PhD in Neuroscience

The Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) is internationally recognized for research and teaching quality in many different fields of expertise.

The Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS) of UCLouvain is looking for a highly motivated PhD student to run a multidisciplinary research project in NeuroScience on two Belgian sites: the Brussels and Yvoir University Hospitals of UCLouvain.

The project aims at quantifying motor function recovery and motor learning in the early phase of stroke by means of robotics and at correlating recovery and motor learning with multimodal brain MRI. Healthy control subjects will be recruited for comparison purposes.

Responsibilities:

• Receive training in multimodal MRI data collection and analysis (BrainVoyager, SPM …)
• Receive training in robotic data collection and analysis (Matlab or Python)
• Receive training in clinical data collection and analysis
• Receive training in statistical analysis and programming (R studio …)
• Receive training in scientific writing – communication
• Be involved in data collection and curation (Data Management Plan – Data Repository)
• Interact with a multidisciplinary team (neurologists, MRI experts, neuroscience / motor control experts, physical therapists, stroke unit nurses, engineers, statisticians, IT experts …)
• Interact with acute stroke patients and healthy control subjects

Minimum Requirements:

The successful candidate will have a strong neuroscience, medical, engineering or scientific background, and/or experience with Matlab or Python programming, and/or multimodal MRI, and/or robotics applied to neuroscience/human movements.

The call is open to people with a Master 120 and a degree in medicine, neuroscience / biomedical science, engineering, psychology or physical / occupational therapy.

Specific Requirements:

If you do NOT speak French fluently, please do NOT apply. Indeed, the project will involve French-speaking acute patients from the Stroke Units of the Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc (Brussels) and CHU UCL Namur (Yvoir).

Languages: FRENCH (Good), ENGLISH (Good)

Eligibility criteria:

If you do NOT speak French fluently, please do NOT apply.

Selection process:

Round 1: email

Round 2: TEAMS or ZOOM interview

Country: Belgium

State/Province: Brussels

City: Brussels

Postal Code: 1200

Street: Avenue Hippocrate 10

Number of offers available: 1