Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-21109-026

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow- MSH

Salary: $74,692

Department: Rehabilitation and Human Performance

Physical work location: 5 East 98 street, New York, NY 10029

Name PI or Supervisor: (include phone and email) Dr David Putrino

Web link to Department: Charles Lazarus Children’s Abilities Center

Administrative Contact: (phone and email) [email protected] 646-2844-1618

Details of Research Project:

We seek a Postdoctoral Research Fellow who will be working on a novel clinical trial at the Charles Lazarus Children’s Abilities Center at Mount Sinai in New York. The candidate may work in a hybrid fashion if needed, with elements of in-person and remote possible for this position, but an ability to attend in-person is required. We will be investigating the impact of implanted neurostimulation technologies paired with intensive neurorehabilitation on restoration of lower and upper extremity function in children (13-21 years old) with cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury. A large amount of longitudinal clinical data is being collected on participants in REDCap and detailed kinematic and kinetic data will be collected using a Vicon markered motion capture system. Familiarity with marker-based motion capture systems is a positive.

Technical Duties:

• Use of marker-based motion capture system to collect kinematic and kinetic energy
• Ability to perform functional outcome measures of upper and lower extremity function
• Supervision and delivery of motor rehabilitation

Educational and other Requirements for the position: PhD AND PT or OT clinical degree

Experience Required: Clinical neurorehabilitation experience, experience with motion capture technology

Goals/Outcomes of the Research Project:

• Implantation of >5 patients with cerebral palsy with a vagus nerve stimulator over five years
• Implantation of >5 patients with spinal cord injury with an epidural spinal stimulator over five years
• Collection of longitudinal motion capture and functional outcomes in response to neurostimulation treatment

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Compensation

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