POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: NEUROIMAGING OF HUMAN AUDITORY CORTEX

[David Woods <dlwoods@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP:  NEUROIMAGING OF HUMAN AUDITORY
CORTEX
 
A postdoctoral fellowship is available to map human auditory cortical
fields using combined structural and functional MRI techniques. Auditory
cortex anatomy is characterized using automated measures of cortical
curvature and thickness that are used to create flattened and normalized
maps of auditory cortex based on gyral structure.  Diffusion tensor
imaging are used to identify areal connections.  Auditory cortical
field activations are imaged with fMRI in a variety of
selective-attention paradigms that vary attentional demands and stimulus
features.  Activations are projected onto the locally normalized
anatomical maps.  Tools used include SPM, FreeSurfer, Presentation
and in-house MATLAB and statistical analysis programs. A further
description of the laboratory and research projects is available at
www.ebire.org/hcnlab.
 
SALARY: $40,000-$55,000 depending on experience. Position duration: 2+
yrs.  
 
QUALIFICATIONS.  PhD or MD, with a dissertation relating to either
cognitive or auditory neuroscience.    Candidates should
have a strong publication record, with a focus on auditory perception,
physiology and/or anatomy. Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating
systems and some programming experience is a plus.  Knowledge of
neuroanatomy, psychophysics, and neuroimaging methods including ERPs,
fMRI, or TMS is required. 
 
LOCATION: San Francisco Bay Area.
 
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Interested candidates should email a C.V.,
representative publications, and the names of three references to:
Professor David L. Woods, Dept. of Neurology, UC Davis. Email:
dlwoods@ucdavis.edu.

David L. Woods, Professor of Neurology, Dept. of Neurology,UC Davis,
Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology and Chief, Research fMRI imaging,
Neurology Service (127E), Building R4, VANCHCS, 150 Muir Rd., Martinez, CA 94553
Tel (925) 372-2571, Fax (925) 229-2315 Email:dlwoods@ucdavis.edu
Publications: http://marva4.ebire.org/hcnlab