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The Department of Psychiatry at the Renaissance School of Medicine is seeking an innovative and technically-skilled investigator to establish a research program focused on uncovering the computational mechanisms underlying behavior and brain function in health and psychiatric illness.

This may include the development and implementation of computational algorithms, machine learning models such as convolutional neural networks, and/or other innovative and explanatory computationally-based approaches. The ideal candidate will use and integrate these techniques with human neuroimaging approaches, such as functional MRI, and will apply them to the study of psychiatric diseases.

The ideal candidate will have a research program dedicated to understanding core psychological and neural mechanisms, such as basic processes of reward and value, which underlie behavior and clinical symptoms across multiple different diseases. First or senior-author publications and/or external grant funding are required for demonstrating the candidate's experience and scientific impact with using these computational and neuroimaging tools.

In addition to establishing their own lab and research program, the candidate is expected to build strong collaborations within the Department of Psychiatry, providing measurable and high-level contributions to the grants and manuscripts of other investigators. Comfort with team-based and multiple-investigator science is critical. Resources for equipment, space, and additional research support are available to support this important initiative. Collaborations with investigators outside the Department of Psychiatry and across the institution (e.g., computer science, biomedical engineering, psychology, etc.) are encouraged as warranted.

Stony Brook Psychiatry is home to a world-class, interdisciplinary team of investigators with robust, extramurally funded research programs. Current focus areas include schizophrenia, depression, dementia, and substance use disorders. The Department also leads multiple large cohort studies for understanding normal and psychopathological developmental trajectories. Stony Brook maintains a broad range of pre-clinical and clinical research cores, including fMRI, PET, ECT, and TMS and the full range of clinical psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services. Department faculty collaborate with members of the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation, an interdisciplinary collaboration of 19 labs from computer science, neuroscience, biomedical informatics, and physics.

For more information on Research at the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation, Stony Brook Center for Healthy Aging, Stony Brook Neurosciences Institute, and Department of Psychiatry, visit:

https://ai.stonybrook.edu/

https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/healthy-aging

https://neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu/about

https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/psychiatry

Required Qualifications:
Ph.D. Degree (or foreign equivalent). Full-time availability. Research publications and/or external grant funding on computational modeling and human neuroimaging as applied to healthy and psychiatric populations.

Preferred Qualifications:
Evidence of team-based science, including cross-laboratory grants and/or publications; research focus on understanding the mechanisms of reward, value, and other psychological constructs that have relevance for hedonia and anhedonia.

All application materials must be submitted online. Please use the Apply Now button to begin your application. For technical support, please visit Interfolio's Support Site (https://support.interfolio.com/) or reach out to their Scholar Service Team at help@interfolio.com or (877) 997-8807.

For questions regarding this position, please contact Michele Chituk at michele.chituk@stonybrookmedicine.edu.

Special Notes
Tenure/Non-Tenure Track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. To qualify for tenure and/or a senior faculty appointment, the candidate must meet the criteria established by the School of Medicine (School of Medicine's Criteria for Appointment, Promotion and Tenure).

Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible.

Campus Description

Long Island's premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine, represents Stony Brook University's entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook's health-related initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, the five Health Sciences schools -- Dental Medicine, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare -- as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. With 624 beds, Stony Brook University Hospital serves as Suffolk County's only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center. Stony Brook Children's, with more than 180 pediatric specialists in 30 specialties, offers the most advanced pediatric specialty care in the region. In the Medical and Research Translation (MART) building, two floors are occupied by Stony Brook University Cancer Center's outpatient services, and four floors are devoted to cancer research. Diversity, equity and inclusion are essential core values at Stony Brook Medicine. We believe we do our best and most impactful work when we leverage our diverse, equitable and inclusive perspectives. We are proud to recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Stony Brook University is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace and educational environment that is safe, accessible, and free of all forms of discrimination, sexual misconduct or research misconduct, among other infractions. In support of this commitment, certain candidates for employment will be required to disclose such employment-related misconduct findings and pending investigations or proceedings, and final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions will authorize their current and previous employer(s) from the last seven (7) years to disclose such information to the University. Employment is contingent on your full and complete disclosure on these matters. In the event that you fail to disclose any such matter or in the event of an unsatisfactory outcome of the disclosure and review process, an offer of employment may be revoked at SBU's sole discretion. If SBU becomes aware of a failure to disclose or misrepresentation of any such matter after your employment commences, you may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.

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