9 Apr
2019
9 Apr
'19
1:27 p.m.
Available postdoctoral position in the Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Health
Technology
McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School
A full-time postdoctoral position is available within the Laboratory for Brain and
Cognitive Health Technology at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, under
supervision of Laura Germine, Ph.D. The expected start date is flexible, but with the
expectation that the selected candidate will start between August 2019 and January 2020.
The selected candidate will work on projects investigating intra-individual differences in
cognition, mood, and behavior across a range of physical and mental health conditions, as
well as in healthy aging. These projects include development of state-of-the-art digital
technology tools as well as application of time series analysis and informatic approaches.
Projects are funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of
Aging, as well as a newly funded R01 from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive,
and Kidney Disease to look at the relationship between mood, cognition, and blood glucose.
The selected candidate will also have the opportunity to work with cutting edge methods
for assessing cognition and behavior using digital technology, as part of Dr. Germine’s
laboratory and the TestMyBrain.org<http://testmybrain.org/> project (with data from
over 2.3 million participants). The fellow will have access to this data as well as
contribute to the further development of web and mobile technologies that serve the public
good and advance the science of cognitive health.
Qualifications:
· PhD or equivalent in psychology, neuroscience, epidemiology, statistics, computer
science, or a related field is required.
· Interest in measurement as well as novel applications of digital technology towards
understanding health and disease.
· Experience or sufficient background to conduct statistical analyses of cognition and
behavior.
In addition to an appointment at McLean Hospital, the fellow will be recommended for
academic appointment as a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School.
The Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Health Technology is part of the Institute for
Technology in Psychiatry (ITP), a newly launched initiative at McLean Hospital that aims
to develop, validate, and apply mobile, web, and informatics-based health technologies to
assess, monitor, and treat mental disorders.
It is the policy of McLean Hospital to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all
qualified applicants for employment and existing employees without regard to their race,
religion, color, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, protected veteran status,
disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or a condition
related to pregnancy including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express
breast milk for a nursing child, or any other basis that would be in violation of any
applicable law or regulation. McLean Hospital does conduct pre-employment drug screening,
and any offer of employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of the screening.
We are currently accepting applications and will continue until the position is filled.
The position will be renewable after one year, subject to the availability of continued
funding. Please indicate in your cover letter when you would likely be available to
start.
To apply for this position, please email your cover letter and CV/resume to Dr. Laura
Germine: lgermine@mclean.harvard.edu<mailto:lgermine@mclean.harvard.edu>
https://www.psyccareers.com/job/postdoctoral-position-belmont-massachusetts…
It is the policy of McLean Hospital to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all
qualified applicants for employment and existing employees without regard to their race,
religion, color, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, protected veteran status,
disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or a condition
related to pregnancy including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express
breast milk for a nursing child, or any other basis that would be in violation of any
applicable law or regulation.McLean Hospital does conduct pre-employment drug screening,
and any offer of employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of the screening.
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Laura Germine, Ph.D.
Director, Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Health Technology
Co-director, Institute for Technology in Psychiatry
McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
115 Mill Street, Oaks Rm 358A,
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: (617) 855-3285
http://www.testmybrain.org<http://www.testmybrain.org/>
http://www.lauragermine.org<http://www.lauragermine.org/>