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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">(Apologies for cross posting).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I am thrilled to announce that we are recruiting for a PhD position titled
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Next Generation Ophthalmic Testing: “Continuous Psychophysics” for Rapid and User-Friendly Assessment of Visual, Movement, and Cognitive Disorders</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">
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<b>About the project: </b>This PhD project will develop and evaluate innovative clinical tests using “Continuous Psychophysics,” a method based on tracking a moving target (Bonnen et al, 2015). The core concept involves assessing vision, motor skills, and cognition
simultaneously through performance on a straightforward, game-like task. The successful candidate will develop computational models (Straub, & Rothkopf, 2022) and tasks that effectively extract meaningful clinical information from this simple paradigm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Supervisory team:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dr Guido Maiello (lead supervisor); Dr Erich Graf; Professor Andrew Lotery; Dr James Self<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Entry requirements:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">The successful applicant will need at least a 2:1 honours degree (or <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/uni-life/international/your-country.page">international equivalent</a>) in
Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science, or related fields. Having already completed a Master’s degree is considered desirable but not necessary. Experience in programming (e.g., MATLAB, Python) or previous research experience in basic/clinical
vision science or psychophysics is advantageous. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Fees and funding:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">This PhD studentship is fully funded for UK candidates by Wessex Medical Research. The studentship will cover tuition fees, stipend (currently £20,780 per annum), and support for project/research
consumables and conference attendance. International applicants are welcome to apply but will need to qualify for <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/scholarships/postgraduate-uk/horizon-europe-fee-waiver" title="Horizon Europe fee waiver">Horizon
Europe fee waiver</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Application deadline:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> 30 June 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> University of Southampton, Southampton, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> 3.5 years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">How to apply:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">To see further project details and application procedures visit
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/projects/next-generation-ophthalmic-testing-continuous-psychophysics">
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/projects/next-generation-ophthalmic-testing-continuous-psychophysics</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">For an initial, informal conversation, please email Dr Guido Maiello <a href="mailto:g.maiello@soton.ac.uk">g.maiello@soton.ac.uk</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Please feel free to share with any promising candidates!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Guido<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">References<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Bonnen, K., Burge, J., Yates, J., Pillow, J., & Cormack, L. K. (2015). Continuous psychophysics: Target-tracking to measure visual sensitivity. <i>Journal of vision</i>, <i>15</i>(3),
14-14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Straub, D., & Rothkopf, C. A. (2022). Putting perception into action with inverse optimal control for continuous psychophysics. <i>Elife</i>, <i>11</i>, e76635.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">campus: Building 44, Room 4106<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">email: </span><a href="mailto:G.Maiello@soton.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#196AD4;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">G.Maiello@soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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