[visionlist] Postdoc position in neurocognitive rehab at Kessler Foundation / New Jersey Medical School

[Peii Chen]

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Drs. A.M. Barrett, Mooyeon Oh-Park, and Peii Chen at the Kessler Foundation. We use a combination of behavioral, neuropsychological, and neurophysiological techniques to study spatial neglect - a common cognitive disorder following a unilateral brain injury such as a stroke.  Individuals with spatial neglect typically demonstrate abnormal inattention to the space contralateral to the injured cerebral hemisphere. For example, right-brain-damaged stroke survivors with spatial neglect may fail to attend to, perceive, respond to, or act on stimuli on the left side of their body, which pathologically impede their everyday activities.



Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in neuroscience-related discipline (e.g., cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience) by October 2013, have experience in analyzing and processing structural (e.g. lesion mapping, voxel-based morphometry, DTI) and functional MRI data, and should be proficient in spoken and written English. Strong programming skills for stimulus presentation and experiment design (e.g., E-Prime, MATLAB, or Presentation) and statistical modeling (e.g., STATA or R) will be valuable. Prior experience in working with clinical populations is very desirable.



Please send application with CV, the expected date of availability, contact information of three references, and a statement of research interest and career goal to Dr. Peii Chen (PChen at KesslerFoundation.org).



Stroke Rehabilitation Research                 http://kesslerfoundation.org/researchcenter/stroke

Kessler Foundation                                  1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052


Peii Chen, PhD
Neurocognitive Psychology and Rehabilitation
Research Scientist, Stroke Rehabilitation Research
Kessler Foundation
1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey 07052
phone: +1 (973) 324-3574
fax: +1 (973) 243-6984
email: pchen at kesslerfoundation.org<mailto:abotticello at kesslerfoundation.org>

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School

Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Psychology, Seton Hall University


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