An NIMH funded post-doctoral position to study the functional and neurochemical effects of stress on reinforcement learning in patients with major depression is available in the Translational Research in Affective Disorders Laboratory (TReADLab) in the Department of Psychology at Emory University (PI: Michael Treadway).  Located in the heart of Atlanta, GA, the Department of Psychology at Emory provides an outstanding environment in which to pursue post-doctoral training in clinical neuroscience and multi-modal neuroimaging. Full salary and benefits are guaranteed for two years.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include serving as project lead for an NIMH-funded study, including designing/programming experiments, scanning participants, analyzing behavioral and neuroimaging data, presenting data at national and international meetings, and preparing manuscripts for publication. The successful candidate will also be expected to take a lead or co-author role in publishing on existing datasets in the lab, as well as develop and pursue novel research questions. Candidates will be strongly encouraged to apply for extramural funding during the post-doctoral period.

Necessary skills/qualifications: A doctoral degree and promising publication record in cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, psychology, or related field. Strong functional neuroimaging background and/or computer programming skills (e.g. MATLAB and/or Python) are required. Should be self-motivated, independent, and reliable. Research experience in affective, clinical or cognitive neuroscience (e.g., conducting and analyzing fMRI or MRI studies), will all be viewed positively, but are not required.

Interested parties should email a CV, names of relevant professional references, and a brief statement of interest to Chelsea Leonard chelsea.leonard@emory.edu. Applications will be reviewed beginning 12/1/2015 until the position is filled. Start date is flexible depending on candidate availability.

For more details on the grant project, please go to: https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8994068&icde=27097015&ddparam=&ddvalue=&ddsub=&cr=1&csb=default&cs=ASC

For details on the TReADLab go to:  http://psychology.emory.edu/clinical/treadway/lab/Home.html

For details on the neuroimaging facilities in the Emory Department of Psychology please go to: http://fern.emory.edu/home/index.html