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>