Open Phd Position
Vor 3 Tagen
**Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital**
**Open PhD position 100 %**: Start of employment immediate, temporary
Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological condition caused by mechanical trauma that results in severe motor loss (i.e., paralysis), impaired sensation, and autonomic dysfunction. Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) can show similar symptoms and is related to chronic progressive spinal canal stenosis. The resulting lifelong deficits associated with paralysis and sensory loss have a substantial effect on individuals, caregivers, and society. Timely and sufficient surgical decompression is a critical objective with many pre-clinical and clinical studies focused on surgical timing. However, quantifying the degree of cord compression and providing intraoperative guidance in decompression surgery remains a challenge. New diagnostic approaches are needed to improve treatment decisions. Measurement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics is a potential tool to reduce these diagnostic gaps. As part of an international translational-clinical network, CSF pressure will be monitored in patients undergoing surgery, at bedside, and in a large-animal model. This cutting-edge research has the potential to improve care for patients with SCI and DCM.
**Your responsibilities**:
- Your goal is to have an immediate impact on the lives of patients. You are intrigued by the potential of combining neuroimaging and biomechanical proxies for evaluating spinal cord compression.
**Your profile**:
- You have a background in biomedical engineering, physiology with technical know-how in data acquisition, or a comparable background. You are comfortable with working alongside medical doctors in the operating theater, with veterinarians for data acquisition on large animals, and in consultation with engineers on the analysis of image and signal analysis. You are open to spending part of your PhD with the collaborators in the United Kingdom and Australia.
**What we offer**:
**Work-Life Balance**
- Flexible working models (such as part-time positions, mobile working, job-sharing)
- Childcare at the kihz foundation of UZH and ETH
**Learning and Development**
- Wide range of continuing education courses of UZH and the Canton of Zurich
- Language Center run jointly with ETH Zurich
**Food**
- Food and drinks at reduced prices in the UZH cafeterias
- Lunch-Check-card with UZH contribution
**Healthcare**
- Special conditions on the Academic Sports Association ASVZ
- Free seasonal flu vaccinations
- Rest and relaxation at the quiet room in the university tower
**Discounts**
- Private traffic: Carsharing, rent a vehicle, parking space
- Digitalization: Hardware, software, mobile phone subscriptions
- Special conditions on hotel reservations
**Conditions of Employment**
- Policies of the UZH
- Most UZH staff are employed according to public law
**International Services**
- Support for people from outside Switzerland
**Campuses**
- Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
- Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg
**Location**:
**Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital***:Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
**Further information**:
**Questions about the job**:
**Carl Moritz Zipser**
- PD Dr. Zipser is a senior consultant at the Center for Paraplegia and in the Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology
- 044 386 39 01
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