Description & Requirements

TheHwang laboratoryat is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral associateto investigate the mechanisms of organ dysfunction and immune paralysis in sepsis using clinical samples and animal models.
 Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Despite considerable advances over the last decades, sepsis is still a leading cause of death in intensive care units, and survivors develop prolonged immune paralysis leading to a high incidence of recurrent infections. In the absence of definitive therapy, physicians rely on supportive care. Our team is devoted to deep understanding of immune dysfunction in sepsis for novel therapeutic hypotheses, through close collaboration with Harvard teaching hospitals.
The applicant will be expected to work well in a multi-institutes collaboration setting, communicate effectively, and possess a strong desire to contribute to basic and t...