EACE R&S Applied Biomechanics Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Extremity Trauma & Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) is a unique organization within the DoD consisting of teams of researchers embedded at the point of care within multiple Military Treatment Facilities across the nation. In line with the congressionally directed mission of the EACE, the research efforts undertaken focus on the mitigation, treatment and rehabilitation of traumatic extremity injuries and amputations with a specific focus on translating their findings into clinical practice to improve the care of injured Service Members and Veterans.  The Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) is offering a postdoctoral opportunity at the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), located in San Diego, California.

This fellowship offers the opportunity to develop and integrate biomechanical outcomes with other clinical initiatives aimed at improving the quality of care and well-being of military Service members with extremity amputations. As the selected candidate and under the guidance of mentor(s), you will collaborate among a diverse group of researchers and clinicians, and will have the opportunity to conduct research that is focused on developing novel and innovative approaches to process and analyze data from various biomechanical sources including motion capture systems and wearable sensors. More specifically, you will have the opportunity to engage with large-scale, longitudinal analyses of biomechanical data following limb trauma and amputation in the military. Additionally, you will be given the opportunity to oversee efforts to develop novel approaches for processing biomechanical data collected using wearables from patients with limb amputations and will be provided hands-on, collaborative experience to take an early-stage project from initiation to analysis to knowledge product generation in a short period of time with high return on investment. Finally, you will have the opportunity to contribute to grant submissions to add to your knowledge of pursuing funding and becoming an independent researcher.  As the selected candidate, you will be a part of a network of ORISE fellows nationally across the EACE.

EACE is prepared to begin this fellowship in early October pending review of applications and the selection of a candidate.