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Section on Integrative Neuroimaging
National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
Intramural Research Program, DHHS, Bethesda, MD
The National Institute of Mental Health, a major research component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), offers a two- to five-year postdoctoral fellowship at one of the premier research sites in the U.S.—the 300 acre Bethesda campus of the NIH, near Washington D.C., which houses state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities (MRI, PET and MEG) dedicated to research. The strong scientific environment and outstanding equipment resources at NIH make this a unique opportunity for an outstanding scientist.
The position is open to 1) recent Ph.D.s in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neuroscience, neuropharmacology, computer science, or other applicable discipline, or 2) M.D.s with training in psychiatry, neurology, nuclear medicine, radiology, or other relevant field. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team using neuroimaging to study genetic and neurochemical mechanisms of normal cognitive function as well as dysfunction in neuropsychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, those with genetic sources of cognitive dysfunction (e.g., Williams syndrome), and other conditions such as normal aging.
Possible research areas include 1) neurofunctional substrate of higher cognitive function, particularly working memory and frontal lobe, 2) neurofunctional bases of neuropsychiatric illnesses, especially schizophrenia, 3) computational neuroscience (statistical and systems approaches), and 4) neurochemical underpinnings of higher cognitive function and dysfunction. Familiarity with computational and statistical methods for neuroimaging (e.g. UNIX, C/C++, MatLab, SPM, and AFNI) confers an advantage but is not absolutely required.
To apply, click on the button below, or send a letter of interest, CV, and three recommendations to:
Karen Berman, M.D.
NIH
Building 10, Room 4C101
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892-1365 USA
Phone: (301) 496-7603
E-mail: karen.berman@nih.gov
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Meyer-Lindenberg AS, Kohn PD, Kolachana B, Kippenhan JS, McInerney-Leo A, Nussbaum R, Weinberger DR, and Berman KF: Midbrain dopamine and prefrontal function in humans: interaction and modulation by COMT genotype. Nature Neuroscience, on-line Nature Neuroscience, 8:594-596, 2005.
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hariri A, Munuz KE, Mervis CB, Mattay VS, Morris CA, Berman KF: Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome. Nature Neuroscience, 8:991-993, 2005.
Kippenhan JS, Olsen RK, Mervis CB, Morris CA, Kohn PD, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Berman KF: Genetic Contributions to Human Gyrification: Sulcal Morphometry in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience, in press, 2005.
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Kohn P, Mervis CB, Kippenhan JS, Olsen RK, Morris CA, and Berman KF: Neural basis of genetically determined visuospatial construction deficit in Williams syndrome. Neuron, 43:623-631, 2004
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Miletich RW, Kohn P, Esposito G, Carson RE, Quarantelli M, Weinberger DR, Berman KF: Prefrontal cortex dysfunction predicts exaggerated striatal dopamine uptake in schizophrenia. Nature Neuroscience, 5:267-271, 2002
Dreher JC and Berman KF: Fractionating the neural substrate of cognitive control processes. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99(22):14595-14600, 2002.
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Ziemann U, Hajak G, Cohen L, Berman KF: Transitions between unstable and stable dynamical states in the human brain. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99(17):10948-10953, 2002.
Berman KF, Schmidt PJ, Rubinow DR, Danaceau MA, Van Horn JD, Esposito E, Ostrem JL, Weinberger DR: Modulation of cognition-specific cortical activity by gonadal steroids: A PET study in women. PNAS-Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 94:8836-8841, 1997.
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