Hi FSL Users,

 

We have a Connectome-related Post-Doc position available immediately in the Van Essen/Glasser lab.  Please see the below posting.  Feel free to forward to anyone you know who might be interested. 

 

Thanks,

Matt.

 

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate (CIRC, Van Essen/Glasser Lab)

 

Position Summary

 

The Adult Aging Brain Connectome (AABC) project has a fully funded and immediately available opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the Informatics, Data Analysis, and Statistics Core (IDASC). This position is based in the Van Essen/Glasser Lab within the Computational Imaging Research Center (CIRC) of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR), at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The AABC is a longitudinal extension of the Human Connectome Project in Aging that seeks to determine the structural and functional brain connectivity trajectories associated with vulnerability and resilience to developing late life dementia. Among the IDASC’s primary aims is to continue the Human Connectome Project (HCP)’s innovative neuroimaging methods development, with a particular focus on HCP-Style data analysis optimized for generating multi-modal imaging data phenotypes from longitudinally acquired scans. The selected candidate will have access to the HCP’s large consortium of world experts in multiple neuroimaging domains and ample opportunities to publish research methods and scientific findings in high impact academic journals and at premier scientific conferences. The Van Essen/Glasser lab’s senior staff are highly experienced, having developed much of the HCP’s software themselves, and are excellent at training new users of HCP-Style brain imaging methods. The CIRC hosts a vibrant community of postdoctoral and graduate student trainees together with multiple additional faculty and state of the art computational resources. The position is renewable annually based on performance, and funding is available for up to 4 years. Information on being a postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis can be found at postdoc.wustl.edu/prospective-postdocs.

 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and aid in the design of longitudinally optimized HCP Pipelines for multi-modal neuroimaging data analysis, including structural, functional, diffusion, and Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) modalities.
• Develop and aid in the design of HCP Pipelines for deriving multi-modal Imaging Data Phenotypes (IDPs) at the neuranatomical levels of brain areas, functional networks, and white matter tracts.
• Use the longitudinally optimized multi-modal IDPs to carry out statistical analyses relating these IDPs to behavioral and biological measures relevant for cognitive and dementia outcomes.
• Serve as first author for scientific publications and presentations with primary responsibility for preparing, submitting, revising, and presenting such work.
• Be a good citizen in the lab/center and follow all applicable institutional policies.

 

Required Qualifications
Ph.D. in the field of biomedical engineering, imaging science, neuroscience, or a related field.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Record of accomplishments in at least one of the following fields: neuroimaging, medical image analysis, or a related field.
• Proficiency in quantitative analytical methods and computer programming in a Unix/Linux environment (e.g., shell scripting, Matlab, Python).
• Prior experience with HCP-Style methods, HCP data, and/or the HCP Pipelines.
• Prior experience with the commandline implementations of FSL, FreeSurfer, and Connectome Workbench softwares.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

 

Salary Range
Base pay is commensurate with experience.

 

Applicant Special Instructions
To apply, please contact Dr. Matthew Glasser with the following:

• Cover letter describing your research interests.
• Current curriculum vitae.
• Name and contact information for three references who are familiar with your work.
• Two or three representative publications.

 

Matthew F. Glasser, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
Washington University School of Medicine
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
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