Research assistant in psychiatry - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Medical Sciences is a large clinical institution with more than 250 employees and over 900 additional coworkers connected via the Uppsala University Hospital. The Department of Medical Sciences has a broad research profile with strong research groups in a number of different areas. The research carried out at the department is performed in close connection with the clinical activities at the Uppsala University Hospital, which includes both basic studies on the causes of a variety of illnesses and the development and evaluation of improved diagnostics and new treatment methods. More information about the Department of Medical Sciences can be found at www.medsci.uu.se

At the department, the Psychiatry Research Group studies the major psychiatric disorders based on a gene-environment interaction model where psychiatric conditions are considered to arise due to an interplay between biological, psychological and social risk factors.

Within Psychiatry, the subgroup ”Uppsala mood, brain and behaviour” headed by Associate Professor Malin Gingnell investigates the neurobiology associated with emotional states. We use experimental psychology in the lab, through Internet and during brain imaging (PET, MR, EEG) to gain a better understanding of emotion processing in both healthy participants and patient groups.

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Duties
As part of the international research project RE-MEND (Building Resilience against Mental illness during Endocrine-sensitive life stages) we study the interaction between the hormonal challenges during puberty and basic psychological functions such as approach behavior, fear extinction, emotion regulation and risk taking. This part of the project focuses on data collection of psychophysiological and fMRI-data.

Requirements
You must

• - hold a Master’s (second-cycle) degree in Psychology, Medicine, Biomedicine or any similar field, or
• - have completed at least 240 credits in higher education, with at least 60 credits at Master’s level including an independent project worth at least 15 credits, or
• - have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way.

Additional qualifications
For this position, a background in cognitive neuroscience, with experience in designing and creating stimuli for digital tests is a merit. Research experience of conducting psychological experiments and using psychophysiological measurement methods, in particular eye-tracking and skin conductance measurements, is also a merit. Great emphasis is also placed on good competence in computational and/or statistical processing, and using programmes such as MatLab, Python and LaTeX as well as practical research experience, especially if this includes work with research subjects. Experience of working with data in large multimodal datasets (e.g. combining brain imaging, biomedical data and behavioral measurements) is an important merit. Personal abilities such as independence, flexibility and perseverance along with the ability to collaborate are of value. Good knowledge of English is of paramount importance.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position for 6 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Malin Gingnell +4670-754 41 48 or malin.gingnell@psyk.uu.se.

Please submit your application by July 12th 2023, UFV-PA 2023/2485.

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