Vacancy: Research Fellow in MRI perivascular spaces image analysis at University of Edinburgh

About the role

The Centre for Research into Ageing and the Brain at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences within The University of Edinburgh seeks an experienced post‑doctoral medical image analyst to conduct original research as a key member of the recently funded international project “Perivascular spaces: an early marker of vascular contributions to neurodegeneration”. Perivascular spaces (PVS) have recently been identified on brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), as a marker of small vessel dysfunction and a potential biomarker of future risk of neurodegeneration and dementia. The work will focus on testing and further refining recently developed computational methods to measure PVS on brain MRI in patients at risk of small vessel disease (SVD), dementia, and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Responsibilities

• testing and improving computational methods (inc. machine learning approaches) for measuring PVS on human brain MRI
• discovering associations between PVS morphologies, current and future cognitive outcomes, using data from many studies reflecting different patient groups

Requirements

Hold a PhD degree in a relevant discipline; demonstrable experience in MRI computational image analysis preferably in SVDs or dementia; statistical and database management experience; a track record of published work.

Skills

Previous experience in studies linking MRI findings with cognitive, functional and neurodegenerative disease outcomes would be advantageous.

For informal discussion, please contact Prof JM Wardlaw at Joanna.wardlaw@ed.ac.uk. Further information: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=051857. Closing date: 1st May 2020.