Postdoctoral Fellow – Naturalistic Neuroimaging of Language

Boston, MA         ·       Full time

Postdoctoral Fellow – Naturalistic Neuroimaging of Language – (3235877)

Start date: April 1, 2023. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.

Description

Applications are invited for two postdoctoral fellowships in cognitive neuroscience, to work on an NIDCD-funded project on naturalistic neuroimaging of language. The postdoctoral fellows are expected to contribute to the development and validation of a novel naturalistic approach to assessing language in individuals with varying cognitive abilities, for clinical applications in neurosurgery and psychiatry. Multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, fMRI, DTI) and ancillary (eye tracking) techniques are used in this project to assess language function and map language networks in the brain based on movie-watching.

The successful candidates will join a multi-disciplinary team of neuroscientists, computational scientists and clinicians, and have access to our state-of-the-art research facilities, including 3T and 7T MRI scanners, and high-performance computing facilities for large-scale machine learning studies. The postdoctoral position will prepare the fellow for a role in academia, translational research in a hospital, or industrial settings.

Work will be conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Department of Neurosurgery, and at McLean Hospital in the Institute for Technology in Psychiatry. Both Hospitals are affiliates of Harvard Medical School. The candidates will be proposed for academic appointment as a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Doctoral degree in cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, biomedical engineering, or related disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise or interest in the neuroscience of language.
• Substantial experience analyzing MRI data (structural, functional, diffusion, MRI). Specific experience with functional connectivity analysis, and/or symptom-lesion analysis, is a plus.
• Experience using statistical and modeling approaches to biomedical signal/image analysis.
• Programming skills (Matlab, Python, R, SPM, FSL, or similar platforms).
• Experience conducting research with human subjects.
• Demonstrated ability to complete projects, as evidenced by first-author publications.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills.

To apply:

Please submit a cover letter that describes research experience and interests, CV, and contact information for three references to Dr. Yanmei Tie (ytie@bwh.harvard.edu) and Dr. Einat Liebenthal (eliebenthal@mclean.harvard.edu). Questions about the positions can also be sent to Drs. Tie and Liebenthal.
 
 

EEO Statement

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and McLean Hospital, affiliates of Harvard Medical School, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Primary Location:  MA-Boston-BWH Boston Main Campus

Work Locations: BWH Boston Main Campus  75 Francis St Boston 02115

Job: MD/PHD/Fellows/ PostDocs

Organization: Brigham & Women’s Hospital(BWH)

Schedule:  Full-time

Standard Hours : 40

Shift:  Day Job

Employee Status:  Regular

Recruiting Department : BWH Neurosurgery

Job Posting:  Mar 11, 2023

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