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Nice job opportunity for neuroscientist or neuropsychologist: Faculty Opportunity in Functional MRI*2/16/00 Hartford Hospital and the University of CT Health Center Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine seek a neuroscientist to fill a position in the functional MRI neuroscience program. The position is supported by neuroscience research funds held by the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at Hartford Hospital and reports to the chiefs of these three departments. It is intended that this position will bridge the rich Hartford Hospital patient- base (including the Institute of Living) that includes head injury, neurodegenerative disorders and psychiatric disorders with the fMRI capacities of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. We seek a neuroscientist with special expertise in cognitive fMRI to join a University of Connecticut School of Medicine based research team consisting of a neurologist (Dr. Randall Benson), a physicist (Dr. Song Lai) and a neuroscientist (Dr. Vince Clark). As a fourth member of that team, the candidate will report to the University's fMRI Steering Committee while representing the needs of the Hartford Hospital Neuroscience group with regard to investigations involving fMRI. The functional MRI program at UConn is fully operational and is supported by excellent infrastructure and freely available scanning time. Qualifications to support a faculty appointment at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in one of the sponsoring departments is required. Specific job duties include: 1. Development, implementation and testing of paradigms for eliciting relevant fMRI data from our patient population. The candidate will work collaboratively with clinical scientists in each of the departments to advance the Hartford Hospital neuroscience research agenda. 2. Coordination and facilitation of all research efforts involving fMRI at Hartford Hospital. 3. Development of the candidates own specific research protocols. Special Requirements: The candidate must have an appropriate graduate degree (e.g., neuropsychologist) with expertise in the principles of fMRI (post doctoral training preferred). Experience in the development of cognitive activation procedures required. Contact John Goethe, MD at (860)545-7118 or email at [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%