NeuroImaging Center Groningen
The TIPharma project entitled:’ Validation of the use of fMRI as an
objective measure of pain in patients with and without psychiatric
comorbidities’ stems from a collaboration between the industrial
partners PRA International and Organon, departments of the University
Medical Center in Groningen and the Dutch government via Top Institute
Pharma.
Postdoc (fulltime)
fMRI and pain for 4 years
Project information
The interdisciplinary research project aims to use fMRI to achieve more
objective measures of the pain state of subjects, in order to guide
future drug development by quantifying their analgesic properties. In
addition, the project aims to separate brain activity primarily
associated with pain from those associated with anxiety and depression.
The Postdoctoral candidate will have a solid background in functional
imaging, be enthusiastic, autonomous, dedicated and will have excellent
communication skills and an excellent command of the English language.
The successful candidate will be appointed for 4 years at the
NeuroImaging Center (www.bcn-nic.nl), a multidisciplinary center
regrouping ~80 investigators from various disciplines around a state of
the art 3T parallel-imaging Philips MR scanner devoted to research, will
be responsible for leading a team composed of him / herself and 2
additional researchers and will develop fMRI models for the
quantification of pain. The candidate will be embedded in the European
Excellence Team of Prof. Keysers and a collaboration and exchange
program with the NeuroImaging Center at the University of Oxford with an
established record in the application of fMRI to the study of Pain will
provide additional expertise to the project. The University Medical
Center Groningen offers a dynamic research environment offering a range
of techniques and different levels of expertise in neuroimaging,
biological psychiatry and anesthesiology/pain management.
The vast majority of Dutch citizens speak fluent English making
integration in the Netherlands easy for foreign candidates.
Information and applications
W. Timmerman
PRA International
9470 AE Zuidlaren, The Netherlands
phone: 31-50-4022516
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