Fwd: UCLA Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship

The UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences is recruiting for a Postdoctoral research position in Los Angeles, CA. The candidate will participate in a neuroimaging study of the effects of exercise and the effects on neural circuitry in Parkinson’s Disease. Candiate - Ph.D. degree in neuroscience, psychology, biomedical engineering or related fields. Alternatively, we will consider M.D. candidates having completed residency training in Neurology or Psychiatry or prior to residency training, with a demonstrated interest and track record in neuroimaging research. - Research training in translational, clinical and/or neuroimaging research in Parkinson’s Disease research. They should have an interest in the basic mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and interventional studies. Experience - fMRI data collection and analysis is required - solid background in the principles of MRI and fMRI and have had experience in clinical and translation MRI research and development - analytical skills in the programming language needed for fMRI task design (i.e. Matlab, Presentation) - experience with fMRI analyses software (i.e. FSL) The Fellowship will be supervised by Dr. McEwen (UCLA) and Dr. Petzinger (Department of Neurology, USC) and the candidate will be responsible for MRI data acquisition, processing, analysis, and contribute to the preparation of manuscripts. This Fellowship offers an outstanding training environment, in which the successful candidate will be contributing to ground-breaking translational research in the field of Parkinson’s Disease and neuroplasticity research. This position does not have patient care responsibilities. The position will begin January/February 2015 and we are looking for a 2 year commitment. Interested applicants should send curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Sarah McEwen (smcewen(a)mednet.ucla.edu).