Research Fellow in Speech and Language Neurobiology

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The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learni ng programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

This project, funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia), aims to provide new research evidence about the neurobiology of paediatric speech and language disorders of genetic origin. The project involves (i) measuring cognitive and speech-language skills (ii) acquiring brain MRIs and (iii) analysing structural (volumetrics and DWI tractography) and fMRI data in young people and families with speech-language disorders of genetic origin. The post therefore represents an excellent opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher to further develop their skills in advanced MRI and to gain experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment involving cognitive neuroscientists, MRI specialists, speech and language therapists, neurologists and geneticists. Previous experience in quantitative MRI methods, in particular diffusion MRI and tractography or resting-state fMRI are highly desirable. Experience in linguistic and cognitive assessments, and work with patient populations would also be desirable. This part-time post is available for 12 months. The salary range for this post is £42,099 - £44,347 pro-rata, pa.

About you

PhD or post-doctoral experience, involving MRI analysis, background knowledge in the brain basis of language skills, Experience in one or more of the following areas: tractography reconstruction from diffusion-weighted imaging -cortical morphology -volumetrics -voxel based morphometry, excellent computing skills and good record of research presentations and publications are essential. Please check JD for detailed information.

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