[Neuroimaging] Stanford Postdoc opening

[Christine Law]

*Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Neuroimaging based Biomarkers of Chronic
Pain*

*DESCRIPTION*

The Systems Neuroscience & Pain Laboratory at Stanford University (SNAPL)
is actively recruiting a postdoctoral fellow who will join our research
project on chronic pain.  Funded by the National Institute of Health and
directed by Professor Sean Mackey, in collaboration with an internationally
renowned group of collaborators from the Departments of Computer Sciences,
Sleep Medicine, Genetics, Neurosciences and others, our goal is to develop
and validate objective diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of chronic
pain. The focus of work for this postdoc will be on the neuroimaging of
people with chronic pain using structural and functional MRI techniques.

Our plan is to characterize neurobiological, multiomic, sensory testing,
sleep/function actigraphy and other mechanisms underlying chronic pain and
use this information to develop objective biomarkers of pain, ultimately,
to derive new personalized interventions.

When you join, you will have opportunity to collaborate with top
neuroscientists, psychologists, machine learning experts, sleep medicine
researchers, genetics experts and pain specialists at Stanford.
Additionally, you will have access to cutting-edge fMRI technology; to
invent and develop your own related research.  Multidisciplinary aspects of
this project will allow you to explore diverse chronic pain topics ranging
from biomarker design for degenerative conditions to heart rate variability
as a simple biomarker for psychological disorders.

We have a strong track record for successfully transitioning postdoctoral
fellows to independent grant funding and faculty positions. We can offer
NIH T32 training to select candidates. The ideal candidate is a motivated
problem solver and innovator who has a neuroscience background, enjoys
challenging the paradigms of contemporary research and experimentation, is
proficient with computer-aided analysis, and is enthusiastic and passionate
about fMRI acquisition.

*RESEARCH AREA*

●       fMRI and behavioral data from Healthy Control and patients with
musculoskeletal pain,

●       Multivariate pattern analysis of spinal cord/brain data for
corticospinal biomarker,

●       Integration of multimodal biomarkers into composite predictive
signatures,

*QUALIFICATION*

Applicants must have received, as of the beginning date of the appointment,
an MD/PhD, MD or PhD or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited
domestic or foreign institution. Experience in neuroimaging analysis is a
must. Additional experience in any of these is a plus:

   1. Cognitive / Affective Neuroscience
   2. Computational modeling / Machine Learning / Neural Networks / ICA
   3. Chronic pain
   4. MATLAB / Python / R / Linux / C
   5. SPM / AFNI / FSL / fMRIPrep

*APPLICATION MATERIALS*

Submit (1) CV, (2) NIH Biosketch, (3) Letter of Research Intent to our
website:

https://med.stanford.edu/pain/snapl/research-positions/postdoc-openings.html



Find instructions, blank format pages, and sample biosketches here:
<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm#biosketch>biosketch
formats <https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm#biosketch>.
Applicants follow non-fellowship templates.  Letter of Intent template is
available
<http://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/pain/documents/research-of-intent-template.docx>
here
<http://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/pain/documents/research-of-intent-template.docx>
.



For more information, visit  http://snapl.stanford.edu
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