post will be advertised in late 2013, but you can still express an interest in this post or make informal enquiries by contacting Dr Rodriguez y Baena at f.rodriguez@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 7046, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/f.rodriguez.
TO APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS
Our preferred method of application is online via our website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number (listed above for each of the posts) into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed. PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FORM FOR OUR POSTS ALONG WITH A CV, IF YOU DO NOT FILL IN AN APPLICATION FORM, YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online, please contact Ms C Soulal, Academic Administrator at: c.soulal@imperial.ac.uk to request an application form, quoting the appropriate reference number above.
POST 1: 3-year research associate (Post-doc) to design and develop the humeral component of the shoulder system. The Research Associate will require a range of skills, including implant design, experimental and computational testing to develop the design, understanding of the advanced materials that can be used for implants, how to optimise the fixation, stress in the implant/bone construct and the bearing with the glenoid component. Experience should ideally include implant design using contemporary materials, or other experience with contemporary materials in orthopaedic surgery, including polymers, ceramics and metals. Closing date 03 Jan 2013. Informal enquiries to Dr Jonathan Jeffers j.jeffers@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 5471, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.jeffers. Reference # EN20120388TT
POST 2: 3-year research associate (Post-doc) to design and develop the glenoid component of the shoulder system. The aim of this work will be to prove the fixation and wear resistance of the new shoulder prosthesis, in relation to existing designs. The Research Associate will require a range of skills, including implant design, experimental and computational testing to develop the design, a detailed understanding of fixation principles, how to optimise the fixation particularly addressing non-optimal surgery, stress in the implant/bone construct and the bearing with the humeral component. Closing date 03 Jan 2013. Informal enquiries to Dr U Hansen at u.hansen@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 7061, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/u.hansen. Reference # EN20120387TT
POST 3: 3-year research associate (Post-doc) to design, develop, and use a novel wear-testing shoulder joint simulator machine. The aim of this work will be to prove the wear resistance of the new shoulder prosthesis, in relation to existing designs. The Research Associate will require a range of skills, including machine design, instrumentation and control, experimental dexterity, software development, kinematic and structural analysis and practical engineering construction. Experience should ideally include development of wear simulation machines or other biomechanical testing system. Closing date 03 Jan 2013. Informal enquiries to Professor Andrew Amis at a.amis@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 7062, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.amis. Reference # EN20120389TT
POST 4: This post will commence one year into the project, and is a 2-year research associate (post doc) to develop the instrumentation required to implant the shoulder implants through a new and novel surgical approach. This will involve close working with the implant design posts, and also the surgeons involved in developing the surgical approach. This post will be advertised in late 2013, but you can still express an interest in this post or make informal enquiries by contacting Dr Rodriguez y Baena at f.rodriguez@imperial.ac.uk or +44(0) 20 7594 7046, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/f.rodriguez.
TO APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS
Our preferred method of application is online via our website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number (listed above for each of the posts) into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed. PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FORM FOR OUR POSTS ALONG WITH A CV, IF YOU DO NOT FILL IN AN APPLICATION FORM, YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online, please contact Ms C Soulal, Academic Administrator at: c.soulal@imperial.ac.uk to request an application form, quoting the appropriate reference number above.
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