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Role: Research Scientist, Center for Comprehensive Healing, Center for Precision Psychiatry and Center for Addiction Medicine

Full-Time Position – Functional Magnetic Resonance Neurofeedback, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) image acquisition and data analysis 

Location: Center for Comprehensive Healing (CCH), Center for Precision Psychiatry (CPP) and Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM), Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Job Description

The MGH Department of Psychiatry is recruiting for a full-time senior research scientist with specialized expertise in innovative fMRI neurofeedback, data acquisition and data analysis. This position works on-site at MGH Center for Comprehensive Healing, Center for Precision Psychiatry and Center for Addiction Medicine.

The position will include 100% effort at CCH, CPP, CAM of which the predominant role and effort will be data acquisition and analysis. The individual will serve as a key member of the CCH, CPP, and CAM research teams investigating novel neurotherapeutic approaches to early-stage mental health and addictive disorders. The research scientist will report to the CCH Center co-Director and scientific Director for coordination of scientific duties and supervision. The Research Scientist will be provided with resources for education and training opportunities, which are available and encouraged but not required for the position. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be appointed as an instructor at Harvard Medical School. The teaching/supervision responsibilities would involve supervising post-doctoral fellows and clinical research coordinators in multimodal data acquisition (MRI, fMRI (task and resting state), real-time fMRI, DTI, MRS and EEG) and data analyses using FSL, Freesurfer, SPM, Conn and other analysis tools. Sophisticated data analysis skills such as dynamic causal modeling for fMRI and granger causality for EEG are a plus. Primary appointment will be in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The responsibilities of the Research Scientist at CCH, CPP, and CAM include the following:

• Primary responsibility for neuroimaging data acquisition and neurofeedback for study participants in various IRB approved studies in CCH, CPP, and CAM.
• Opportunities for integrating a portion of effort for independent research projects are available and encouraged but not required.

Qualifications

Candidates should be dedicated to excellence in research, protection of human subjects, research integrity and qualified for an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. Previous research experience with fMRI neurofeedback is highly desirable; experience with MURFI a plus; Experience working in an academic medical center a plus. Massachusetts General Hospital is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are strongly urged to apply. 

Interested individuals should apply with a letter of interest, curriculum vitae and list of three references addressed Gladys Pachas, MD, Senior Program Director of CAM at MGH, gpachas1@mgh.harvard.edu

 

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.