STAFF SCIENTIST: The Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience (SDAN) in the Intramural Research Program (IRP), National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), seeks a Staff Scientist.
Research in SDAN is designed to achieve an integrated understanding of brain system perturbations that occur in pediatric emotional disorders, particularly anxiety disorders. SDAN then attempts to use this understanding to identify children at particularly high risk, to improve current treatments, and to develop new ones. Current projects in SDAN examine the predictive utility of functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) profiles for diverse clinical outcomes, applied in research on children and adolescents at temperamental risk for anxiety or receiving treatment for anxiety.
The NIMH IRP brings together a highly interactive and dynamic group of collaboratively focused scientists. These individuals are at the forefront of research on mental disorders. SDAN is housed on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
The SDAN Staff Scientist serves as a laboratory leader who contributes to mentoring of postdoctoral fellows and other laboratory staff and trainees. The position requires specific expertise in the analysis of fMRI data, as reflected in training and publication record. The successful candidate should have a doctoral degree, postdoctoral research experience, and an outstanding publication record. Requisite expertise includes basic analysis of fMRI data using the general linear model as well as expertise in more advanced approaches to fMRI data. The main job of the Staff Scientist will be to be the leader of data analytic approaches in SDAN and to apply advanced analytic approaches in particular, with a focus on computational neuroscience, multivoxal pattern analysis (MVPA), and machine learning. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae with bibliography, statement of interest, and names and contact information for three references to Daniel Pine at daniel.pine@nih.gov. Applications will be reviewed starting July 1, 2016, and accepted until the position is filled. HHS, NIH, and NIMH are Equal Opportunity Employers.