The Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (T-SCAN) Lab at Rice University (PI: Bryan Denny, PhD) invites applications for an NIH-funded postdoctoral position to begin in summer/fall 2025 (start date flexible).
The T-SCAN lab’s objective is to study the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying emotion and emotion regulation processes in healthy and stressed populations, including whether and how emotion regulation abilities can be improved through novel interventions, and how changes in emotion regulation impact mental and physical health. More information about the lab’s research can be found here: http://tscan.rice.edu/
The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will have opportunities to be involved in every phase of the research process in the T-SCAN lab, from study design, to study implementation, to statistical analysis, to writing research reports, to publication and dissemination of research results, as well as grant writing. In particular, the Postdoctoral Fellow will be involved in an R01-funded study from NIA investigating biobehavioral mechanisms of smartphone-based cognitive emotion regulation training in unpaid primary caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will also have opportunities to write their own grants and present research results at relevant conferences and meetings.
The Postdoctoral Research Fellow must possess excellent communication, time management, leadership, and teamwork skills as well as excellent technical and data analysis skills, especially using multilevel data analysis. Experience with ecological momentary assessment (EMA) as well as heart rate variability (HRV) methods and data analysis is preferred.
The T-SCAN lab is housed within the Rice BioScience Research Collaborative<https://brc.rice.edu/>, an innovative research space bridging Rice University and the Texas Medical Center (TMC), the world’s largest medical center. In addition to the ability to recruit a variety of clinical populations through collaborations with the TMC, the T-SCAN lab has access to state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities and resources at Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Translational Imaging Center, located across the street from lab office space. Houston is a dynamic, cosmopolitan, and diverse city of about 7 million people (recently named the most diverse metropolitan area in the United States). Rice University is adjacent to both Hermann Park and the Museum District in addition to the Texas Medical Center.
Compensation will be competitive and include full benefits. Initial commitment is for one year with extension possible.
Please feel free to contact the PI at bryan.denny@rice.edu with any questions. All applications received by February 1, 2025 will receive equal consideration.
Applicants are invited to express their interest via email to the PI in advance of this date.
To apply, please visit:
https://emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/4349