This is a collaborative position working on a federally funded project to test the efficacy of optimized promising therapeutics in our models of indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON).
| Department | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
| Full Description | This researcher would collaborate within and across lab. The project is federally funded and the goal is to test the efficacy of optimized promising therapeutics in our models of indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON). ITON is a visual system representation of traumatic brain injury. The position will include performing in vivo imaging, behavior, and electrophysiology as well as intraocular injections, histology, immunohistochemistry and microscopy. |
| Application Details | If you are interested in the position please email your CV and an a cover letter (in the body of the email) to tonia.rex@vumc.org. If invited to interview you will be given the opportunity to give a seminar presentation and will meet with members of the laboratory. The earliest position start date is July 1, 2026. |
| Contact | Tonia Rex tonia.rex@vumc.org |
| Posted | 2026-05-20 15:31:56 |