Stillingstittel:
2 Two four-year PhD positions at the Department of Biological and Medical Psychology

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognised research university with more than 14,000 students and close to 3,500 employees at six faculties. The university is located in the heart of Bergen. Our main contribution to society is excellent basic research and education across a wide range of disciplines.

Jobbnorge ID: 121742

There is a vacancy for two PhD positions at the Department of Biological and Medical Psychology (IBMP) within the Faculty of Psychology. The positions are for a fixed-term period of four years and are funded by the University of Bergen and the Bergen Research Foundation. The positions will be part of the project "Transcranial brain stimulation and its underlying neural mechanism as a novel treatment for auditory hallucinations" with Marco Hirnstein as project leader.

The Faculty of Psychology offers professional education for psychologists, is responsible for the pedagogical training of the University of Bergen's own staff, contributes towards the pedagogical aspects of teacher training and offers degrees in a wide range of disciplines: child welfare, Gender and Development, health promotion work, pedagogics, psychology, work and organizational psychology and speech and language therapy. The faculty's main focus areas in respect of research are connected with health, learning, development-related research and basic research in its widest sense.

The Department of Biological and Medical Psychology is involved in research and teaching of biological psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, neuropsychology and logopedics. It comprises five research groups (B.LOG, BCLG, C-CNS, fMRI, RECSS), a research school (IGSIN) and an outpatient clinic in neuropsychology. The research facilities at the IBMP include three EEG laboratories, a brain stimulation laboratory with a neuronavigation setup, an animal research laboratory as well as access to two MR scanners and a PET scanner. Moreover, the IBMP has extended research collaboration with psychiatry, neurology and other relevant Departments at the Haukeland University Hospital. A total of about 45 people are employed at the IBMP, including academic and technical/administrative staff.

About the project/work tasks: 

The project comprises a large-scale clinical trial to assess the potential of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment for auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia. In addition, the underlying neural mechanism before, during, and after tDCS treatment will be explored using state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

 

The applicants will be involved in all stages of the project including testing patients. Thus in addition to receiving training in non-invasive brain stimulation and MRI, the applicants will also gain experience with working with clinical samples. Further tasks comprise teaching and the supervision of Bachelor and/or Master students.

 

The project will be based within the Bergen fMRI Group (leader: Professor Kenneth Hugdahl), former recipient of a European Research Council Advanced Grant (awarded to Kenneth Hugdahl). The Bergen fMRI Group is a current member of Norwegian Center on Mental Disorder Research (NORMENT), which is a Centre of Excellence under The Research Council of Norway's Centres of Excellence (CoE) schem

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Bergen

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Christiesgt. 18 5020 BERGEN

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Hordaland

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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