A Postdoctoral Associate position is available studying neural-behavioral relationships underlying psychiatric disorders and the mechanisms by which deep brain stimulation achieves therapeutic benefit. This field is now entering an extremely exciting phase in which peripheral/wearable technologies can provide time-resolved measures of real-world behavioral features. Coupling these previously unavailable behavioral data with intracranial neural recordings from recording-enabled brain stimulation systems provides a tremendous opportunity to understand the neural basis of cognition, affect, emotion, motivation, and other related behaviors. These projects are ideal for the individual interested in acquiring and analyzing task-locked and naturalistic behavior via wearables, audio, and video recordings, as well as intracranial neurophysiology. The position will provide rigorous exposure and mentorship in clinical psychiatric neuromodulation and cognitive neuroscience across the Departments of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience at BCM as well as the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neuroengineering Initiative at Rice University.

• Decodes neural-behavioral relationships underlying psychiatric disorders and the mechanisms by which deep brain stimulation.
• Acquires and analyzes task-locked and naturalistic behavior via wearables, audio, and video recordings.
• Acquires and analyzes task-locked and naturalistic recordings of intracranial neurophysiology.

• MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
• No experience required.

• Graduate level training (PhD or equivalent) in neuroscience, neuroengineering, or similar and have a strong foundation in behavioral and neural analyses, ideally with plentiful experience working with human data.

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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