Contact Info:
Please contact Jay J. Pillai, M.D., Division of Neuroradiology,
Russell H. Morgan Dept. of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions
E-mail: jpillai1@jhmi.edu; phone: (410) 955-5432/614-3020.
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR JOHNS HOPKINS fMRI RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is offering a fulltime
position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Associate
(commensurate with training and research background) starting July 1,
2012. The expectation is that the annual contract will be renewed for
a total of at least three years. The primary responsibility of the
fellow/research associate will be participation in the design and
implementation of new clinical functional magnetic resonance imaging
paradigms, as well as offline analysis of BOLD, DTI and perfusion
imaging data collected on our Siemens 3T Trio MRI system at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital as part of a comprehensive clinical brain tumor
physiologic MR imaging program. Johns Hopkins Hospital, located in
Baltimore, Maryland, is a major international referral center, and our
clinical fMRI program benefits from referrals from one of the largest
brain tumor centers in the world.
Partly in collaboration with Siemens, software development and
optimization for both clinical and research fMRI will also be
accomplished. The Fellow/Research Associate is expected to be actively
involved in the administration of the paradigms, patient training and
testing, collection of fMRI and DTI data, performance of data quality
control analysis, and prompt offline processing of the data for same
day export to PACS and neuronavigation systems. Paradigm design and
optimization will be performed in conjunction with a team of
experienced neuroradiologists who will also be involved in the
interpretation and postprocessing of the data for delivery of results
to referring neurosurgeons. Our fMRI team includes several
"supertechs" in addition to three neuroradiologists. Experience with
fMRI analysis software packages (particularly AFNI [required],
although additional experience with SPM8 would also be useful) and
MATLAB is essential, and prior fMRI & image processing experience is
an absolute requirement. Strong computer programming skills are highly
desirable as well, particularly in C/C++ or comparable languages. The
successful candidate will hold a Masters or PhD degree in a
neuroscience, functional imaging or computer science related field and
will be able to expand our existing clinical fMRI program by further
developing and optimizing fMRI paradigms on the existing software
platform on our Siemens 3T scanner, which includes an integrated
AFNI-based clinical fMRI package provided by Prism Clinical Imaging.
Excellent opportunities for research related to clinical outcomes,
paradigm development and analysis optimization, and most importantly
clinical validation of techniques, will also be present. The
successful candidate will participate in ongoing funded research
projects related to BOLD cerebrovascular reactivity mapping and
assessment of neurovascular uncoupling, as well as brain plasticity.
Current clinical applications of fMRI and DTI at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital include presurgical mapping of eloquent cortex in patients
with brain tumors and presurgical planning in patients with epilepsy.
Design of a variety of clinically useful sensorimotor, language,
memory and visual activation paradigms suitable for a wide range of
patient functional levels and design of accurate semiautomated fMRI
and DTI processing methods, as well as development and implementation
of sophisticated neurobehavioral testing and monitoring methods, will
be the eventual goals. Collection of normative data during paradigm
development will also be necessary. Additional research opportunities
related to resting state BOLD and functional connectivity MR imaging
in the context of brain tumor imaging will also be present.
The Johns Hopkins University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer, and encourages applications from qualified women
and minority candidates. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work
in the State of Maryland.
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