The post holder will work closely with the PI and the wider project team to design new cognitive tasks and develop robust computational models of behaviour, coordinate with clinical and research collaborator, supervise junior lab members, collect data, analyse data from existing and future projects, and write papers., The successful candidate will collaborate with a team of neuroscientists working across different scales and species to reveal how medications and psychological therapies improve anxiety symptoms. This collaborative network provides unique opportunities for cross-disciplinary training in innovative methodologies at the intersection of behavioural, cognitive and computational neuroscience. Successful applicants will be integrated in a diverse research team to facilitate cross-disciplinary training and collaborative working
Applicants should have completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in clinical neuroscience, experimental psychology, computational psychiatry, or other relevant disciplines. We are looking for someone with previous experience of psychopharmacology and computational psychiatry, with working knowledge of 7T neuroimaging. An undergraduate background in pharmacology and/or mathematics would be desirable.