A postdoctoral research fellow in vision research that might suit an applied statistician!
A 3.5 year full-time postdoctoral research fellow is required to join the Department of Optometry and Visual Science to be directed by Professor David Crabb on a US NIH research project entitled, Application of Psychophysical Models to Visual Disorders. The purpose of this research project is to lay the foundation for new visual function tests which can be used clinically to assess visual losses produced by glaucoma, a family of blinding eye diseases.
See: www.staff.city.ac.uk/d.crabb
See: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13053.html
The purpose of this research is to develop methods to optimise clinical psychophysical procedures and visual function testing, and implement quantitative methods to analyse series of visual field and imaging type measurements in glaucoma. This work will help unravel the relationship between the functional aspects of glaucoma and structural deficits in the optic nerve. In the first 20/24 months of the appointment, the postdoctoral researcher will undertake work in the US at the Indiana University School of Optometry under the direction of Professor William H. Swanson. In the remainder of the period the researcher will undertake work in London at City University under the direction of Professor David Crabb in collaboration with Professor David F. Garway-Heath at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in Vision Science, Neuroscience, Statistics or related field along with published work in peer-review journals. Experience with measurements from clinical based studies and knowledge of modern statistical techniques is required. Good communication and organisational skills, including ability to work to deadlines and independently write scientific papers. Knowledge of one or more of: measurements used in vision assessment, statistical modelling, perimetry, psychophysics, retinal imaging, programming (C++, R, Matlab) is also desired.
Applications (CV, including names of two referees and a statement of interest) should be submitted (by email) to the principle project supervisors:
David Crabb: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Bill Swanson: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
More information here: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AAV005/postdoctoral-research-fellow/
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