Postdoctoral Fellow - Interface of Cognitive and Motor Neuroscience

Job Details

BRIEF SUMMARY: Three-year fellowship for research training in cognitive neuroscience and neurorehabilitation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Conduct research within a multidisciplinaty team of highly productive investigators studying rehabilitation research consistant with the mission of MRRI
2. Submit requests for external funding to support research activities
3. Disseminate results of research through publication and presentation at scientific meetings/conferences

Job Description

WORKING CONDITIONS: The Research Institute is a busy professional environment.  There is contact with departmental and hospital personnel as well as subjects and the public on a regular basis.  No exposure to hazardous environments other than those normally found in the day-to day operations of a research facility.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:  Requires long hours of sitting at a desk or computer.  May require traveling throughout the Research Institute and /or hospital many times during the day

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:  Ph.D. in a discipline relevant to the topic of rehabilitation research is required.  Post-doctoral training, evidence of research productivity, and prior grant funding are highly desirable.

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS:  As a representative of the Einstein Healthcare Network, each employee must remember that all comments, attitudes, actions, and behaviors have a direct effect on the organization’s image and perceptions of quality service.  Interaction with subjects, guests, visitors, volunteers, co-workers supervisors, and other employees must be in a manner that is friendly, supportive, courteous, respectful, cooperative, and professional.  One’s behavior should promote an atmosphere of teamwork which is congruent with the Einstein Code of Conduct.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address

60 Township Line Road, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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