Salary: $74,692

Department: NEU

Physical work location: (must be proper street address) 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029

Details of Research Project: 

The fellow’s main research project would be part of a funded 5-year grant from the NIMH focused on the neural basis of depression. Successful applicants will use nonhuman primate behavior, electrophysiological recordings, chemogenetic activation, fMRI, and deep brain stimulation to investigate the how frontal cortex and interconnected structures are involved in controlling affective behavior in the context of depression.

Technical Duties: (include any protocols)

The applicant will be required to train non-human primates to perform behavioral tasks, record neural activity, conduct neurosurgeries with the laboratory team, and acquire structural and functional MRI data. They will also need to be well versed in ...