Dear Colleagues,
Please apply and/or bring this postdoctoral opportunity to
the attention of your best students and colleagues. Details
are below and in the attachment. All best wishes,
Karen
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Karen Faith Berman, M.D.
Chief, Clinical &
Translational Neuroscience Branch
Section on Integrative Neuroimaging
Psychosis
& Cognitive Studies Section
National Institutes of Health, NIMH
Intramural Research Program
9000 Rockville Pike, MSC 1365
Building 10, Room 3C103A
Bethesda, MD 20892-1365
phone: 301/496-7603
fax: 301/480-7795
karen.berman@nih.gov
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN
MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING
SECTION ON INTEGRATIVE
NEUROIMAGING
CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL
NEUROSCIENCE BRANCH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL
HEALTH, NIH
INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM,
DHHS, BETHESDA, MD
The Section on Integrative
Neuroimaging in the Clinical & Translational
Neuroscience Branch of the National Institute of Mental
Health Intramural Research Program (NIMH IRP),
at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites
outstanding individuals to apply for a two to five year
post-doctoral fellowship at one of the premier research
sites in the world. The renowned NIH Clinical Center on the
300 acre Bethesda campus of the
NIH, near Washington D.C., houses unsurpassed,
state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities (MRI, PET and MEG)
all dedicated to research, as well as superb clinical
facilities, and an exciting, interactive research community
of hundreds of talented colleagues.
The strong scientific environment and outstanding resources
at NIH make this a unique opportunity for an innovative
scientist.
The Branch takes a multidisciplinary
approach, with multimodal neuroimaging (sMRI, rMRI, fMRI,
DTI, PET, MEG) at its core, but also integrates genetic,
neurochemical, neuropsychological,
and clinical investigations to study normal human higher
cognitive function throughout the lifespan, as well as
neuropsychiatric disorders such as Williams syndrome and
schizophrenia. The successful candidate will have
particular leadership opportunities within
our longitudinal study of Williams syndrome; will have
access to large, unique, archival datasets; and will help to
design new studies. The position is open to (1) recent
Ph.D.'s in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience,
neuroscience, neuropharmacology,
or other applicable disciplines; and (2) M.D.'s with
training in psychiatry, neurology, nuclear medicine,
radiology or other relevant fields. Applicants
should have a demonstrated record of excellent scientific
writing skills as well as excellent interpersonal and
presentation skill. In addition, experience with any of the
following will be an advantage: developmental/pediatric
neuroimaging, multimodal neuroimaging techniques (MRI, PET,
MEG), conducting cognitive
neuroscience experiments, and/or neuroimaging of clinical
populations. Experience with SPM, FSL, Freesurfer,
UNIX/LINUX/ and/or programming skills (MATLAB, C++; Python)
is desirable, but not required.
The position is open immediately and
applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
A curriculum vitae, letter of interest outlining experience
and research
goals, and three letters forwarded directly from
recommenders should be sent to: Karen Berman, M.D.; C/O
Jasmin B. Czarapata, Ph.D.; NIH Building 10, Rm 3C209; 9000
Rockville Pike; Bethesda MD 20892-1365 USA. (301) 435-7645,
or electronically to jasmins@mail.nih.gov
DHHS and NIH are Equal Opportunity
Employers.
A FEW REPRESENTATIVE PUBS…
Eisenberg
DP, Ianni AM, Wei SM, Kohn P, Kolachana B, Apud J,
Weinberger DR, Berman KF:
Brainderived
neurotrophic
factor (BDNF) Val66Met
polymorphism differentially affects hippocampal function
in
medication-free
patients with schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry,
18(6):713-720, 2013.
Jabbi
M, Kippenhan JS, Kohn P, Marenco S, Mervis CB, Morris
CA, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Berman
KF:
The
Williams syndrome chromosome 7q11.23 hemideletion confers
hypersocial, anxious personality via
altered
insula structure and function. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences Apr
3;109(14):E860-6,
2012.
Dreher
JC, Kohn P, Kolachana B, Weinberger DR and Berman KF:
Variation in dopamine genes
influences
responsivity of the human reward system. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Science
106:
617-622, 2009.
Meyer-Lindenberg
A, Hariri A, Munuz KE, Mervis CB, Mattay VS, Morris CA
and Berman KF:
Neural
correlates
of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams
syndrome. Nature Neuroscience 8:991-993,
2005.
Kippenhan
JS, Olsen RK, Mervis CB, Morris CA, Kohn PD,
Meyer-Lindenberg A and Berman
KF:
Genetic
contributions to human gyrification: Sulcal morphometry in
Williams syndrome. Journal of
Neuroscience
25:7840-7846, 2005.
Buchsbaum
BR, Olsen RK, Koch PF and Berman
KF: Human dorsal
and ventral auditory streams
subserve
rehearsal-based and echoic processes during verbal working
memory. Neuron 48:687-97, 2005.
Meyer-Lindenberg
A, Mervis CB, Sarpal D, Koch P, Steele S, Kohn P,
Marenco S, Morris CA, Das S,
Kippenhan
JS, Mattay VS, Weinberger DR and Berman KF: Functional,
structural and metabolic
abnormalities
of the hippocampal function in Williams syndrome. Journal
of Clinical Investigation
115:1888-1895,
2005.
Meyer-Lindenberg
A, Kohn PD, Kolachana B, Kippenhan JS, McInerney-Leo A,
Nussbaum R,
Weinberger
DR, and Berman KF: Midbrain dopamine and prefrontal
function in humans: Interaction and
modulation
by COMT genotype. Nature Neuroscience 8:594-596,
2005.
Meyer-Lindenberg
A, Kohn P, Mervis CB, Kippenhan JS, Olsen RK, Morris CA,
and Berman
KF:
Neural
basis of genetically determined visuospatial construction
deficit in Williams syndrome. Neuron
43:623-631,
2004. (accompanying commentary: “Fulfilling the Promise of
the Cognitive Neurosciences,”
Neuron
43:595-596, 2004)
Meyer-Lindenberg
A, Miletich RS, Kohn PD, Esposito G, Carson RE,
Quarantelli M, Weinberger DR
and
Berman KF: Reduced prefrontal activity predicts
exaggerated striatal dopaminergic function in
schizophrenia.
Nature Neuroscience 5:267-271, 2002.