Under the leadership of Professor Uwe Oelfke, we are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Training Fellow to join the Radiotherapy Physics Modelling team in the Joint Department of Physics who will contribute to the clinical implementation of intelligent MLC tracking and real-time re-planning on the UK’s first clinical MR-Linac. The successful candidate will drive the work forward within a multi-disciplinary team of computer scientists, medical physicists and clinicians and be part of a team of post-doctoral research fellows who will work on multiple aspects of online MR-guided radiotherapy.
They will validate our framework for intelligent MLC tracking on the MR Linac and develop novel strategies to perform real-time 3D plan adaptation which will integrate novel MR sequences, innovative motion modelling with the aim to demonstrate the benefit of this cutting-edge technology for patients in collaboration with the manufacturer.
This project is part of a larger program of work funded by a CRUK program grant.
For general information on Post Doc's at The ICR can be found here.
Key Requirements
The successful candidate must have knowledge and fluency in at least C or C++ and one other scientific programming language (such as Python or MATLAB) are essential. We furthermore expect: i) first author publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals ii) a strong background in one or some of the following: medical physics, radiotherapy physics, MR imaging. iii) strong motivation to work in an interdisciplinary team on a technical project iv) excellent experimental skills and the drive to translate research results into clinical practice
The ICR has a workforce agreement stating that Postdoctoral Training Fellows can only be employed for up to 7 years as PDTF at the ICR, providing total postdoctoral experience (including previous employment at this level elsewhere) does not exceed 10 years
The Joint Department of Physics (JDP) spans both The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (RMH) and The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and sits within the ICR Division of Radiotherapy & Imaging. Our mission is to develop and apply techniques for diagnosis and treatment of cancer and to assist with understanding cell and tumour behaviour, the action of drugs, metabolic pathways and cancer genetics. The Department conducts basic research into physics as applied to medicine and then acts as the translator of this research into clinical practice.
The Radiotherapy Physics Modelling Team is primarily focused on the development and application of novel technology to further radiotherapy treatments. This includes novel treatment planning techniques, the development of new optimisation algorithms and using modern computer hardware to enable real-time online plan optimisation.
The post is in Sutton (Greater London), it is a fixed term contract until 31st December 2024.
We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For more information regarding the role, please contact Professor Uwe Oelfke at
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