Postdoctoral Associate

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

ID: 7333882 (Ref.No. 25124-en_US)
Posted: Newly posted

Job Description

Summary

Dr. Sameer Sheth’s Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate to lead projects studying neural-behavioral relationships underlying psychiatric disorders and the mechanisms by which deep brain stimulation achieves therapeutic benefit. This field is now entering an extremely exciting phase in which peripheral/wearable technologies can provide time-resolved measures of real-world behavioral features. Coupling these previously unavailable behavioral data with intracranial neural recordings from recording-enabled brain stimulation systems provides a tremendous opportunity to understand the neural basis of cognition, affect, emotion, motivation, and other related behaviors. These projects are ideal for Postdoctoral Associate interested in acquiring and analyzing task-locked and naturalistic behavior via wearables, audio, and video recordings, as well as intracranial neurophysiology. The position will provide rigorous exposure and mentorship in clinical psychiatric neuromodulation and cognitive neuroscience across the Departments of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience at BCM as well as the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neuroengineering Initiative at Rice University.

Baylor College of Medicine typically follows similar to the NIH stipulated stipend guidelines for Postdoctoral Associates.

Job Duties

Decodes neural-behavioral relationships underlying psychiatric disorders and the mechanisms by which deep brain stimulation.
Acquires, analyzes task-locked, and naturalistic behavior via wearables, audio, and video recordings.
Acquires, analyzes task-locked, and naturalistic recordings of intracranial neurophysiology.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in neuroscience, neuroengineering, or related field.
Has strong foundation in behavioral and neural analyses.
Experience working with human data.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

PD; SN

Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.

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