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Cognitive Neuroscientist in Adolescent Brain Development and Disease (pbo091012)

Center for Brain Health, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at The University of Texas at Dallas seeks to fill a new tenure-track faculty position in Cognitive Neurosciences with a productive and innovative investigator whose research interests address multi-modality neuroimaging platforms (electrophysiology, MR technology, PET, etc.) and genetic factors related to frontal lobe and higher order cognitive development, such as reasoning during adolescence, to address brain plasticity.

The research may be applied to elucidate the emergence and treatment effects in acquired brain injuries or psychiatric diseases such as traumatic brain injury, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Additions, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, Mood Disorders, and Schizophrenia.

The university seeks outstanding scientists with substantive postdoctoral training in their research area and who are ready to continue or develop their own independent extramurally funded research program. The successful applicant will enhance and contribute to the program’s multidisciplinary core investigations using fMRI and EEG/ERPs to measure adolescent brain development and identify genetic factors associated with health and disease onset.

BBS faculty teach in the undergraduate (Neuroscience B.S.) and graduate (Cognition and Neuroscience PhD) programs that have attracted students with top academic ratings for more than a decade and complement other BBS programs’ strengths in imaging, cognitive development and modeling, brain plasticity, and cognitive sciences.

Applicants at all ranks will be considered with appointment at the senior level requiring a demonstrated, sustained record of scholarly productivity and extramural support. The successful applicant will have new laboratory space fitted to his/her needs, along with a competitive start-up package and salary.

The University of Texas at Dallas is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of the university’s faculty and administration. Indication of gender and ethnicity for affirmative action statistical purposes is requested as part of the application but is not required for consideration. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran’s status, or sexual orientation.

Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Starting date is negotiable.

Curriculum vitae, letter of application with statements of teaching and research interests, and contact information for or letters of recommendation from at least five professional references should be submitted via the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM available below.

Posted on: Oct 13, 2009

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