Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University

Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health beginning July 1, 2015. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status. This will be a two-year appointment. Individuals may seek training in any of the following inter-related areas: (1) speech and voice production, development, and disorders; (2) language structure, development, and disorders; (3) auditory perception, neural plasticity, and sensory aids; (4) cognitive neuroscience approaches to hearing, language processing, and communication disorders; and (5) linguistics applied to communication sciences and disorders. Potential mentors include: Alexander Francis, Lisa Goffman, Michael Heinz, Jessica Huber, David Kemmerer, Keith Kluender, Ananthanarayan Krishnan, Laurence Leonard, Amanda Seidl, Mahalakshmi Sivasankar, Elizabeth Strickland, Christine Weber-Fox, and Ronnie Wilbur. Applicants are encouraged to contact appropriate individuals on this list prior to submitting an application. A description of the research areas of these potential mentors can be found at http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/research/areas/index.php. Application materials should include a statement of interest, three letters of recommendation, a curriculum vitae, and copies of relevant publications.  These materials should b...

Source: Talking Brains - October 9, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs