{"id":7023,"date":"2021-04-13T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2021-04-13T18:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:45:24","slug":"looking-for-a-post-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/2021\/04\/13\/looking-for-a-post-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to work at CARE? We&#8217;re looking for a post-doc!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/EEG-picture-cropped-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5153 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/EEG-picture-cropped-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/EEG-picture-cropped-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/EEG-picture-cropped.jpg 873w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u>Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The Center for Autism Research Excellence (CARE) at Boston University has an immediate opening for a full time post-doctoral fellow for a 2-year term to work on a variety of ongoing research programs that explore early brain and behavioral development in autism, with a focus on language and social cognition.\u00a0 We are looking for an energetic scientist who has a strong research background in development and autism (or related neurodevelopmental disorders), some technical and programming expertise, and experience collecting and analyzing clinical, behavioral and electrophysiological (EEG\/ERP) data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Post-Doctoral Fellow will have primary responsibilities in supporting new and ongoing research programs.\u00a0 Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Training and supervision of students and other project staff<\/li>\n<li>Data collection including both standardized behavioral assessments and EEG\/ERP measures<\/li>\n<li>EEG\/ERP and behavioral data processing and analyses<\/li>\n<li>Write-up and dissemination of findings for reports, conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Required Qualifications<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience or related fields<\/li>\n<li>Experience working with children in research settings, preferably including individuals with ASD<\/li>\n<li>Training in two or more of the following areas: cognitive science\/cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging\/electrophysiology, developmental sciences; autism research<\/li>\n<li>Programming skills (e.g., MATLAB; Python) and proficiency with statistical programs and analyses (e.g., R, SPSS)<\/li>\n<li>Excellent interpersonal leadership skills, writing, and organizational skills<\/li>\n<li>Strong record of scholarly accomplishments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Salaries and benefits are competitive. Boston University offers active support and professional training programs to post-doctoral fellows (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/postdocs\/<\/a>). Interested candidates should send a CV, cover letter, research statement and contact information for three professional references to Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. (<a href=\"mailto:htagerf@bu.edu)\">htagerf@bu.edu)<\/a> and Chloe Adams Agarwal (CARE Administrator \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:chloeaa@bu.edu\">chloeaa@bu.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our work please visit our website:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\">www.bu.edu\/autism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship The Center for Autism Research Excellence (CARE) at Boston University has an immediate opening for a full time post-doctoral fellow for a 2-year term to work on a variety of ongoing research programs that explore early brain and behavioral development in autism, with a focus on language and social cognition.\u00a0 We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13963,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13963"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7026,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions\/7026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}