[visionlist] PhD position: Neuroimaging of Social Perception in ASD

[Christoph Teufel]

PhD Position: Neuroimaging of social perception in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Applicants are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, jointly supervised by an interdisciplinary team with backgrounds in psychology, neuroscience, and psychiatry:  Dr Elisabeth von dem Hagen, Dr Christoph Teufel, Dr Susanne Quadflieg, and Prof. Jeremy Hall. The studentships will commence in October 2019.

Application deadline: 23 November 2018.

For further details of this project and information of how to apply, please see here: http://www.gw4biomed.ac.uk/files/2018/09/MRC19NMHCa-von-dem-Hagen.pdf

or contact Elisabeth von dem Hagen vondemhagene at cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:vondemhagene at cardiff.ac.uk>

The Project
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulties in social communication, including perceiving emotions. Using a combination of psychophysics, neuroimaging, and virtual reality tools, this project will study cortical mechanisms underlying whole-person representations of emotion in ASD, by characterising the processing and integration of emotion signals from the face and body.
The PhD project is supervised by an interdisciplinary team with backgrounds in psychology/neuroscience (E. von dem Hagen, C. Teufel, S. Quadflieg (Bristol)), and psychiatry (J. Hall). We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and innovative individual with an excellent degree in medicine, biology, psychology, neuroscience, physics, engineering/computer science, or related discipline. The successful candidate will be based at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) (http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cubric/), which is part of the School of Psychology (http://psych.cf.ac.uk/).
For further details of this project, please see here: http://www.gw4biomed.ac.uk/files/2018/09/MRC19NMHCa-von-dem-Hagen.pdf

or contact Elisabeth von dem Hagen vondemhagene at cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:vondemhagene at cardiff.ac.uk>
About us
The successful candidate will be based at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) (http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cubric/), which is part of the School of Psychology (http://psych.cf.ac.uk/). The School of Psychology at Cardiff is one of the strongest in the UK. In the 2014 research excellence framework, Cardiff was one of the UK's top three universities for its world-leading research in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. The imaging centre is one of the largest and technologically most advanced in Europe. The School and the Imaging Centre have state-of-the art testing facilities, a world-class community of clinical and cognitive neuroscience researchers and a thriving postgraduate research group. The candidate will also be closely associated with the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (Cardiff University) and the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.
Funding Notes
This research project is in competition with 69 other studentship projects available across the GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership. Up to 18 full studentships will be awarded to the best applicants. The studentship consists of full UK/EU tuition fees, as well as a Doctoral Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£14,777. for 2018/19, updated each year) for 3.5 years.
The DTP welcomes applications from both UK and EU applicants. Please note that negotiations regarding ‘Brexit’ will not affect recruitment of EU students for studentships starting in October 2019, as per the July 2018 government announcement that non-UK EU doctoral students applying for courses beginning in the academic year 2019/20 remain eligible for RCUK support.  Non-EU international students are unfortunately not eligible.
Find out more information about the DTP including how to apply: http://www.gw4biomed.ac.uk/doctoral-students/
Application deadline: 23 November 2018

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Christoph Teufel
Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
School of Psychology
College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cardiff University
70 Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 5372

Christoph Teufel
Canolfan Delweddu Prifysgol Caerdydd er Ymchwil yr Ymennydd (CUBRIC)
Yr Ysgol Seicoleg
Coleg y Gwyddorau Biofeddygol a Bywyd
Prifysgol Caerdydd
70 Plas-y-Parc
Caerdydd
CF10 3AT
Ffôn : +44 (0)29 2087 5372



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