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In this project the candidate will develop and translate into the clinical practice an in silico medicine protocol for the prediction of the risk of vertebral fracture in oncology patients with lytic metastatic bone lesions. The main objectives will be the development of QCT based patient specific Finite Element models of the spine, the optimization of personalised spine loading spectrum, the validation with experimental data in vitro and the application of the models on a small cohort of retrospective CT data.
Experience with experimental and/or computational Bone mechanics will be advantageous.
The position will start from 1st June 2015 and it will be supervised by Dr Enrico Dall’Ara and Prof Marco Viceconti.
Salary, PhD fees (for UK and European students) and consumables are funded by the Sheffield Hospitals Charities Trust.
Interested candidates should in the first instance contact Dr Enrico Dall’Ara, e.dallara@sheffield.ac.uk
For application please use the following link:
Experience with experimental and/or computational Bone mechanics will be advantageous.
The position will start from 1st June 2015 and it will be supervised by Dr Enrico Dall’Ara and Prof Marco Viceconti.
Salary, PhD fees (for UK and European students) and consumables are funded by the Sheffield Hospitals Charities Trust.
Interested candidates should in the first instance contact Dr Enrico Dall’Ara, e.dallara@sheffield.ac.uk
For application please use the following link:
