Training and Fellowships
Training and Fellowships
The Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation (LCNS), under the direction of Roy Hamilton, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), is accepting applications for post-doctoral fellows. The central thrust of work in the LCNS is to use electrical and magnetic noninvasive brain stimulation to explore the characteristics and limits of functional plasticity in the intact and injured adult human brain. The principal projects in the lab involve behavioral, neuropsychological, and noninvasive neuromodulation investigative approaches to studying aphasias in patients with stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Available projects in the LCNS involve the use of multiple forms of non-invasive neurostimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial alternating current (tACS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Neuroimaging projects that including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI), diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), and network neuroscience. The ideal candidate must have experience in one or more of the following areas: behavioral studies in brain-injured patient populations, studies involving measures of human neurophysiology like electroencephalogram (EEG), functional or anatomical imaging techniques (e.g fMRI, DSI, DWI), advanced statistics, or noninvasive brain stimulation techniques (e.g TMS,tACS,tDCS). A track record of prior academic authorship is strongly encouraged. Moreover, an ideal candidate must be able to work independently and proactively propose and test new ideas that are relevant to his or her projects. Good oral and written communication skills are expected. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage secondary mentors in the Brain, Science, Translation, Innovation and Modulation (brainSTIM) Center, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics, and the Department of Neurology at Penn. Eligible candidates with a wide range of training backgrounds will be considered. Women and under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
Specific Training Opportunities:
- Training Program in Neuroengineering and Medicine (T-32).
- Cross-disciplinary training in translational neuroimaging of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) (T-32).
- Remapping Clinical Neuroscience through Translation and Innovation Training (ReCoNnecT-IT) (T-32).
Interested applicants should contact Dr. Hamilton (roy.hamilton AT pennmedicine.upenn.edu)