POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE/HUMAN DRUG ABUSE

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program (IRP), is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study the neurobiological mechanisms of human drug abuse and their interaction with cognitive and affective processes. Multimodal MRI (e.g. BOLD activation, resting connectivity, DTI, MRS, quantitative morphometry), genotyping and concurrent EEG are used to study the mechanisms of action of abused drugs, their effects on cognitive (e.g. attention, central executive processes, response inhibition, working memory, reward, decision making, learning) and affective processes (e.g., drug craving and interactions with emotional processes), and how their (dys)function(s) may be a factor in the consequences of and predisposition to human drug addiction. One long-term goal of our group is to create imaging biomarkers to better predict drug use risk and treatment outcomes. Individuals with interests and background in decision making, computational brain network modeling and imaging genetics are especially encouraged to apply.

The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. and a strong research background in cognitive neuroscience, drug abuse neurobiology and/or functional imaging. The position offers excellent training in all aspects of functional and anatomical MRI and MR physics. The lab is organized around close interactions between neuroscientists, physicists, clinicians and drug abuse experts. A 3 Tesla MRI is available for full-time research. Send a CV, statement of research background and interests, and arrange for 3 letters of recommendation to be sent to:

Elliot A. Stein, Ph.D., Chief, Neuroimaging Research Branch
NIDA-IRP, 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21224.

Email: estein@mail.nih.gov.

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