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.
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