Monday, September 11, 2006

JOBS: Univ. of Aberdeen, Research Fellow, Social Neuroscience of Aging

RESEARCH FELLOW: SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE OF AGINGThe School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen has been awarded a 5-year Research Council UK Fellowship, which will provide a strong career path for an outstanding researcher. The successful candidate will have a PhD and a strong research record. Candidates with expertise in techniques of either cognitive neuroscience, social cognition or aging research would be particularly welcome. The appointed fellow will develop an independent research programme in the social neuroscience of aging, with the possibility of utilising behavioural, electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques, and access to a pool of healthy older volunteers as well as older adults suffering from dementia. The Fellowship is tenable for five years, and the successful candidate will initially concentrate on building a strong, independent research profile. The University will offer the successful candidate a substantive academic post at the end of the fellowship, subject to satisfactory progress. Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Louise Phillips, email louise.phillips@abdn.ac.uk , or Professor Neil Macrae, email c.n.macrae@abdn.ac.uk .

Formal applications and further information via http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/display.php?recordid=YPS202R.

*************************** Dr Louise Phillips School of Psychology, Aberdeen University Aberdeen, AB24 2UB, Scotland, UK Phone: (0)1224 272229. Fax: (0)1224 273426 Email: louise.phillips@abdn.ac.uk Web: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~psy165/dept/