DescriptionExpected Starting Salary Range: - Research fellow salaries align with NIH extramural postdoctoral payscalesA postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available in the division of Cardiothoracic Surgery to work with Dr. Awais Ashfaq. The primary focus of the fellowship will be on 1) development of pediatric ex-vivo heart perfusion model and 2) pediatric aortic valve repair clinical studies. Specific duties will include but are not limited to conducting experiments, collecting and organizing data, and ensuring the health and wellbeing of study animals for their pre-clinical lab projects. For clinical studies, the duties will include assisting in all facets of outcomes research for the division, sourcing and collecting references, database mining, data