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Postgraduate Associate (Neuroinformatics and Computer Science)—Neuroimaging and Neuroinformatics, Psychiatry (Anticevic Lab)
The Anticevic Lab is looking for a graduating senior with an interest in pursuing graduate research education in neuroscience, psychology, and/or computer science for a postgraduate position in the Department of Psychiatry under the guidance of Zailyn Tamayo, Director of N3 Technology. The Anticevic Lab <https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/anticevic/> leverages developmental and cognitive neuroscience to better understand how psychiatric illnesses develop. We seek to understand processes such as motivation and cognition in depression, schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorders, and typical populations. We use a number of methods, including neuroimaging (fMRI), behavioral paradigms, and eye-tracking. This is a salaried, academic position focused on training in neuroinformatics. The lab is a part of the Division of Neurocognition, Neurocomputation, and Neurogenetics (N3) <https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/research/divisions/n3/> at Yale.
Training:
Training under the supervision of Dr. Alan Anticevic, and the Anticevic Lab research team, the post-graduate associate will work closely with the Director of N3 Technology, Zailyn Tamayo. The post-graduate associate will be trained in neuroinformatics. Under the supervision of the Director of N3 Technology, they will learn HIPAA, CFR Part 11, and GDPR compliance related to the conduct of human based research and human data security. The candidate will learn proper data management skills as well as to implement quality assurance of acquired neuroimaging data. The candidate will have coding skills to work on fmri processing pipelines and data orchestration. The candidate will preferably have systems engineering and software engineering knowledge.
Mentorship:
The postgraduate associate will be mentored by Dr. Anticevic and will meet on a regular basis. They will have weekly supervision under the Director of N3 Technology, Zailyn Tamayo, in the development and conducting of neuroimaging analyses and processing workflows applied to psychiatric studies. They will be responsible for training those who intern in the lab in the summers and semesters. They will also be mentored by associate research scientists, post-doctoral associates, N3 faculty and the lab manager within the N3 Division.
Education:
 The trainee’s curriculum will include: gaining independence in developing neuroinformatics workflows and programming, such as behavioral computer working memory tasks using e-prime programming. They will present at lab meeting on scientific papers and on their work. They will be encouraged to work towards shared authorship on poster presentations, and attend conferences to learn about this area of work. They will take short courses or workshops focused on fMRI, basic statistics and computer programming.
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.
Additional Information
In accordance with university requirements for a safe return to in-person university operations, all faculty, staff, and postdoctoral and postgraduate associates will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by August 1. For additional information, please visit https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/workplace-guidance/workplace-guidance-faqs.
The Postgraduate Associate position is one year in duration with a salary of $38,000. The position is open to those who have recently received a bachelor and/or master’s degree, but not doctoral degrees.
Application Process
 Please submit a letter of interest, resume, a copy of academic transcript, and at least two names of reference to Zailyn Tamayo at zailyn.tamayo@yale.edu<mailto:zailyn.tamayo@yale.edu> AND Nicole Santamauro at Nicole.santamauro@yale.edu<mailto:Nicole.santamauro@yale.edu> Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.