Postdoctoral Research Associate

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Proposed Minimum Salary: $5,416.67 monthly

Job Location: Bryan, Texas

Job Type: Staff

Job Description:

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.

The Postdoctoral Research Associate is responsible for conducting research into clinical research with behavioral and neuroscience outcomes pertaining to the use of low-intensity focused ultrasound in human subjects. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will utilize the skills and expertise granted to them by their education and experience to complete research projects in their field of expertise. Writes and may contribute to research papers, articles, and publications. Assists with the preparation and cleaning of the worksite. May collaborate with other researchers and/or faculty.

Salary: $65,000 annually

Location: Bryan, TX

Schedule: Full-Time

May be required to work weekends and/or after normal hours.

May require travel.

Please note: This position is grant funded; future employment may be contingent upon future funding.

Submitting a cover letter, resume/CV to assist us with the review process. You may upload these documents to the application under CV/Resume.

Required education and experience:

• Must hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D) in a relevant field from an accredited institution

Preferred qualifications:

• Doctoral work in the area of Neurosciences and/or Network Analysis.
• Ability to perform advanced structural and functional image analysis.
• 6 years of experience in Neuroscience.

Responsibilities:

Research:

• Under general supervision, is responsible for conducting research into their field of expertise.
• Utilizes knowledge and skills granted to them by their education and expertise to complete research projects in their field of expertise.
• Assists with the preparation and cleaning of worksite.
• Analyzes research data and summarizes results.
• Writes and may contribute to research papers, articles, and publications.

Mentoring:

• May assist, mentor, and/or supervise student researchers and/or graduate students who are working on research related to the project.

Presentations:

• Prepares presentation materials on research topic that may be presented to small and/or large groups.
• Actively participates in the preparation of required technical progress reports to research sponsors.

Psychiatry Research Duties:

• Ability to perform advanced structural and functional image analysis
• Ability to perform Free Surfer analyses for structural brain images.
• Ability to perform whole-brain probabilistic tractography preferably with MRtrix3
• Ability to perform advanced fMRI preprocessing with fMRIPrep pipeline (in BIDS -Brain Imaging Data Structure -environment).
• Ability to perform seed-to-voxel and voxel-to-voxel functional fMRI connectivity analysis with AFNI, CONN, and SPM.
• Familiarity with low-intensity focused ultrasound modeling to establish actual tissue energy delivery (preferably with Babel Brain or embedded in Brain sight neuro navigation system, or k-wave).
• Ability to perform advanced complex network analysis (preferably with experience on NetworkX).
• Ability to obtain advanced graphics (e.g. seaborn).
• Code in Python, C and BASH.

Why Texas A&M University?

We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you. Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time
• Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
• Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee
• Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to prepopulate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution's verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution's procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.