[Neurodebian-users] Fwd: Wanted: Two open positions in neuroimaging

[Bennet Fauber]

The University of Michigan currently has two openings for people with
neuroimaging backgrounds and interests.  One is a post-doctoral
fellowship, and one is a regular staff position.  I provide a brief
summary here and a URL at the UM job site for each.

For the staff position, we are seeking someone with a good background
in fMRI design and analysis and good computing skills.  Our current
environment is heavily SPM-based, but we would like to expand use of
Python/NiPype, FSL, AFNI, and other non-MATLAB based tools in the
future.  The successful candidate will become part of the core of the
Michigan Neuroimaging Initiative, which is entering its second year.


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Neuroimaging Analysis Specialist

The Functional MRI Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research unit
founded in 2001 and organized under the University of Michigan Office
of Research. We are dedicated to supporting research on the structures
and functions of the brain that underlie cognitive and affective
processes, and research on functional MRI and associated research
tools. The Laboratory's mission is to maintain an environment that
will enhance the excellence of research using fMRI and associated
technologies by providing a well-equipped physical facility and
appropriate intellectual support services for investigators.

The primary role of this position will be to work with individual
investigators who use the fMRI facility to process and analyze their
data. These investigators have varying levels of expertise with
analysis protocols, so the successful candidate will be working most
often with relatively novice users of fMRI to develop design and
analysis protocols, and sometimes with more experienced investigators
to conduct advanced analyses. Examples of the responsibilities of the
successful candidate include:

* Helping to create effective data acquisition designs as well as data
processing and analysis protocols once the data are collected
* Working with investigators to tailor their analyses to the research
questions under investigation
* Participating with other Lab members to train investigators in
analysis methods tailored to their research programs
* Participating with other Lab members in offering the annual fMRI
training course
* Joining forces with staff members from the Center for Statistical
Consulting and Research to offer workshops on issues concerning MRI
and fMRI data analysis
* Developing new analysis tools that are tailored to ongoing research protocols
* Working with members of the Lab and the fMRI Methods Core to
coordinate data analysis protocols across campus
* Organize and/or provide training sessions to the user community on
Freesurfer, FSL, and other analysis software, as needed

Select qualifications

* Master’s or Ph.D. strongly preferred in computer science,
biostatistics with neuroimaging emphasis, or related field
* Experience working with brain imaging data - specifically MRI and/or
Functional MRI
* Two or more years of programming experience (specifically, shell
scripting, Matlab and Python)

http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/147138/neuroimaging_analysis_specialist


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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cognitive Neuroscience

The Cognition, Control, and Action (CoCoA) lab, directed by Dr. Taraz
Lee in the Department of Psychology is inviting applications for a
postdoctoral research position in cognitive neuroscience.

The goal of the research in the lab is to understand how the brain
implements cognitive control processes such as attention and
motivation and how these processes affect learning, memory, and
performance in a variety of contexts.  More recently we have begun
several investigations into how cognitive control and motivation
interact with skilled action.  To achieve this goal, we design and
conduct experiments with young adults using multiple methods, such as
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), non-invasive brain
stimulation, and a battery of cognitive and motor tasks. More
information about the CoCoA Lab can be found here.

http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/131324/postdoctoral_fellowship_in_cognitive_neuroscience

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