Applications are invited for an MRC funded research assistant position
at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London.
The candidate will work with Dr Oliver Robinson on an MRC funded project
entitled "Tuning The Neural Circuitry Of Affective Biases In Depression"
Duties and responsibilities of the candidate will be participant
coordination (recruitment and scheduling of participants; booking
testing rooms, scanner time, subject transportation) data collection and
secure data storage. The candidate will also be involved in the analysis
of data (behavioural and functional imaging), programming and devising
neuropsychological tasks and preparing findings for publication. This
position is funded for three years in the first instance.
The successful candidate will have, or will expect to receive, a strong
(1st or upper 2.1) degree in neuroscience, psychology or related subject
or a masters level qualification in Neuroscience, Psychology or Mental
Health (distinction or merit) or both. The candidate should be organized
and have good interpersonal skills as required for interacting with
participants and working as a part of a team. Experience running
psychological experiments, especially those involving pharmacology,
neuroimaging and/or patients with mental illnesses is highly desirable.
Experience with designing experiments (e.g. programming neurocognitive
tasks) and analysing data (e.g. using SPSS/Matlab) is also highly
desirable.
Deadline 23 July. For more information on how to apply please visit:
http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Vacancies/index.html. Pre-application enquiries
can be sent to o.robinson(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:o.robinson@ucl.ac.uk>