The Section on Functional Imaging Methods, in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, at The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites applications for a post doctoral position. The overriding theme in the Section research is the development of fMRI methods towards the robust assessment/classification of individual subjects and, ultimately, to establish fMRI into the clinical arena. Ongoing research includes: 1) Development of novel resting state connectivity acquisition and processing methods as well as applications, 2) Development of novel fMRI decoding methods, 3) Elucidation of the relationship between neuronal activity and functional MRI contrast, 4) Exploration of the limits of neuronal, physiologic, and hemodynamic information that is obtainable using fMRI, 5) Development of novel pulse sequences for quantitative physiologic information extraction and enhanced utility of fMRI methods, 6) Exploration of low level visual, motor, auditory, and sensory processing with fMRI, and 7) Development of paradigms and applications of real time fMRI.
Fellowships include full stipend support plus research and travel expenses for up to five years. Basic facilities include Four 3 Tesla scanners, (2 GE HDx, 1 GE MR750, and 1 Siemens Skyra), a Siemens 7T human scanner and access to an 11.7 T human scanner and a 4.7T / 60 cm vertical bore primate scanner. Extensive image acquisition, computational, and general technical support is provided. It is expected that fellows have experience with fMRI methods development, fMRI contrast mechanism research, and/or psychophysical experimentation methods. Please submit via email or regular mail, an application letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Peter A. Bandettini, [log in to unmask], National Institute of Mental Health, Building 10, 10 Center Dr. Rm 1D80b, MSC 1148, Bethesda, MD 20892. DHHS and NIH are equal opportunity employers.
|