Last Date: 09/16/2023.
JOB DESCRIPTION
UE07- £37,099- £44, 263
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Full Time, 35 Hours per week
Fixed Term- 2 year post in first instance
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with a background in psychology or neuroscience to join Professor Adam Zeman in a continuing programme of work – the Eye’s Mind Project – on aphantasia and hyperphantasia (imagery vividness extremes).
This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week). However, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
The Opportunity:
The Fellow will establish a research database drawing on contacts from ~17,000 people with extreme imagery to allow qualitative and quantitative analyses of existing data and additional data-gathering on-line. They will undertake descriptive experience sampling with a subgroup of participants. There will be opportunities to contribute to other related lines of research on extreme imagery,
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Recent PhD in a relevant field
- Competence with advanced IT
- Competence in advanced statistics
- Enthusiasm for the topic
- Willingness to acquire new skills as required
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
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ABOUT THE TEAM
The Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (CCBS; Director Professor Siddharthan Chandran) is part of Edinburgh Neuroscience and Edinburgh Medical School. CCBS comprises the Divisions of Clinical Neurosciences (Head: Professor Siddharthan Chandran), Psychiatry (Head: Professor Daniel Smith) and Neuroimaging Sciences (Head: Professor Joanna Wardlaw). Our work integrates laboratory science, data science, health informatics and clinical research to study the causes, consequences and treatment of all major neurological and psychiatric disorders. Methodological strengths include neuroimaging, clinical trials, neuropathology, neuropsychiatric genetics and regenerative neurology.
We have 56 Principal Investigators, 70% of whom are NHS clinicians, grounding our work in clinical need and facilitating translation into patient benefit. We produce more than 500 research outputs per year, leading to improved patient care and NHS policy changes, with substantial impact on morbidity and mortality. CCBS researchers attracted £49M in external funding over the last three years and we collaborate globally, leading national and international consortia in neurodegenerative disorders, global mental health, psychiatric conditions, stroke and small vessel disease.
With bases at Edinburgh BioQuarter, Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Western General Hospital, CCBS locations link laboratory and clinical science with informatics, public engagement and commerce to facilitate creative interdisciplinary working. CCBS hosts c.60 postgraduate students, mostly PhDs. We are particularly strong in clinical PhD training, with bespoke funding schemes (e.g. Rowling Scholars), and we host the Wellcome Translational Neuroscience Doctoral Training Programme. Through generous philanthropic support, CCBS has established many specialist research hubs that are expanded by community fundraising and which engage closely with patient groups, policy-makers and public.
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