Fwd: Postdocs in Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis at University of Warwick

/This is an announcement for 1 of 2 postdoctoral fellows at the University of Warwick in Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis. A second posting will be announced shortly./ https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/research/job10265.html *Research Fellow* *Department Of Statistics* *Fixed Term Contract for Three Years* Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position with Dr. Thomas Nichols in the Department of Statistics. You will be part of Dr. Nichols' newly awarded Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science, a project titled "Transforming Statistical Methodology for Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis". The use of meta-analysis in functional brain imaging is rapidly growing as the discipline has matured and a large and diverse literature has become available. The methodological challenges in this area are immense, as only a tiny fraction of the full image data is reported in published papers and what is reported is subject to a variety of selection biases. You will develop spatial models for neuroimaging meta-analysis data, to deliver fully spatial and reverse inferences through an accurate generative statistical model. These models will be extended to detect and accommodate inter-study variability, producing a "neuroimaging meta-regression" framework. They will also work on procedures for estimating and correcting publication and thresholding biases, defining measures that allow unbiased estimates of neuroimaging effect sizes to be obtained from published studies. You will have a PhD or equivalent and a strong statistical background, ideally in developing neuroimaging analysis methods for FMRI and other modalities, high-dimensional modelling experience will be advantageous. Relevant experience in other areas of Engineering/Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and Physics would be considered. You will be able to demonstrate excellence in published work in relevant fields and will have the ability to develop and deliver high-quality research and to publish in peer-reviewed journals. This post will be supervised by Dr. Nichols and will be expected to work with the various faculty, staff and students involved in Neuroimaging Statistics at the Department of Statistics and at the Institute for Digital Healthcare in the Warwick Manufacturing Group, as well as international collaborators including Dr. Timothy Johnson at the University of Michigan and Dr. Tor Wager at the University of Colorado. The project will last up to 5 years; this post will in the first instance be offered for the first 3 years of the project, and could potentially be renewed. Information on the Department's research activities can be found here: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/statistics/staff/academic-research. Informal enquires can be addressed to Dr. Nichols (t.e.nichols(a)warwick.ac.uk <mailto:t.e.nichols@warwick.ac.uk>). General information on the Department can also be obtained from the following webpage: http://warwick.ac.uk/stats. Please would all applicants ensure that their referees send a letter of reference by email to Paula.Matthews(a)warwick.ac.uk <mailto:Paula.Matthews@warwick.ac.uk> (Department Administrator) by the closing date. Please note that this is a full-time post however part-time hours would be considered. [[See this link for more information: https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/research/job10265.html ]] The link will take you to register/login to our applicant tracking system before you can complete the application form. You will be given the chance to upload a CV and up to one supporting document during the application process. You can save a partially completed form without submitting it as long as you return to complete it before the closing date. Minicom users can call 024 7615 0554 if they require any further help. Please quote job vacancy reference number 72896-043. The closing date/time for applications is midnight (British time) at the end of Wednesday 22 May 2013. -- __________________________________________________________ Thomas Nichols, PhD Principal Research Fellow, Head of Neuroimaging Statistics Department of Statistics & Warwick Manufacturing Group University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom Web: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/tenichols Email: t.e.nichols(a)warwick.ac.uk <mailto:t.e.nichols@warwick.ac.uk> Phone, Stats: +44 24761 51086, WMG: +44 24761 50752 Fax: +44 24 7652 4532