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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in cognitive neuroscience/ neuropsychology

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DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION

Postdoctoral research fellowship in cognitive neuroscience/neuropsychology
The Department of Neuropsychology at Helgeland Hospital (Mosjøen) announces a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in cognitive neuroscience/neuropsychology.

Helgeland Hospital HF consists of three local hospitals, located in Mosjøen, Mo i Rana and Sandnessjøen. Helgeland Hospital is responsible for the health needs of approximately 77 000 people living in and around the Helgeland area. For more information, please visit www.helgelandssykehuset.no More information about moving to Norway: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/moving-to-norway

The Department of neuropsychology is organized as part of the Center of Psychiatry and Addiction and is situated in Mosjøen. The department consists of an outpatient clinic and a research lab for neuropsychology and cognitive electrophysiology.

Mosjøen has superb surroundings, with mountains, rivers and a fjord, and is located close to the Arctic Circle. It is a small town with approximately 13 000 inhabitants. It has a great cultural life, outdoor possibilities, and the famous -Sjøgata- with old wooden buildings. Mosjøen has a small airport and train-station. The great Helgeland Coast is also nearby, www.visithelgeland.com

Job abstractJV_description:
Postdoctoral position in cognitive neuroscience/neuropsychology

The Department of Neuropsychology announces a three-year postdoctoral position in cognitive neuroscience/neuropsychology. The position is founded by the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority.

The postdoctoral fellow will carry out research on the neural processes that underlie the cognitive and behavioral difficulties characterizing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adulthood. The functions studied will be attention control, predictive processes, and response inhibition. The project is part of a larger study (- The interplay of proactive control, reactive control, and inhibition: A new framework for understanding core ADHD symptoms-) aimed at understanding the functional and neural basis of ADHD that employs scalp electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and pupillometry concurrent with cognitive experiments, as well as structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI). Data will be recorded from adults with ADHD and from healthy controls. The postdoctoral fellow will be involved in all aspects of the research, but will have a particular focus on analysis of task-related EEG signals (event-related potentials and/or oscillatory activity).

The studies will be conducted at the department of Neuropsychology, Helgeland Hospital in collaboration with the Division of Psychiatry, Vestfold Hospital, the MICC Lab and FRONT Neurolab at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, the Intervention Center at Oslo University Hospital, and the Department of Psychology/Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley (USA).

The appointment is for a period of three years, open from October 2019.

Qualifications/requirements

• A PhD degree or equivalent in computational or cognitive neuroscience/neuropsychology, neuroimaging, biomedical engineering, or related Fields is required. The applicant is required to document that the degree corresponds to the profile of the post.
• Knowledge of relevant cognitive theories and experimental designs
• Competence using EEG analysis tools (e.g., EEGLAB, FieldTrip)
• Programming skills in a higher programming language (e.g., Matlab or Python)
• Experience with functional connectivity analyses is advantageous
• Experience with cognitive research on patients is an added asset, but not a requirement
• Excellent skills in written and oral English.
• As data collection will take place at 2-3 sites in Norway, travelling between the sites will be required
• Personal suitability and motivation for the position.

The doctoral dissertation must have been submitted for evaluation before the application deadline, and must have been approved by the time of appointment.

In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on:

• The applicant-s scientific merit and research experience related to the objectives of the project
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to successfully join academic teams within and across disciplines

We offer

• Salary depending on qualifications and the average salary for other with the same qualifications in Health North.
• Attractive welfare benefits including pension and insurances
• Membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• A professionally stimulating working environment with ample opportunity to travel between the collaborating sites in Norway (there is possibility for research stay at UC Berkeley)
• The Helgeland area has a lot to offer in terms of breathtaking scenery (e.g., UNESCO protected Vega archipelago, The Seven Sisters mountain range, Svartisen and Okstindbreen glaciers) and opportunities for hiking, biking, sea-kayaking, skiing including alphine, Sherpa-stairs, Via Ferrata, fishing/hunting, and other outdoor activities.

Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application, preferably in pdf format:

• Application letter describing the applicant-s qualifications and motivation for the position
• Curriculum Vitae (detailing education, previous positions, teaching experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activities, including a complete list of publications)
• Research outline, including relevant research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches (2 - 3 pages) The outline should include at least 1 relevant experimental design along with a brief abstractJV_description on how the behavioral and EEG data can be analyzed.
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)

Diplomas, certificates, doctoral thesis and other academic works will be requested later.

Please note that all documents must be in English or Norwegian.

The short-listed candidates will be invited to an interview at Helgeland Hospital or we will arrange for a video-based interview.

See also Regulations at University of Oslo concerning Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships.

Following the Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) § 25, Chapter 2, information about the applicant may be used in the public list of applicants even if the applicant opts out from the entry in the public application list.

The University of Oslo has an Acquisition of Rights Agreement for the purpose of securing rights to intellectual property created by its employees, including research results.

The main objective of the appointment as a post-doctoral research fellow is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. There will be only one fixed term period as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the same institution.

Kontaktinformasjon

Venke Arntsberg Grane, Specialist i neuropsychology, +47 75115741, venke.arntsberg.grane (at) helgelandssykehuset.no
Tor Endestad, Associate Professor , +47 90517061, tor.endestad (at) psykologi.uio.no
Arnfrid Marie Farbu Pinto, Department head , +47 75115742, arnfrid.farbu.pinto (at) helgelandssykehuset.no

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Skjervengan 17
8657 Mosjøen

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Arbeidsgiver:Helse Nord

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Stillingsprosent: 100%
Søknadsfrist: 15.08.2019

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