Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in affective or clinical neuroscience or in a related field of psychology to join our dynamic team in the Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory of Sex Differences in the Brain. If a clinician, clinical service opportunities are available. We are affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Our ongoing fMRI studies focus on emotion/mood and memory circuitries coupled with hormones, cardiophysiology, and markers of immune function. The primary studies for which we are currently recruiting are investigating the prenatal stress-immune programming of sex differences in stress/emotion circuitry, major depression, comorbidity with cardiovascular disease, and risk for Alzheimer’s disease. The studies are based at Massachusetts General Hospital and the world-leading Athinoula Martinos Center for Brain Imaging, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and others outside of the Harvard system.

Requirements

• PhD, ScD in clinical or cognitive neuroscience, psychology, or related field or have an MD with fMRI expertise.
• Expertise in functional MRI.
• Knowledge of paradigm development.
• Knowledge of data analytic software (e.g., SPM, FSL).
• Knowledge of statistical underpinnings of fMRI.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with psychiatric disorders.
• Interest in sex differences.
• Experience with psychiatric disorders, particularly affective disorders.

Responsibilities

• Implementing fMRI methods, including imaging acquisition, development of project-specific methods (for example using ROI analysis), and utilization of advanced statistical methods to analyze data combining fMRI/sMRI/DTI with ANS, hormone, and immune physiology (assessed from blood-based proteomics and transcriptomics), as well as MRI-based neurovascular structure/function data.
• Preparing manuscripts for publication.
• Preparing study findings and presentations for professional meetings.
• Assisting with grant preparation.
• Supervising research assistants.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree