University of Freiburg – Research Assistant position

We are seeking a full-time or part time research assistant to support and manage researchprojects at the Department of Neurology. We study how the brain works and how it recoversfrom damage. Clinical and neuropsychological behavioural tests (eg: language, spatialprocessing, praxis, spatial perception, memory) are correlated with brain anatomy andfunction (eg: fMRI, rsfMRI, DTI, sMRT, PET, TMS) in group studies of patients (mainlystroke, Parkinson ’s disease and migraine). In a large scale project carefully selected strokepatients (first ever stroke, single ischemic lesion) are prospectively tested during acute stageand follow-up (currently> 800 enrolled). The group is part of Freiburg Brain Imaging (FBI),an interfaculty assembly of departments interested in scientific brain imaging, strong linksexist with the Bernstein Centre of computational neuroscience, the Herman Paul Centre oflinguistics and the faculties of biology, psychology, sport and sport sciences and informatics. Responsibilities:Within our large scale project: screening, recruitment and caring for studypatients during the visit; conducting and evaluating language tests/or general behaviouraltests; maintenance and further development of databases, static analysis, co-supervision ofdoctoral students, research assistants and interns; support in managing the project.Contributions to the experimental design of new studies and opportunity to work on your ownscientific projects if you are qualified to do so&nb...
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