IMAGING SCIENTIST

Applicants are being sought for an Imaging Scientist to join the team at the Brain-Body Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, and McMaster University. Academic rank will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, depending on qualifications and previous experience in the field. The anticipated start date for the position is January 2002.

Candidates must preferentially have a doctorate degree in physics, mathematics, statistics, psychology, or a closely-related discipline, and at least two years of post-doctoral experience in medical imaging. Direct experience in aspects of PET and MRI instrumentation, as well as functional neuroanatomy and neurophysiology are essential. Experience in tomographic reconstruction algorithms, scanner performance evaluation, tracer kinetic modelling, image quality assessment, activation study design and analysis, would be assets. Evidence of independent research productivity is also important.

Interested and qualified applicants are invited to submit a detailed curriculum vitae, together with a statement of research interests and letters from three referees by October 31, 2001 to:

Dr. Claude Nahmias

Brain Body Institute

St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton

FSORC, H304, Martha Wing

50 Charlton Avenue East

Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6