Title 42 Staff Scientist / fMRI Physicist
Section on Functional Imaging Methods
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
The staff scientist working for this section would beresponsible for high level technical support and research management. This support would include pulse sequence development and modification, hardware implementation, fMRI paradigm programming, post processing development, anddata management. It's anticipated that the staff scientist will have about 30% to 60% time free for independent research.
Resources are extensive at the NIH: These include four GE 3T scanners, one GE 1.5T scanner, and a GE7T scanner. In addition, MEG, EEG, PET, and extensive animal imaging facilities are available. In the next few years, a human 11.7T scanner will also beinstalled. In addition, the fMRI core facility staff, also under the direction of Dr. Bandettini, works closely with the section and supports over 300 fMRI researchers – making for an extremely stimulating and collegial researchenvironment. The NIH is has among the largest concentrations of MRI researchersin the world, with opportunities to collaborate with leaders in the field off MRI, DTI, parallel imaging, molecular imaging, and cardiac MRI, among other MRI - based specialties.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in MRI physics or a relateddiscipline and at least two years experience with and an intense interest in fMRI method development. Desired skills and interests include: pulse programming,fast imaging techniques, high resolution fMRI techniques, image reconstruction,quantitative functional imaging, MRI hardware development, multi-modal integration. The applicant must be highly independent, able to work with alarge team, and highly motivated to develop novel methods for fMRI. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to
If you are interested in another position (graduate student, postdoc, etc) within the FIM Section, please send an email to bandettp@mail.nih.gov.