Fwd: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Neuroscience

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE CENTER FOR COGNITIVE AGING AND MEMORY INSTITUTE ON AGING UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA The Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory is recruiting for a 2-year postdoctoral research position at the University of Florida. The candidate will participate in studies of cognitive aging, broadly defined, using multimodal neuroimaging (e.g., BOLD, MRS, HARDI, ASL, etc.), neurophysiology (e.g., EEG, ERP), and neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS). Areas of research focus may include healthy aging, HIV, substance abuse, and comorbid conditions influencing the cognitive aging process (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, etc.) The candidate should have a Ph.D. degree in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, epigenetics, 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, neurophysiology, or neuromodulation research. Candidates should have an interest in understanding the neural mechanisms of cognitive aging and/or development of novel intervention strategies. This position does not have clinical assessment or patient care responsibilities. Experience with _either_ 1) fMRI/other neuroimaging or 2) EEG/ERP data collection and analysis is required. Experience with TMS or tDCS is preferred, but not required. For candidates with a neuroimaging background, the candidate should have a solid background in the principles of structural and/or functional MRI and have had experience in clinical and translational MRI research and development. They will also have analytical skills in the programming language needed for functional task design (e.g., Matlab, Presentation, EPrime) and experience with neuroimaging analyses software (e.g., SPM, FSL). For candidates with a neurophysiology background, the candidate should have a solid background in the principles of EEG and ERP, skills in at least one programming language needed for task design (e.g., Matlab, Presentation, EPrime) and experience with electrophysiology analyses software (e.g., EEGLab, ERPLab, etc.). The Fellow will be supervised by Dr. Adam Woods and Dr. Ronald Cohen and will be responsible for data acquisition, processing, and analysis on ongoing projects, self-initiation of new projects, and contribution to the preparation of manuscripts. This Fellowship offers an outstanding training environment, in which the successful candidate will be contributing to state-of-the-art multimodal translational research in the field of cognitive aging. The position start date is flexible, but should be no later than September 2015. A 2-year commitment is requested. Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Adam Woods (ajwoods(a)ufl.edu <mailto:ajwoods@ufl.edu>). Contact Name: Adam J. Woods, PhD Contact Email: ajwoods(a)ufl.edu <mailto:ajwoods@ufl.edu>