Multiple postdoctoral positions at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Multiple postdoctoral positions in brain connectivity analysis and/or diffusion imaging are available immediately at the Section for Biomedical Image Analysis (SBIA), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
The Section for Biomedical Image Analysis (SBIA), part of the Center of Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics (CBICA), is devoted to the development of computer-based image analysis methods, and their application to a wide variety of clinical research studies. Image analysis methodologies include functional and structural connectomics, radiomics and radiogenomics, machine learning in imaging, image registration, segmentation, population-based statistical analysis. Clinical research studies span a variety of clinical areas and organs, and are performed within a wide network of collaborations from within and outside Penn. They include brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, autism, and TBI, evaluation of treatment effects in large clinical trials, and precision diagnostics and predictive modeling in breast and brain cancer.
Current projects involve work on
– brain connectivity analysis: graph theory, network analysis, machine learning
– multi-modal connectivity analysis for joint structural-functional modelling: graph theory, probabilistic models
– novel imaging protocols and multi-compartment models for diffusion: constrained optimization
– applications to brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, and autism
Candidates must hold a PhD in Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Applied Math, MR Physics, or a related area. Experience in diffusion imaging is a big plus.
Required skills:
– Good programming skills in Matlab, Python, or C++
– Experience in imaging, preferably in medical imaging
– Strong background in linear algebra, probability, optimization, and statistical learning methodologies
All projects have a strong emphasis on method development (for technical publications) but require subsequent clinical application of the same. The positions call for interaction with clinical collaborators.
Please contact Ragini Verma (Associate Professor of Radiology) at Ragini.Verma-AT-gmail.com and Ragini.Verma-AT-uphs.upenn.edu.