Functional Brain Imaging of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease in Older African Americans

Position Description:

The Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow with strong prior training and experience in fMRI methods and an interest in applying those techniques to the study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease prevention.  Fellows who work in our lab would participate in our NIH-funded study of Pathways to Healthy Aging in African Americans, which draws on interdisciplinary methods from cognitive neuroscience (fMRI, EEG, & cognitive assessments), genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease and memory, exercise physiology, and kinesiology, public health, sleep research, and immunology.

We have an extensive program of community engagement in the greater Newark area through which we recruit older African Americans into both longitudinal and interventional research. We work collaboratively with several other aging and brain research centers including those at UC, Irvine (brain imaging and sleep), and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, (neurochemistry of Alzheimer’s pathology); there will be opportunities for interdisciplinary cross-training with our collaborators at these other institutions. 

For additional details, lecture videos, an overview of current lab members, and downloadable publications and research summaries, see our lab web site at 

http://www.gluck.edu/

 and our community website for the Rutgers Aging & Brain Health Alliance at 

https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/

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Qualifications:

In addition to strong skills and training in fMRI methods and theory, we see applicants who have:

• A Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurobiology, or related field. 
• Rigorous training and experience in statistics, data analysis, and human experimental research methods; 
• Prior experience writing and submitting English-language academic papers and research grants.  
• An interest in working with minority populations, especially African Americans, on health disparities research. 

FOREIGN CANDIDATES:  Although we will consider applications from abroad, we will give first priority and review to applicants who are currently living and working in the U.S. and are either US Citizens, Permanent Residents (“Green Card” holders), or who have a U.S. Employment Authorization based on their current visa status. 

Salary would be commensurate with experience and on par with NIH postdoctoral salary guidelines. Applications should be submitted on or before February 1, 2022, with a start date in the summer or early fall of 2022. 

To Apply:

Applicants should begin by contacting 

Mark Gluck, PhD

by email to 

[email protected]

 with a complete CV, a cover-letter addressing the degree to which they fit all of the desiderata noted above, clarification on their current location and citizenship/visa status, along with a summary of their relevant skills, background, future career goals, prior experience, and why they think they are a good fit to our research and lab (please review both our web sites before applying).

Please also include a PDF sample of a published (or in press) first-authored paper.