Research Assistant, Computational Neuroscience & Brain Imaging

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, seeks a full-time Research Assistant for the Computational Neuroscience Laboratory. The role focuses on characterizing brain circuit dynamics from birth to young adulthood using MATLAB-driven analyses of fMRI and diffusion MRI data.

Responsibilities include developing large-scale codes, building statistical models, and contributing to manuscripts and abstracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, Biomedical/ Electrical Engineering (Signal Processing) or Physics is required.
• Coursework in computational neuroscience preferred.
• MATLAB programming experience required for independent coding.

Responsibilities

• Develop large-scale codes almost exclusively in MATLAB and implement novel algorithms.
• Analyze large volumes of fMRI and diffusion MRI data.
• Develop statistical models for longitudinal analyses.
• Maintain and expand a computational platform for large brain datasets.
• Co-author manuscripts and conference abstracts.

Skills

MATLAB programming

Data analysis

Statistical modeling

Education

B.S. in Neuroscience/Biomedical/Engineering/Physics (Signal Processing)

Job description

Boston Children’s Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, seeks a full-time Research Assistant for the Computational Neuroscience Laboratory. The role focuses on characterizing brain circuit dynamics from birth to young adulthood using MATLAB-driven analyses of fMRI and diffusion MRI data.

Responsibilities include developing large-scale codes, building statistical models, and contributing to manuscripts and abstracts.