Postdoctoral Researcher in neuroimaging, placebo response and mental health

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

Here, you have the opportunity to participate in innovative research that investigates psychiatric patients' expectations of treatment outcomes, placebo responsivity, and variability in brain signals using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The research team consists of psychologists, medical doctors, engineers, and research assistants, and the work is conducted in collaboration with Professor Tor Wager, Dartmouth College. At Karolinska Institutet, you will have access to several unique laboratories and state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques: 7 Tesla MRI (Siemens Terra X), 3 Tesla MRI (Siemens Prisma), as well as a unique 128-sensor on-scalp MEG (Fieldline Inc Hedscan). The project has received funding from the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Brain Foundation. The project is led by Kristoffer Månsson, Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet.

Your mission

You will be part of the team to design novel experiments, independently process and analyse data obtained from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). You will be responsible for analysing brain imaging data and to conduct the statistical analyses to test hypotheses of interest. You will have access to previously collected cohorts, and you will be involved in the collection of completely new data. Your task will also be to write papers for scientific publishing, and you are expected to be first/corresponding author. This project is interdisciplinary, and we are eager to include collaborative team players in our team. As a postdoc, we want you to thrive, enjoy your time at work, and be able to continue developing a track-record for a successful future in academia.

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. It is considered as an advantage if you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, if there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

We are looking for a highly motivated, driven, and enthusiastic person sharing our interest in inter-disciplinary research and is ready to explore new avenues in science. The candidates should have a collaborative approach to science, a high degree of independence, but also being able to effectively work in a team. We value a postdoc that contributes to a good social environment.

Candidates with a PhD degree from a wide spectrum of disciplines (e.g., neuroscience, psychology, computer science) are encouraged to apply.
The applicant shall have expertise in data analytics (e.g., statistics, math, artificial intelligence, machine learning).
Candidates with previous experience with neuroimaging analytics (e.g., EEG, MEG, MRI, PET) on humans or animals, and/or bioinformatics will be prioritized.
Candidates with coding/programming expertise (e.g., MATLAB, Python, bash scripting, R) will be prioritized.
Expertise with multivariate statistical methods and machine learning are significant merits.
Fluency in English is a requirement.

We also attach great importance to personal suitability.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
A complete list of publications
A summary of current work (no more than one page)

Welcome to apply at the latest 7th of January 2024.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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