Postdoctoral Position:
Real-time Functional MRI Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders
Department of Psychiatry and
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
The Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in partnership with the Martinos Centers at MGH (http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/) and at MIT (http://web.mit.edu/mitmri/) is establishing a new research program in the application of real-time functional MRI for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.
The goals of this research are to develop treatment protocols that use neurofeedback from salient regionally specific fMRI data to augment psychotherapy. He/she will carry out real-time fMRI experiments to validate the protocols in healthy controls and patient populations. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of experienced clinical and basic scientists to develop experimental paradigms, training protocols and real-time data analysis methods.
Requirements:
Ph.D. or M.Sc. degree in Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field
Experience in statistical analysis of medical imaging data
Competent programming skills in C++, IDL, MATLAB, and UNIX for brain image processing and analysis
Basic knowledge of functional and/or clinical neuroanatomy
Skills that would be a plus: Freesurfer, Perl, statistics packages such as R, SAS
Other relevant skills include working knowledge of data mining tools, such as ICA or pattern classification
Must be self-motivated, resourceful, be able to multi-task, prioritize, be a team player and have strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
Application
Contact: Interested applicants should send a cover letter describing research interests and experience, an updated CV and 3 letters of recommendation to:
A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH
Schizophrenia Program
Director, Center for Addiction Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
60 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114
Office: 617-643-4679, Fax: 617-643-1998
Email: a_eden_evinshms.Harvard.edu
Salary and benefits will be based on qualifications and experience. The Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers.
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