POSTDOC IN NEUROIMAGING, GENETICS, AND DEVELOPMENT - WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
A postdoctoral scholar position (NIH T32-funded) is immediately available in the Anokhin laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. We are looking for an individual with strong computational skills and experience in MRI data analysis. A successful candidate will work with data from a new developmental neuroimaging study linking genetics, development, brain, and behavior to understand the determinants and consequences of substance abuse and associated psychopathology. This study involves extensive longitudinal assessments of adolescent twins using structural and functional MRI. The focus is on the neural mechanisms of reward processing and cognitive control as well as their associations with individual differences in cognition, emotion, personality, and behavior, both normal and abnormal.
Qualifications: Ph.D. degree in neuroscience, bioengineering, computer science, mathematics, or psychology. This position requires excellent computational skills, proficiency in MRI data analysis software (FSL) and MATLAB, a good command of general statistical analysis methods and software, and familiarity with UNIX operating system.
Requirements: This position is funded by a NIH training grant and requires US citizenship or permanent residence. This position is available immediately. Inquiries: Andrey Anokhin, Ph.D. ([log in to unmask]).
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