Fwd: Postdoc Research Fellow position

Research Fellow *University of Edinburgh*-Sackler Centre for Developmental Psychobiology *£30,424 - £36,298* Applications are invited for a post-doctoral imaging researcher, to be held within the Division of Psychiatry at the Sackler Centre for Developmental Psychobiology. Studies based at the Division include cohorts of patients and relatives with major psychiatric disorders with the aim of investigating the underlying mechanisms of these disorders. Imaging modalities include DTI, fMRI, resting state MRI, ASL, spectroscopy, PET and structural MRI data. Research within the Centre focuses on the use of large longitudinal cohorts for prediction and stratification of later illness. We also have strong links to the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Epidemiology, The Institute for Genetics and Molecular Medicine and the animal and human imaging facilities in Edinburgh. We regularly collaborate with other international centres and we are part of several imaging and genetic consortia, including ENIGMA (enigma.loni.ucla.edu). The successful applicant would be expected to evolve their own research interests as well as support the development of neuroimaging methods and analysis techniques to apply to existing and future studies within the Division. They would also have a coordinating role in our participation in ENIGMA and other consortia. We seek individuals with relevant experience in neuroimaging and excellent programming skills (e.g. Matlab, shell scripting in Linux, “R”, Visual Basic or C). Basic knowledge of statistics and an appreciation of methodological issues affecting MR studies are also essential. Previous experience of fMRI task development would be beneficial, but is not an essential requirement. Further information may be obtained by contacting Heather Whalley or Andrew McIntosh (heather.whalley(a)ed.ac.uk <mailto:heather.whalley@ed.ac.uk> , andrew.mcintosh(a)ed.ac.uk <mailto:andrew.mcintosh@ed.ac.uk>). *Reference number: 015225* *Closing date: 6 August 2013* *Please apply through:*http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGU852/research-fellow/