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 Faculty position: A position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor is available for a Board Certified Neurologist or PhD scientist to develop an independent research program in Multiple Sclerosis and related neuroimmune disorders. Sufficient start-up funds and adequate research space in proximity to other like-minded researchers is available. Interested candidates may contact: Dr. Avindra Nath Department of Neurology The Johns Hopkins Hospital Pathology 509 600 Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21287 Tel: 443-287-4656 anath1@jhmi.edu Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: to study the mechanisms of neuronal or axonal injury by immune activated cells and to identify novel targets for therapeutic intervention. This is an exciting project for an individual with a background in immunology, neuroscience, molecular biology or proteomics. Funding is available for a period of 2-3 years and is supported by NIH and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Interested candidates may contact: Dr. Avindra Nath anath1@jhmi.edu OR Dr. Peter Calabresi pcalabr1@jhmi.edu Neuroimmunology and Infectious Disease Clinical Fellowship: The fellowship provides board eligible or certified neurologists to train for 2-3 years in the clinical or basic science research skills and management of patients with disorders of the nervous system due to dysregulation of the immune system or due to infectious diseases. The fellow will have the opportunity to participate in a number of specialty clinics that include the Multiple Sclerosis clinic, the Transverse Myelitis, Neuro-AIDS clinic and the Neuromuscular clinic. Besides, they will rotate on an inpatient consult service geared towards the care of patients with the above disorders. They will also have the opportunity to participate in active international research programs in neuro-infectious diseases in Africa and Asia. The research program consists of didactic courses in biostatistics, bioethics, clinical trial design, grant writing workshop, Neuroimmunology and a Neurovirology. They will have the opportunity to participate in on going clinical trials, design and conduct a cross sectional study. They will have the ability to choose from a wide variety of ongoing basic science projects in the laboratories of the faculty within the division. These include state of the art techniques in proteomics, lipidomics and genomics in addition to core neuroscience and immunology and virology. The fellows are encouraged to write and submit fellowship grant proposals to national funding agencies. Each fellow will have a primary mentor and an advisory committee. For information contact: Dr. Justin McArthur Department of Neurology The Johns Hopkins Hospital Meyer 6-109 600 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21287-7609 Tel: 410-955-3730 Fax: 410-955-0672 e-mail: jm@jhmi.edu |
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Division of Neuroimmunology & Infectious Diseases The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurology 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287 443-287-4656 (tel) 410-502-8075 (fax) |