Connectionists: Postdoctoral Fellowship: Cognition and Emotion in Parkinson's Disease.

[Mark A. Gluck]

Postdoctoral position available to start anytime in 2013: Cognition 
and Emotion in Parkinson's Disease

We seek a postdoctoral fellow to work in our lab on studies of 
learning, memory, and decision making in Parkinson's Disease 
patients, studying how these cognitive capabilities interact with 
emotional and other psychiatric aspects of the disorder (e.g., 
depression and impulse control disorders). We are especially 
interested in how these cognitive and emotional variables are 
affected by dopaminergic medications. The position would be at 
Rutgers University-Newark (just outside New York City, NY) and 
involve overseeing our many collaborative projects in Parkinson's 
disease, both locally at NYU Medical Center and the North Shore-LIJ 
Feinstein Institute's Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's 
Disease as well as our international collaborations with Parkinson's 
clinics in China,  Turkey, Italy, Israel, and the Palestinian West 
Bank.

PREFERRED ATTRIBUTES: (1) A strong command of the relevant cognitive 
neuroscience and  neuropsychology literature on Parkinson's disease, 
basal ganglia function, and dopamine, and (2) prior experience 
designing and conducting behavioral studies with patient populations, 
(3) strong statistical data analysis skills, (4) excellent speaking 
and professional writing skills in English.  Although not essential, 
it would be useful if the candidate has some familiarity  with 
functional brain imaging to assist in ongoing imaging studies of 
stratal function in both healthy individuals and those with 
Parkinson's disease.

For more information on our laboratory, see http://www.gluck.edu. A 
collection of our recent papers on Parkinson's disease can be found 
at: http://www.gluck.edu/parkinsons.html

Interested candidates should contact me by email at 
gluck at pavlov.rutgers.edu with a cover letter describing their 
background, career goals, and how they fit the four attributes listed 
above, along with a CV and a PDF of a representative published paper.

Regards, Mark Gluck
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Dr. Mark A. Gluck,  Professor 
   Director, Rutgers Memory Disorders Project 
Center for Molecular  and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers University                               
197 University Ave.                                  
Newark, New Jersey  07102                 
  	 Web:  http://www.gluck.edu
	 Email:  gluck at pavlov.rutgers.edu
    	Ph:  (973) 353-3298

     
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