[Fwd: Post-Doctoral Position]

[Jean Berko Gleason]

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Subject: Post-Doctoral Position
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:03:31 -0800
From: Luci Varian <luci at ebire.org>
To: luci at ebire.org

Post-Doctoral Position Available

Harold Goodglass Boston University Aphasia Research Center, VA Boston
Healthcare System

Research in Functional MRI, and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation (rTMS) to Improve Speech in Nonfluent Aphasia

Requirements:  Ph.D. in Speech/Language Pathology, Linguistics or
Neuropsychology, with experience in adult aphasia.  Background in
neuroanatomy is required.  Previous experience with neuroimaging in aphasia
(including fMRI) is preferred, but not necessary.

Description of Research:  There are two projects.  The first project
examines recovery of speech and naming in chronic nonfluent aphasia
patients with fMRI, and possible changes on fMRI following specific aphasia
treatment programs.  The second project examines whether rTMS can be used
to improve speech and naming in chronic nonfluent aphasia patients.  The
rTMS procedure allows painless, non-invasive stimulation of human cortex.
The second project is performed with Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D.,
Director, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.

Salary:  $47,000 per year.  NIH-funded project through the Department of
Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine.

Contact:  Margaret Naeser, Ph.D., email:  mnaeser at bu.edu