Posted on behalf of Dr. Judy Rapaport:

The Child Psychiatry Branch at the NIMH is recruiting applicants for a Staff Scientist position. Applicants should have a strong background in statistics (PhD level) and programming/computer science, as well as interests and experience in neuroimaging and behavioral research. The recruit should be adept at writing his/her own code to clean, organize, analyze, and visualize data. Unix and python programming skills are also preferable. A minimum of four years post doctoral experience is required. The Child Psychiatry Branch is a highly productive and collaborative group with a rich, multimodal dataset that seeks to understand neurodevelopmental disorders, with a focus on childhood-onset schizophrenia. (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/labs-at-nimh/research-areas/clinics-and-labs/chp/index.shtml)



Primary duties will include conducting statistical analyses on clinical, neurobiological and treatment studies carried out in the Branch. This includes but is not limited to tasks such as maintaining the appropriate data sets, clearly conveying statistical results and methods both orally and in writing, reviewing and writing statistical content for manuscripts prior to submission, and working closely with and providing statistical support for all Branch members. The Staff Scientist position entails 25% time allotted to pursuing individual research interests.



Highly desirable skills include: experience analyzing structural MRI, functional MRI and/or MEG data; a solid foundation in multivariate statistics (e.g., cluster analysis, principal components analysis, independent components analysis), and a background in longitudinal data analysis (e.g., mixed model regression/hierarchical linear modeling); proficiency in statistical programs such as R and MATLAB and visualization methods.



Interested applicants should send their cv and a cover letter to Dr. Judy Rapoport at rapoporj@mail.nih.gov.