ARC is a multidisciplinary academic environment, representing psychology, sociology, and various branches of medicine (e.g., neurology, epidemiology, psychiatry, geriatrics). A large part of our empirical activities is based on population-based longitudinal studies. In an ongoing study (Swedish National Study on Aging and Care-Kungsholmen or SNACK), a large population of 60+ old individualsis is followed att regular time intervals. The protocol includes extensive assessment of social, medical, biological, and genetic factors as well as a comprehensive cognitive battery. A subsample (n = 552) undergoes structural magnetic resonance imaging at each measurement occasion, including diffusion tensor imaging. A key project examines how vascular risk factors (e.g., atherosclerosis, hypoperfusion) are related to white-matter alterations and subsequent deleterious outcomes (e.g., cognitive decline, dementia). For further information, see www.aldrecentrum.se/snack/
Major tasks for the research scientist will be to manage, analyze, and publish data from the brain-imaging part of SNACK. The person will be working in the interface between epidemiological and clinical research, with the major aim to detect early brain alterations and to relate these to previous vascular conditions and cognitive performance. The incumbent is expected to be an independent researcher, to have extensive hands-on experience in using and interpreting neuroimaging data as well as relevant software (i.e., SPM, FSL) and a strong conceptual background. The person will be part of the multidisciplinary team directing the SNACK project, and act as a connecting player between the neuroimaging lab and the epidemiological center.
Contacts: Professor Lars Bäckman, tel:+468690 5826; lars.backman.1@ki.se, or Professor Laura Fratiglioni; tel: +4686905818; laura.fratiglioni@ki.se
Send your application, marked with reference number 5048/2007 no later than March 1, 2008. Three sets of the following documents must be submitted with your application, and written in English:
Curriculum Vitae; your qualifications and a description of your research plans, listed in accordance with the Karolinska Institutet qualification portfolio; and a selection of five scientific papers
The regulations of the Swedish National Archives require us to keep records of one round of applications for two years after the appointment decision has gained legal force. This does not apply, however, to appended documents that have been printed or otherwise published.
Address for application: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, ATT: Anna Önnestig, Novum, plan 4, SE-141 86 Stockholm, email: anna.onnestig@ki.se
