Postdoctoral Fellow in Eating Behavior, Neuromodulation, and Neuroimaging
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
The Holsen Lab in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at Brigham and Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School is seeking a full-time postdoctoral fellow with a strong background in clinical neuroscience and eating behavior. This is an ideal position for an individual who earned a PhD in a neuroimaging laboratory and is interested in gaining experience in a lab that conducts neuroimaging but also integrates neuromodulation techniques.Our laboratory focus is on understanding factors that drive appetite mood-related eating behaviors and weight change with a broad goal of ameliorating negative health outcomes and chronic diseases associated with disordered our work we explore these themes using multimodal neuroimaging in combination with neuromodulation neuroendocrine measurements integrative physiology and behavioral assessments. We work in close collaboration with colleagues in psychiatry nutrition endocrinology and radiology/functional neuroimaging.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will contribute to our work in clinical neuroscience related to reward processing and appetite assessed via neuromodulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS) and neuroimaging (fMRI rsfMRI). Mentoring will be provided primarily by PI Dr. Laura Holsen (Brigham and Womens Hospital) along with co-mentorship from Drs. Mark Halko (McLean Hospital) and Roscoe Brady (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). Under their mentorship the Postdoctoral Fellow will carry out a broad range of neuroimaging neuromodulation and data analytic research activities and procedures as indicated below.
We are looking for someone to join the lab whose expertise is in fMRI neuroimaging but is interested in other modalities and who is naturally organized confident with technology and coding and detail-oriented and can manage several projects simultaneously and train/mentor research assistants.
Qualifications
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- fMRI and MRI analyses in a lab focused on theneurobiology ofeating behavior
- Running 3T MRI scanner consoles
- Integration of MRIfMRI andrsfMRIdatain the context of TMS
- Working with pre-med or pre-graduate school research assistants and training them on data processing andanalysis
- Data processing analysis and writing with opportunity for manuscript authorship
- Assistingwith grant writing and manuscript preparation including generating graphs and reports
- Working with undergraduate interns and helping tofacilitatelab journal club meetings
SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
- Experience running neuroimaging studies
- Extensive experience in statistics fMRI analysis (task and resting state) and coding (MATLAB Python R) and ability to work with analysis packages such as CONN SPM fMRIPrep
- Experience running an MRI console andfacilitatinghuman fMRI study visits
- Must havevery strongwritten and verbal communication skills
- Must be driven to work productively under minimal supervision
- Must be proficient with computers and databases and be able to troubleshoot and problem-solve independently
- Capable of being friendly and communicative withlabmatesand study participants and assertive when confronted with obstacles
Were excited to learn more about you! To apply for this position please email your resume directly to Laura Holsen at Please do not apply through this link.
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- Molecular Biology
- Microscopy
- Research Laboratory Experience
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