Postdoctoral Fellow For Pain Phenotypes

The Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow position to join Dr. Luana Colloca’s laboratory. Our research focuses on the mechanisms of immersive virtual reality mechanisms, socially induced placebo effects, brain mapping and pharmacological approaches. 

The successful applicant will be part of a vibrant research program focusing on the neurobiology of pain experience and pain modulatory systems. Collaboration with faculty in the department as well as with scientists/clinicians in other departments and the UMB Center for the Advancement of Chronic Pain Research (CACPR) is strongly encouraged.

This job will require the candidate to be able to: 

• Process autonomic measurements
• Perform advanced analyses of clinical phenotypes,
• Have experience with chronic pain markers
• Have experience with scientific writing.

The candidate should have a PhD in nursing, experimental and/or clinical psychology, graduate training in science related fields, extensive experience with human data collection in healthy controls and participants suffering from acute and chronic symptoms, and be able to learn/perform quantitative sensory testing and virtual reality approaches. 

Appointments and salary are commensurate with research experience and accomplishments following NIH guidelines: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-049.html .

Please send a cover letter, CV, statement of research and career objectives, and contact information for three references (all in one file) to: Dr. Luana Colloca - colloca@ umaryland.edu.

Review of applications will begin shortly and continue until the position is filled.

The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy. 

If you need a reasonable accommodation for a disability, for any part of the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.