Position available: Chief, Dept. of Radiobiology, RERF

[Joseph_Weiss@EH-DCNOTES02.eh.doe.gov]

               Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF)
          Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
          Chief, Department of Radiobiology

     The RERF is carrying out an international search for a Chief of its
Department of Radiobiology located in Hiroshima.  RERF is a binational
US-Japan research foundation of approximately 290 employees whose basic
mission is to study the effects of radiation from the A-bombs on the health
of the survivors and their offspring.  The foundation is funded jointly by
the government of Japan through the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and by
the government of the US through the National Academy of Sciences with
funds from the Department of Energy (DOE).
     RERF has 4 other science departments, Epidemiology, Statistics,
Clinical Studies, and Genetics.  The epidemiology program follows the
mortality and cancer incidence in an original cohort of 120,000 people, and
in 80,000 F(subscript: 1); the statistics program provides support and
analyses for all of the research departments; the clinical department
routinely monitors the health of a subset of the original cohort, and
studies causes of morbidity - it has the largest Japanese database on
aging; the genetics program has a cytogenetics group studying chromosomal
changes in the survivors, and a molecular genetics group studying mutations
that might arise in 1000 families for which immortalized cell lines have
been established.  The radiobiology program currently is carrying out
molecular analyses of cancer tissues to determine if there are specific
characteristics of radiation-induced cancers that distinguish from other
cancers.  A second group in the department is involved in immunological
studies to determine how radiation-induced changes might affect disease
incidence.  Resources available to these programs currently include samples
collected and stored at local institutions as well as biological samples,
such as blood cells RERF has collected and stored over many years.
     The Chief of the Radiobiology Dept., who interacts extensively with
the Chiefs of the other departments, will be the head of a group of 29
people consisting of 11 scientist researchers, 14 technicians, and 4
support staff.  The successful candidate must possess an M.D. or Ph.D.
degree and have a strong record in basic research (molecular biology, cell
biology, genetics, radiobiology, or cancer biology, etc.)
     The average salary level is approximately 14 million yen per year.
Those who are not Japanese citizens might be eligible for relocation,
housing, and cost-of-living supplementation.
     Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and
the names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses of
3 references to:
     Chief of Research
     Radiation Effects Research Foundation
     5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami-ku
     Hiroshima, 732-0815, Japan
Applications should be received before September 30, 1998


Posted by: Dr. Joseph Weiss, DOE Office of International Health Programs
     joseph.weiss@eh.doe.gov