Postbaccalaureate Fellow

Sleep Research Society; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

NIH’s Advanced MRI Section (AMRI) seeks a postbaccalaureate fellow to assist with two EEG-FMRI sleep studies in healthy controls and epilepsy patients. The fellow will perform data collection and analysis, with potential to pursue an independent data analysis project after initial phases.

Start date is flexible, likely summer 2027, with access to extensive imaging and computational resources. Requirements include U.S.

Qualifications

• USA citizen or permanent resident.
• Bachelor's degree within three years or master's within six months of start date.
• Willingness and ability to work night shifts.
• Willingness and ability to work in the MRI environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with data collection and analysis for EEG-FMRI sleep studies.
• Potential to develop an independent data analysis project in time (4 months or longer).

Skills

Citizenship status

Statistics coursework

Scientific programming coursework

Data analysis experience

Education

Bachelor's degree within 3 years or Master's degree within 6 months

Job description

The Advanced MRI Section (AMRI) in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland is seeking a postbaccalaureate fellow to assist with two projects: an all-night EEG-FMRI sleep study in healthy controls and an EEG-FMRI-CPAP nap study in patients with epilepsy.

Tasks and priorities will vary depending on the phase of the studies and amendments that are made to their protocols and will include data collection and analysis.

With time (4 months or longer), the fellow may be invited to develop an independent data analysis project. The start date is flexible but will likely be summer 2027.

As part of the NIH Intramural Research Program, AMRI has access to unique imaging and computational resources, including four 3 T and three 7 T human MRI scanners, EEG and MEG systems, and a large (currently 96,952-core) computational cluster.

AMRI has a dedicated group of researchers with expertise in state-of-the-art MRI techniques, data analysis tools, MRI physics, and sleep neuroscience.

Required Qualifications

• USA citizen or permanent resident
• Received a bachelor's degree within three years or received a master's degree within six months of the start date
• Willingness and ability to work night shifts
• Willingness and ability to work in the MRI environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Statistics coursework and experience
• Scientific computer programming coursework and experience
• Data analysis experience

For more information on the NIH Intramural Research Training Award, see: https://www.training.nih.gov/research-training/pb/pb.

For more information on the laboratory, see: https://amri.ninds.nih.gov.

Please note that you must be willing and able to work night shifts and in the MRI environment.

You cannot perform these essential functions if you ever had a seizure; if you ever had a psychotic, depressive, or bipolar disorder; or if you have a serious contraindication for MRI. This will be verified with a physical.