Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)

Doctoral Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Health Sciences or a closely related field.

Experience studying and measuring exercise, physical activity, balance performance, and sensory functioning in adults with or without pathology.

Experience with fall prevention programs.

Experience working with large research databases.

Mastery of Excel & Statistical software packages like (STATA, SPSS, MatLab and/or R).

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong publication history (3 or more 1^st author papers).

Experience writing internal or external grant applications.

History of attending and presenting at scientific conferences.

Interested in learning how to collect, analyze and interpret quantitative gait, multisensory integration, and electrophysiological measurements.

Experience working with our older adult participants.

Brief Description of Job Duties:
The Postdoctoral Associate will assist Principal Investigator Dr. Joe Verghese, in the department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive and Sensorimotor Aging (DCSA). The incumbent will conduct research and ensure that all experiments are appropriately conducted following the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University.

Collect and analyze data, including periodical/literature search and utilizing specialized skills in related field to analyze data collection

Participate/assist in manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals

Internal/external grant application submissions

Lab maintenance, including equipment maintenance and ordering of supplies as needed

* Other duties assigned, which may include attending various Scientific Conferences and meetings

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

Visit The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs to learn more about our postdoctoral community.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.