Postdoctoral Positions

Current Openings:

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Riqiang Yan, Neurosciences) - Alzheimer's pathology, neuritic dystrophy, BACE1, reticulon, Nogo, RTN3.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate (Vinod Labhasetwar, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering) - Nanomedicine and translational research in cancer and stroke.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Takuya Sakaguchi, Ph.D., Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine) - Endothelial signals during liver formation and regeneration in zebrafish.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Donna Driscoll, Ph.D., Cell Biology) - Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, nutrition, RNA biology, translational control
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Dmitry Soloviev, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology) - molecular mechanisms of leukocyte integrins - pathogenic fungus Candida albicans interactions
  • Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate (Angela Ting, Ph.D., Genomic Medicine) - DNA methylation, epigenetics, RNA biology, prostate cancer, colon cancer
  • Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate (Angela Ting, Ph.D., Genomic Medicine) - Next-generation sequencing, NGS, computational biology, bioinformatics, high dimensional data analysis
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Janet A. Houghton, Ph.D., Cancer Biology) - cell and molecular biology, cell signaling, gene expression, new targets, DNA damage response and DNA repair, developmental therapeutics.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Steve Lietman, Biomedical Engineering) - Cherubism, SH3BP2, PARP1, osteoporosis.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate (Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, Neurosciences) - Neuropathic pain; animal models; stem cells; analgesic therapy; transplantation; eletrophysiology; quantitative behavioral measurements; immunohistochemistry; drug abuse.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate (Ching-Yi Lin, Ph.D., Neurosciences) - spinal cord injury, inflammation, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, pain management, seizure, epilepsy, magnetic stimulation, EEG, multi-photon microscopy, real time in vivo imaging, microdialysis
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Suneel Apte, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering) - extracellular matrix, ADAMTS proteases, proteoglycans, inherited connective tissue disorders, TGFβ-regulation, fibrosis, eye disease, developmental biology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Stephanie Hagstrom, Ph.D., Ophthalmic Research) - Retinal Degenerative Disease
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Andre Machado, M.D., Neurosciences) - Deep brain stimulation, rodent models, cerebral ischemia, stroke, motor behavior analysis
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Zong-Ming Li, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering) - Hand, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Motor Control
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Patrick Ma, M.D., M.Sc., Translational Hematology and Oncology Research) - Aerodigestive oncology translational cancer genomics and bioinformatics research in thoracic cancer microarray and next-gen sequencing dateset analysis.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Patrick Ma, M.D., M.Sc., Translational Hematology and Oncology Research) - Aerodigestive oncology translational research with focuses on tumor molecular profiling, cancer genomics, targeted therapies and the study of molecular determinants of sensitivity-resistance.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Anand Ramamurthi, PhD, Biomedical Engineering) - Abdominal aortic aneurysms, matrix regeneration, elastin, in situ treatment, animal models
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Dolores Hambardzumyan, Ph.D., Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine) - To investigate the role of microenvironment in brain tumor development and progression using genetically engineered mouse models for brain tumors.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. Kathleen Berkner, Molecular Cardiology) - Vitamin K-dependent protein carboxylation
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Ping Xia, Ph.D., Chief Physicist in Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology) - Radiation Physics, Medical Physics research in the areas of adaptive radiation therapy, image guided radiotherapy, and 4D treatment delivery within a clinical department.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Qingyu Wu, PhD, Molecular Cardiology) - To study a newly-discovered cardiac protease, corin involved in natriuretic peptide processing, hypertension, and heart failure.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Donna Hansel, MD, PhD, Anatomic Pathology) - Bladder, cancer, mTOR, Akt, PTEN, signaling, phosphorylation, cell lines, proliferation, migration
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate or Project Scientist (Mitchell A. Olman, M.A., M.D., Pathobiology) - Matrix biology, fibroblast biology, protease biology, and integrin signaling and function(s).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Yu-Shang Lee, Ph.D., Neurosciences) - Nerve regeneration and related functional recovery investigation after spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.

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At the Cutting Edge of Research

The Lerner Research Institute is home to Cleveland Clinic's basic research departments and more than 1,050 scientists and support personnel. Research teams of 120 Faculty, 250 Postdoctoral Fellows, and 140 Graduate Students pursue a wide range of biomedical questions in our laboratories. The Institute's Postdoctoral Fellowship includes a competitive salary and benefits package and an opportunity to work and advance in a state-of-the-art facility. The Institute ranks 5th nationally for NIH funding.

The current postdoctoral opportunities are listed on the right. Please complete your application as directed and send to the investigator listed. We look forward to hearing from you!