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The University of Michigan Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to provide primary analysis of imaging and other data related to the Udall Center's primary research study and a similar study, the University of Groningen Dutch Parkinson Cohort (DUPARC) study, a longitudinal cohort study aimed at deeply phenotyping patients with Parkinson?s disease, to discover and validate biomarkers for PD progression, subtypes, and pathophysiology 

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What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

• Analyze imaging and other data from the Udall Center and DUPARC studies
• Regularly report research progress in group meetings
• Work well independently and as a member of a highly collaborative team
• Write manuscripts for publication
• Present research at internal and external meetings

• PhD in Cognitive Science or a related field
• Ability to work with complex clinical datasets
• Demonstrated expertise in analysis of neurocognitive data
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Demonstrated expertise in analysis of human imaging data, including PET and MRI imaging data
• Experience with Parkinson disease research

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One-year postdoc with option to renew

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