PhD-student position in Medical Science with an orientation towards Cognitive Neuroscience - Befattningen är under tillsättning eller redan tillsatt, och det är inte längre möjligt att lämna in en ansökan
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Umeå University, Medicinska fakulteten
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The Faculty of Medicine, which consists of 13 departments, is responsible for biomedical research and courses in the field of nursing and health care and has an extensive research and graduate education in more than 80 subjects.
Description of the PhD-Project:
We are announcing at least one PhD position for studies within cognitive neuroscience of aging at the Department of Integrative Medical Biology, placed at the Umeå center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI, www.ufbi.umu.se) and at Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine (WCMM, http://www.wcmm.umu.se/english/). The aim of the project is to study brain basis of cognitive decline in normal aging using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET).
Cognitive impairments impede the functioning of older individuals and create major individual and societal costs. Many attempts have been made to reduce/delay cognitive decline in old age, but without major success. One reason may be that brain mechanisms underlying cognitive decline are notwell understood. The project involves processing and analysis of changes in structural, functional, and molecular brain measures in relation to cognitive decline in old age. The project involves data from the DYNAMIC project at Umeå University, in which 180 healthy individuals (aged between 25-80 years old) underwent functional and structural MRI scanning along with dopamine D1 assessment with PET.
Qualifications:
Applicants must:
1) hold a University degree of at least 240 ECTS or equivalent or
2) have 120 Swedish (old) credits (Swe. poäng; corresponding to 180 ECTS credits) of higher education studies in the same fields or equivalent taken before July 1, 2007.
Specific admission requirements:
In order to be admitted to Ph.D studies, it is required that the
applicant has:
1. necessary knowledge from university higher education or corresponding education and/or special professional experience that is assessed in relation to the postgraduate education area.
2. necessary English language skills, both in writing and in speaking. Evaluation of these skills is made by having the intended PhD student present his/her research plan in English for the Department’s designated postgraduate education Group.
Merits:
- An exam in cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, biostatistics or similar
- Basic knowledge in neuroscience
- Previous experiences of research work in, or close to, the project area, in particular including processing and analysis of neuroimaging data
- Programming skills
- Good capacity to work both independently and as part of a team.
Further information: Dr Alireza Salami, Alireza.salami@umu.se
Start date: As soon as possible or as agreed upon.
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | As soon as possible, or as agreed upon |
| Salary | Monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100% |
| City | Umeå |
| County | Västerbottens län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | AN 2.2.1-1972-18 |
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| Published | 28.Nov.2018 |
| Last application date | 17.Dec.2018 11:59 PM CET |