Hepatology Research Fellowship

About this position

The Institute for Translational Medicine and Liver Disease (ITM), Inserm U1110, University of Strasbourg France, is looking for a medical doctor to join our translational liver disease and cancer program as a physician scientist in a three-year program. The program is focussed to unravel novel strategies to treat hepatobiliary fibrosis (such as MASH and PSC) and liver cancer including hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma and is based on key scientific discoveries described in: Mailly et al. Nature Biotech 2015, Hamdane et al. Gastroenterology 2019, Juehling et al. Gut 2021, Crouchet et al. Nat. Commun. 2021, Roehlen et al. Science Transl.

Med 2022, Roehlen et al. J. Hepatol. 2023, Del Zompo et al. J Hepatol 2025, Saviano et al. Nature Reviews Cancer 2026, Slovic et al. Hepatology 2026, Crouchet et al., JCI 2025; Nehme et al. Science Transl. Med 2026.

What we offer

The institute is a world-class organisation of scientific excellence, training, and innovation in the heart of Europe within a high-quality environment of pharma, academia, and medical care. The successful candidate will benefit from:

• An international and vibrant state-of-the-art training environment in biomedical research
• Cutting-edge technologies including sc/snRNA and spatial transcriptomics, patient-derived models, systems biology and AI platforms
• Opportunity to obtain a PhD within the U Strasbourg MD-PhD program
• Tenure track program at Inserm and U Strasbourg towards assistant and associate professor level positions (both research and clinical positions), pharma network
• Close collaborations with pharma and world-class leading institutions in the field, including the Yale School of Medicine Liver Center, University of Tübingen, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, UTSW Dallas and Sorbonne University Paris, AP-HP
• Opportunity for part-time concomitant hospital appointment or clinical work at the Gastroenterology-Hepatology Service of the Strasbourg University Hospitals if desired.

Profile

A medical doctor following completion of medical studies, in training or following specialization in internal medicine, gastroenterology, surgery, oncology (board certification not required) with a first experience and strong interest in biomedical research, and the ambition to contribute to an innovative program. Strong communicator with solid command of English (French is not required). Drive and motivation to execute a project in translational research.

You thrive in a fast-paced and exciting scientific environment with the opportunity for contributing to a biomedical translational research program in Hepatology.

To apply

Please send your motivation letter (why you are interested in this position, career goals) and CV (including experience, track record and 2 academic references) to Prof. Thomas Baumert ( Thomas.Baumert@unistra.fr ) and Dr Catherine Schuster ( Catherine.Schuster @unistra.fr ).

Deadline for applications: November 30, 2026 - possible start date from January 1, 2027.