Summary
Baylor College of Medicine is recognized as one of the nation's
premier academic health science centers and is known for excellence
in education, research, and healthcare. The Department of
Neurosurgery is a premier clinical and research department within
BCM, housing one of the most advanced neurosurgical research
enterprises in the country. The Department of Neurosurgery is
seeking to hire an exceptionally qualified junior faculty member
working with Dr. Kelly Bijanki to advance research on affective
neural circuitry. This is a purely research position with no formal
supervisory responsibilities. The ideal candidate with have a
demonstrated record of productivity including first author
publications and will be successful in generating high quality
publications and obtaining independent funding in this role.
Job Duties
• Designs experiments and collects new data to support scientific
hypotheses for self and PI.
• Analyzes data in support of scientific hypotheses of self and
PI.
• Presents findings in internal and external venues to generate
feedback and improve interpretation of scientific data.
• Drafts scholarly articles on the findings of experiments in
collaboration with members of the department.
• Identifies relevant grant application opportunities for self
and PI.
• Contributes to grant efforts of PI.
• Drafts grant applications.
• Administers mentored research grants if awarded.
• The candidate will conduct intracranial electrophysiology and
non-invasive electrophysiology experiments to characterize the
affective neurobiology of mood disorders.
Minimum Qualifications
• PhD required and suitable experience as a postdoctoral
fellow.
• Ideal candidate will have prior experience in
electrophysiological analysis and research design in the domain of
affective neurobiology.
• Core competencies require analytical thinking, industry
knowledge, collaboration, communication, and accountability.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action/Equal Access Employer.
Requisition ID: 19791
Location: Houston, TX
Posted: Aug. 16, 2024, 4:17 a.m.
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