[visionlist] Spatial cognition physician postdoc fellowship

[Anna Barrett]

Anna M. Barrett, MD and the Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and
Educational Center, affiliated with the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey-
the New Jersey Medical School (Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation), are accepting applications for a two year clinical
research fellowship beginning July 2009, in coordination with the
world-famous Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation (KIR).

Candidates should be residency-trained neurologists wishing to:
●Independently direct cognitive and behavioral neurology research
with an emphasis on functional vision
●Learn how to carry out hypothesis-based translational studies in
cognitive stroke rehabilitation and manage stroke rehabilitative care on
a 
stroke rehabilitation unit with specialized care pathways and outcome
assessment
●Prescribe effective rehabilitation for major visual cognitive stroke
syndromes and other 
stroke-related cognitive and neurologic disability

In the first year, he emphasis is on collecting data in ongoing
research studies, and building knowledge through clinical stroke and
brain injury rotations at KIR and UMDNJ.
Fellows learn the clinical principles of quality stroke rehabilitation
care,
including proficiency in pharmacological and behavioral treatment of
post-stroke
cognitive disorders. By the end of Year Two, fellows complete and
submit at least one 
research grant application, submit 2-5 publications, present at 2-5
national and international conferences, and are capable of independent
research activities in conjunction with an outpatient or inpatient
clinical
program, including clinical trials.

Applicants must be eligible for New Jersey state medical licensure.
Interviews for serious candidates can be coordinated with a
mini-rotation
or elective in December 2008 - March 2009.

To apply, contact 
Anna M. Barrett, MD
Director, Stroke Rehabilitation Research and Fellowship Coordinator,
KMRREC,
1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052
 (973) 324-3569
or email: abarrett at kmrrec.org.



Anna M. Barrett, MD
Behavioral Neurology/Cognitive Rehabilitation
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine 
and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neurosciences,
UMDNJ--NJMS
Director, Stroke Rehabilitation Research
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center
~advancing the research mission of the Henry H. Kessler Foundation~
(973) 324-3569 
(973) 243-6984 (fax)

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