• Research Intern - Radiation Oncology Research…

    MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)


    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has the potential to unlock the power of data by further developing and investing in talent, team science and infrastructure to optimize multidimensional data integration, analysis, and application for the benefit of patients with cancer.

     

    Quantitative imaging research is a key component to enabling and guiding personalized oncological patient care. The Chung Lab has an additional role in supporting the Tumor Measurement Initiative (TMI), which aims to build an institutional platform to support standardized, automated, quantitative imaging-based tumor measurement across each patient's journey to advance multidisciplinary, data-driven, high precision cancer treatment.

     

    Dr. Caroline Chung leads an imaging computational laboratory within the Department of Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Chung lab's major research focus is to develop quantitative imaging pipelines and predictive tools to be used in 1) tumor response assessment 2) treatment-related toxicity; and 3) personalization of radiotherapy and multimodal treatment. In addition, the lab is working on the standardization of collection and nomenclature of images to facilitate meaningful measurement and interpretation of imaging biomarkers across departments and institutions to support efforts aligned with the Institute for Data Science in Oncology.

     

    *LEARNING OBJECTIVES*

    1. Learn how to navigate EHR (Epic) and extract clinical information from patient charts.

    2. Learn about computational modeling in the context of brain MR images

    3. Learn how to perform advanced statistical analysis on extracted clinical data.

    *ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS*

     

    Applicant must hold a bachelor's or master's degree. Degree must have been obtained recently (within one year).

     

    Applicant must have previous research experience.

     

    Applicants who hold a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree (e.g., M.D., D.V.M., M.B.B.S.) are not eligible.

     

    Applicants associated with a home institution do not qualify.

     

    Applicants in a clinical position, postdoctoral fellowship, or faculty position do not qualify.

     

    Research Interns cannot change titles to another trainee title upon completion.

     

    Exception applies if the trainee enrolls in a degree-seeking program.

     

    The appointee trains under the supervision of a faculty member/mentor.

     

    *POSITION INFORMATION*

     

    08/31/2025