Postdoc in Translational Neuroscience & Neurogenetics

NYSPI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits Package

Job summary

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Neuroscience in collaboration with CUIMC/Columbia University. The role focuses on genetic risk, early-life adversity, and hippocampal mechanisms underlying depression through large-scale neuroimaging and genomic analyses.

The successful candidate will guide day-to-day project execution, mentor students, and present findings at scientific meetings.

Qualifications

• PhD or MD/PhD in neuroscience, epidemiology, psychology, genomics, bioinformatics or related field.
• 2+ years of experience with R or Python or similar data analytic software

Responsibilities

• Investigate how early life events interact with hippocampal gene expression-based polygenic scores to assess risk for depression.
• Lead day-to-day execution of the project under Dr. van Dijk's guidance, focusing on analysis of existing datasets.
• Collaborate with neuroscientists, statisticians, genomics and epidemiology researchers.
• Perform literature reviews on the topic.
• Conduct genomic analyses across mouse and human datasets, including WGCNA on RNA-seq data.
• Secondary analyses of neuroimaging markers with respect to genetic and environmental risk factors.
• Analyze data and interpret results; mentor students and staff.
• Present data in oral and written formats.
• Maintain flexible schedule to meet deadlines.

Skills

Statistics

R

Python

Neuroimaging analysis

Genomics

Computational skills

Education

PhD or MD/PhD

Tools

RNA sequencing data

Job description

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Neuroscience in collaboration with CUIMC/Columbia University. The role focuses on genetic risk, early-life adversity, and hippocampal mechanisms underlying depression through large-scale neuroimaging and genomic analyses.

The successful candidate will guide day-to-day project execution, mentor students, and present findings at scientific meetings.