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Job Number: 40775 Job Title: Research Associate Statistical, Analytic, and Programming Specialist Department: Penn State Social, Life, & Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC) Work Unit: Vice President for Research Campus Location: UP Class: FACL Number of Jobs: 1 Announce Start Date: 10/04/2013 Closing End Date: 12/31/2013 Faculty Announcement: The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a Research Associate position to join the Penn State Social, Life, & Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC; http://www.imaging.psu.edu). The individual in this position will oversee the data analysis core within the SLEIC, providing state-of-the-art data analysis services and training for our growing human imaging community. Work will focus on our research-dedicated 3T MRI Facility on the University Park campus, which houses a Siemens Trio 3 tesla whole-body scanner. The staff scientist will consult with faculty and researchers to design cutting-edge analytic and statistical methods and, through courses and workshops, help train researchers new to imaging (including faculty, postdocs, and graduate students) on core programming and statistical procedures. He or she will also work closely with the staff scientist charged with supporting the design and implementation of protocols for human imaging studies. In addition to supporting the highly collaborative human imaging community, the candidate will have the opportunity to advance his or her own program of research. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a related discipline with a background in functional and structural MRI; familiarity with diffusion tensor imaging and EEG research is also desirable. Candidates also should be fluent in one or more widely used statistical languages (Matlab, SAS, R) and in one or more preferably more fMRI/MRI data analysis software packages (SPM, FSL, AFNI, BrainVoyager). He or she should be able to lead and support work involving complex statistical methods such as hierarchical modeling, multivariate data analysis, linear mixed-effects modeling, and connectivity analysis within an imaging context. The successful candidate should have the flexibility and expertise to (1) support research across a variety of content areas and (2) implement advances and new approaches in human imaging data analysis. The SLEIC has an ongoing relationship with the Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research (CNMRR) at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine and is part of the Social Sciences Research Institute (http://www.ssri.psu.edu). Other MRI facilities at University Park include a 7 T and a 14.1 T Agilent, as well as a 20 T Bruker preclinical system. This is a fixed-term renewable appointment based at the University Park campus. Full Penn State benefits are included. Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce. Applicants should email curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and names of three referees to: Sherry Yocum, [log in to unmask], Social Science Research Institute, 114 Henderson, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.