PRE-, POST-DOC POSITIONS ON REAL-TIME FMRI AT STANFORD UNIV
Research scientist (PhD or BSc level) and postdoctoral fellowship
appointments available at Stanford University, and at a private start-up
venture, to investigate cognitive science, clinical and engineering
development of real time fMRI. Post-doctoral position offers an
opportunity to lead in the early development and experimental applications
of an exciting new imaging technology, heading part of a multidisciplinary
team. The primary focus will be conducting experiments using rtfMRI
technology already in routine use at Stanford, rather than on the
development of technology/methods, programming, or engineering. This is a
fast-paced and exciting collaboration pursuing a variety of cognitive
science and clinical research goals and involving multiple world-class
research groups and departments at Stanford, and at an NIH-funded start-up
venture. Principal investigators: Dr. John Gabrieli, Dr. Sean Mackey, Dr.
Gary Glover, Dr. John Pauly, Dr. Christopher deCharms.
>The successful candidate will be a demonstrated leader in their research:
exceptionally highly motivated and hard working, outstanding past research
success and publication history (if at the PhD level), and very strong
references. fMRI background preferred, but not essential. Passion to
pursue research that makes a real, practical difference is central.
Quantitative/ analytical skills, programming and data or signal processing
experience will also be valuable. We will be interviewing for both
post-doctoral and a pre-doctoral (research assistant) level positions. We
anticipate a substantial number of candidates, so the exact position
responsibilities, appointment, and compensation will depend upon the
candidate. We are only accepting applicants with significant prior
physical/biological science research background. NIH funding for the
position is already in place for three years.
Further Background
Over the past two decades, MR imaging has gone from being a newly developed
technology to being an essential research method and a vital clinical
diagnostic applied in more than 100 million procedures per year. Today, it
is possible for the first time to image the patterns of brain activation
taking place in real time during cognitive and behavioral processes. We
believe that functional neuroimaging has the potential to move beyond its
already dramatic impact on brain research, and to impact the lives of
millions of people as it develops in the future. Our team is dedicated to
finding the key research and clinical applications of real time functional
imaging. Our group has recently developed the capability to guide
behavioral experiments based upon real time fMRI and demonstrated, for
example, that subjects can learn direct and explicit control over
activation in localized brain areas, & thereby impact both behavior and
disease symptoms.
Contact Information:
Fumiko Maeda
401 Quary Road,
Stanford, CA
94305-5719, USA
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http://stanford.edu/people/~fumiko
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