From boris.bernhardt at mcgill.ca Mon May 2 16:11:16 2022 From: boris.bernhardt at mcgill.ca (Boris Bernhardt) Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 20:11:16 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?utf-8?b?V2XigJlyZSBoaXJpbmch?= References: Message-ID: Hi BIC - We?re hiring a full-time Research Associate - Apply here: https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill_careers/job/Montreal-Neuro/Research-Associate_JR0000022827 Or kindly forward the job ad to suitable candidates The Centre of Excellence in Epilepsy at The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The Neuro) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University invites applications for a Research Associate position. The Neuro launched in 2021 the Centre of Excellence in Epilepsy, aiming at making breakthroughs in epilepsy research and translating discoveries into better care for individuals with epilepsy and their families across Quebec and around the world. Epilepsy research and care have a long-standing tradition of excellence at the Neuro. With the new centre, we hope to continue to pave the way toward a world without Epilepsy. The Neuro is currently seeking a Research Associate who will lead the initial phase of our centre?s development and engage in communication of the centre to affiliated researchers, trainees, patients, and other stakeholders. The Research Associate will work in close collaboration with Drs. Birgit Frauscher and Boris Bernhardt, members of the centre as well as the epilepsy group at the Neuro, and will perform the following primary duties: Specific duties include: Strategic planning: -Work closely with the centre leadership to implement overall scientific direction, research activities, strategic action plans, governance, and priorities. -Ensure alignment of strategic development with other activities of the Epilepsy Group, the Neuro, and the epilepsy communities in Quebec and Canada Communication and management: -Development of a robust and comprehensive communications plan (web page, social media, etc) -Manage centre activities, membership of the center & facilitate onboarding of new members -Manage communication with members of the centre -Position the centre as an important resource and venue for student and postdoctoral training in epilepsy in Quebec, Canada, and internationally Research and training: -Coordinate national and international research partnerships -Coordinate development and launch of funding competitions -Coordinate fellowship and grant review process -Identify and pursue financing opportunities in partnership with government, academic and corporate entities, including proposal preparation and grant writing This position is a contractual position for one (1) year with possibility of renewal. Education/Experience The successful candidate must hold a PhD degree in neuroscience or related disciplines and ideally have a degree/accredited course in management. The candidate must have demonstrated superior organizational, planning, priority settings, analyzing and problem-solving skills. The ability to communicate in scientific and nonscientific settings and build cooperative, interactive and effective interpersonal relationships is required. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to manage multiple projects within established deadlines. The candidate must be able to work autonomously and as part of a team. We require fluency in both English and French, spoken and written. Hourly Salary: -Minimum $28.44+Benefits (possibility of higher starting salary depending on qualifications and experience. Salary increases as per collective agreement). Hours per Week: -35 (Full time, however flexible working models are possible). 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NEUROHUB MONTHLY NEWSLETTER [https://email.envoke.io/web_files/4751/ukb_logo.png] NeuroHub?s UK Biobank Query Updates NeuroHub is a node of the UK Biobank, utilizing the powerful LORIS Data Query Tool (DQT) along side neuroimaging data collected from the UK Biobank's 40,000 participants. This multimodal dataset includes all of the participants? tabular data allowing users to query this data as needed. An update to the functionality of this dataset is set to launch soon. The update will include: * Addition of more participant data * Additional fields and files, such as imaging modalities and genomics * A new file naming convention within the DQT and on Compute Canada * A new ?Data Dictionary? for easier searchability * Clean up of empty fields and categories in the dataset * Various bug fixes [https://email.envoke.io/web_files/4751/Capture.PNG] New Training Videos Available NeuroHub has launched a series of training videos to help onboard new users onto the platform. The NeuroHub Basics YouTube series features short videos on how to navigate the platform, run computational pipelines, upload data and more. These videos will soon be accessible directly through the new NeuroHub website which is currently under construction. Watch the NeuroHub training videos General Information [https://email.envoke.io/web_files/4751/Picture1.png]NeuroHub hosts many national and international datasets. For example, all open datasets from the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) are available as public projects on the NeuroHub Portal and CBRAIN. NeuroHub can also give you access to many restricted datasets that are not immediately viewable. These include the UK Biobank, HCP, ABIDE, Open Pain and datasets that are locally stored, such as Prevent AD. From there, users can manipulate the data like a regular project and perform tasks on CBRAIN, access data from a Jupyter Notebook environment or simply download the data for a local analysis. 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URL: From francis.ouellette at mcgill.ca Wed May 4 13:45:55 2022 From: francis.ouellette at mcgill.ca (Francis B F Ouellette, Mr) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 17:45:55 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: The Neuro Bioinformatics Core's Application for the Compute Canada Research Platforms and Portals Competition References: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, As you may know, Sali Farhan and I are gathering information and identifying interested groups to see whom at The Neuro would be interested in a Neuro-wide DRAC (Digital Research Alliance of Canada AKA Compute Canada) platform and portal application. We are coordinating all Neuro applications, to make it as strong as possible. At this stage we are still gathering information on who is interested in participating, what their current and future storage needs are, and what financial support they currently have to do that work. Some of you have already contributed and added some information to our spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19HV0Z85WYkp-Bu1BhqiHUwWny4NBpVnCIuRDYlHZJsQ/edit#gid=0 And I recently corresponded with Sylvain Milot who suggested I should write to this list, to make sure we had all interested parties. At this stage do not worry (too much) about "double dipping? (say Sylvain added numbers, and your numbers are part of those numbers), but do indicate where your storage is, so I can de-convolute all of the BIC storage (for example). This Neuro-wide DRAC application will be for all types of data: imaging, genomics, clinical, physiological, human, other organisms, etc. Even if you have already contributed to the spreadsheet, please re-evaluate and complete added columns (e.g. about grants). Also a good idea to include people in your group that could help to complete some of the information in the table. We will follow up with specific people if we have additional information we need. I will also share a timetable for all of this. The call for application is not out yet, but we expect it early this fall, and we want to be ready ahead of time for a very strong application that we will get reviewed internally by friendly reviewers. Please do not hesitate to contact Sali or I if you have any questions. Thank you ahead of time for your contribution. @bffo [neuro] BF Francis Ouellette Executive Director, Neuro Bioinformatics Core Facility TOSI Open Science Officer The Neuro | #OpenScience 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 theneuro.ca Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube Begin forwarded message: From: "Sali Farhan, Dr" > Date: March 31, 2022 at 10:39:02 AM EDT To: "Guy Rouleau, Dr." >, "Patrick Dion, Dr" >, "Ziv Gan-Or, Dr." >, "Edward Fon, Dr." >, "Thomas Martin Durcan, Dr" >, "Jo Anne Stratton, Dr" >, "Jean-Francois Poulin, Dr" >, "Alyson Fournier, Dr." >, "Harroud, Adil" >, "Jason Karamchandani, Dr" >, "Lydiane Gaborieau, Dr" >, "Annabel Seyller, Ms." > Cc: "Dan Spiegelman, Mr" >, "Saeid Amiri, Dr" >, "Georgina Jim?nez Ambriz, Dr" >, "Francis B F Ouellette, Mr" > Subject: The Neuro Bioinformatics Core's Application for the Compute Canada Research Platforms and Portals Competition ? Hi all, I hope you're all well, As you know the data we produce at The Neuro continues to grow and we need to expand our storage and computing capabilities accordingly. We plan to apply for the Compute Canada Research Platforms and Portals Competition, which will be available this fall. More information can be found here though this is last year's info and things may change: https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/accessing-resources/resource-allocation-competitions/rpp/ We would like to make sure we are well prepared and fully understand The Neuro's growing data storage and processing needs. An important element is whether this should also be a larger Neuro application and include our imaging and informatics colleagues, which will substantially elevate our success rate but we'll need to work out some of the application details accordingly i.e. who the PI is, co-PIs, etc. What we need from you is: 1) Are you interested in the bioinformatics core to store and manage your data or do you prefer to manage and store your own data on your own Compute Canada PI account? (You can keep your account and also store your data with us). 2) How much data do you plan on generating from April 2023-March 2024, and what do you prefer to archive - i.e. raw only vs raw + large processed files (esp alignments). Please feel free to forward this to any or all Neuro PIs generating big data (genomics or transcriptomics), I just included our current users. Many thanks for your collaboration, Sali Sali Farhan, PhD Assistant Professor Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Human Genetics Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University Clinical Molecular Geneticist (Clinical Biology Specialist) McGill University Health Centre (CUSM) Montr?al, QC, H4A 3J1 Tel: 514-934-1934, ext. 34857 Email: sali.farhan at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Network Control Theory (NCT) provides the means to study these dynamics to understand how neuronal signals traverse the connectome and facilitate inter-regional communication. In this talk, I will present work using NCT to study individual variability in the human connectome, with a focus on uncovering novel insights into the link between the brain and psychopathology, development, and cognition. Specifically, I will show that metrics from NCT substantially improve the out-of-sample prediction of psychosis symptoms compared to canonical measures from graph theory. Furthermore, I will demonstrate that NCT can be grounded in our knowledge of the brain?s hierarchy of cytoarchitecture and neuronal timescales, and I will show that leveraging this knowledge provides novel insights into connectome development as well as improves the prediction of executive function. IMPORTANT ? REGISTRATION REQUIRED! The seminars will be hosted on the virtual events platform. Registration is required to access the platform. You only have to register once in order to access the entire series. Once you register we recommend that you bookmark the series link for easy access. Please check back regularly for new seminar dates as new speakers will be added to the platform as they are confirmed. Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind (VBM) Seminar Series The Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series advances the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1918?2014), former Director of The Neuro (1972?1984), to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The seminars will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging. Speakers will include scientists from The Neuro, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. 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[http://click.mailsender05.com/web_files/2219/2017-04-28_14-33-27_620x8.png] PERSONAL Q&A SESSIONS - MAY 2022 [http://click.mailsender05.com/web_files/2219/2017-04-28_14-33-27_620x8.png] [https://e1.envoke.com/web_files/4751/42204441ad821caa046745ee07be1cb5.jpg] NeuroHub offers personal Q&A sessions allowing you to book a 20 minute direct call with members of the NeuroHub team to answer your question! This month's sessions are: Wednesday, May 11 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm Wednesday, May 25 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm Prospective and current NeuroHub users are welcome! Example questions : * What types of data can be collected and stored within NeuroHub? * How would a research group go about storing their data within NeuroHub? * How is that data managed, accessed and shared? * How can researchers access large datasets such as the UK Biobank using NeuroHub? * Are there open science datasets that are accessible within NeuroHub? * What data processing tools, pipelines and analysis tools are available in NeuroHub? How are those tools accessed and used? * What tools for machine learning are available in NeuroHub? Book Your Timeslot Now You can also email James Mehta to schedule a meeting outside the times listed above. 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These discoveries have provided a deeper understanding of the particular cognitive changes observed in healthy aging and dementia. For example, high resolution neuroimaging of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) has provided support for differentiation of function along the long-axis of the MTL. My work has also revealed how particular MTL subregions change with age and how they relate to performance on cognitive assessment in healthy older adults. I will demonstrate how work from our lab using novel behavioral and eye-tracking paradigms can reveal novel insights into the aging brain. My research uses these varied approaches, which can allow for the functional characterization of particular MTL subregions, as well as the analysis of broader brain networks that are structurally and functionally coupled with the MTL. IMPORTANT ? REGISTRATION REQUIRED! The seminars will be hosted on the virtual events platform. Registration is required to access the platform. You only have to register once in order to access the entire series. Once you register we recommend that you bookmark the series link for easy access. Please check back regularly for new seminar dates as new speakers will be added to the platform as they are confirmed. Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind (VBM) Seminar Series The Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series advances the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1918?2014), former Director of The Neuro (1972?1984), to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The seminars will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging. Speakers will include scientists from The Neuro, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. The series is intended to provide a virtual forum for scientists and trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive disorders. 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This mechanism has been observed for rare and common genomic variants. It is reasonable to hypothesize that the microscale genetic overlap (pleiotropy) across psychiatric conditions and cognitive traits may lead to similar overlaps at the macroscale brain level such as large-scale brain functional networks. We took advantage of brain connectivity, measured by resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI), to measure the effects of genetic heterogeneity and pleiotropy on large-scale brain networks, a putative step from genes to behavior. We processed nine rs-fMRI datasets including 32,726 individuals and computed connectome-wide profiles of seven neuropsychiatric copy-number-variants, five polygenic scores, neuroticism, and fluid intelligence as well as four idiopathic psychiatric conditions (schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and bipolar disorder). Nine out of nineteen pairs of conditions and traits showed significant functional connectivity correlations (rFC), which could be explained by previously published levels of genomic (rG) and transcriptomic (rT) correlations with moderate to high concordance: rG-rFC=0.71 and rT-rFC=0.83. Extending this analysis to functional connectivity profiles associated with rare and common genetic risk showed that 30 out of 136 pairs of connectivity profiles were correlated above chance. These similarities between genetic risks and psychiatric disorders at the connectivity level were mainly driven by the overconnectivity of thalamus and the somatomotor networks. Based on spatial correlations with transcriptomic data, we hypothesize that excitatory thalamic neurons may be primary contributors to brain alteration profiles shared across genetic risks and conditions. 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Shall be of interest to everyone into movie fMRI and 7T. ? ?Gradients go to the movies: Macroscale cortical organization during naturalistic viewing conditions" Dr. Tamara Vanderwal Assistant Professor,University of British Columbia Clinician Scientist, BC Children?s Hospital Research Institute Abstract: The identification and analysis of cortical gradients defined during task-free resting state fMRI is providing novel and important insights about functional brain organization in both healthy and clinical populations. We wondered if this robust level of organization evolved to support resting state patterns, or if functional connectivity during complex processing might reveal different or possibly smoother or ?more perfect? gradients. Using HCP 7T data from healthy adults, we applied diffusion embedding to characterize both movie and rest gradients. We compared rest and movie gradients topologically, assessed the test-retest reliability of both, and applied Connectome-based Predictive Modeling (CPM) to test whether movie or rest gradients provide higher predictive accuracies of behavioral measures. Our movie-watching results underscore the hierarchical organization of the brain observed in resting state gradients, but also provide novel information about cortical organization during complex processing. Based on these initial analyses, we suggest that movie gradients may provide useful tools for future work, especially in psychiatric and pediatric populations. Bio: Dr. Tamara Vanderwal is a child and adolescent psychiatrist whose research focuses on the use of movies to study brain responses to complex stimuli. Her lab creates, tests and shares movies to evoke specific symptoms and types of processing during fMRI scanning, with a focus on child psychiatric disorders. She attended medical school and completed residency and fellowship training at Yale University. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, and a clinician scientist at the BC Children?s Hospital Research Institute. In addition to running the Naturalistic Neuroimaging Lab, she continues to practice as a psychiatrist, providing telehealth care for children and families in remote northern BC communities through BC Children?s Hospital. ? We look forward to seeing you! (Coffee and Cookies shall be served) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Shall be of interest to everyone into movie fMRI and 7T. ? ?Gradients go to the movies: Macroscale cortical organization during naturalistic viewing conditions" Dr. Tamara Vanderwal Assistant Professor,University of British Columbia Clinician Scientist, BC Children?s Hospital Research Institute Abstract: The identification and analysis of cortical gradients defined during task-free resting state fMRI is providing novel and important insights about functional brain organization in both healthy and clinical populations. We wondered if this robust level of organization evolved to support resting state patterns, or if functional connectivity during complex processing might reveal different or possibly smoother or ?more perfect? gradients. Using HCP 7T data from healthy adults, we applied diffusion embedding to characterize both movie and rest gradients. We compared rest and movie gradients topologically, assessed the test-retest reliability of both, and applied Connectome-based Predictive Modeling (CPM) to test whether movie or rest gradients provide higher predictive accuracies of behavioral measures. Our movie-watching results underscore the hierarchical organization of the brain observed in resting state gradients, but also provide novel information about cortical organization during complex processing. Based on these initial analyses, we suggest that movie gradients may provide useful tools for future work, especially in psychiatric and pediatric populations. Bio: Dr. Tamara Vanderwal is a child and adolescent psychiatrist whose research focuses on the use of movies to study brain responses to complex stimuli. Her lab creates, tests and shares movies to evoke specific symptoms and types of processing during fMRI scanning, with a focus on child psychiatric disorders. She attended medical school and completed residency and fellowship training at Yale University. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, and a clinician scientist at the BC Children?s Hospital Research Institute. In addition to running the Naturalistic Neuroimaging Lab, she continues to practice as a psychiatrist, providing telehealth care for children and families in remote northern BC communities through BC Children?s Hospital. ? We look forward to seeing you! (Coffee and Cookies shall be served) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amir.shmuel at mcgill.ca Wed May 25 09:40:45 2022 From: amir.shmuel at mcgill.ca (Amir Shmuel, Dr.) Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 13:40:45 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] 3 Tesla available on Monday Message-ID: Hello all, I will not be able to use the 3 Tesla time I reserved for 10:00 - 1:30 on the upcoming Monday, May 30th. This time is available. 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We also have a zoom link for folks at home https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83896756724 Best, Boris On May 24, 2022, 1:27 PM -0400, Boris Bernhardt , wrote: > Hi all - > To clarify: the lecture will take place at the DeGrandpre at the Neuro. > Best > On May 24, 2022, 11:31 AM -0400, Boris Bernhardt , wrote: > > Hi BIC, Tammy Vanderwal is in town for a special in-person BIC lecture this Friday 12-1 PM. > > Shall be of interest to everyone into movie fMRI and 7T. > > > > ? > > ?Gradients go to the movies: Macroscale cortical organization during naturalistic viewing conditions" > > > > Dr. Tamara Vanderwal > > Assistant Professor,University of British Columbia > > Clinician Scientist, BC Children?s Hospital Research Institute > > > > Abstract:?The identification and analysis of cortical gradients defined during task-free resting state fMRI is providing novel and important insights about functional brain organization in both healthy and clinical populations. We wondered if this robust level of organization evolved to support resting state patterns, or if functional connectivity during complex processing might reveal different or possibly smoother or ?more perfect? gradients. > > > > Using HCP 7T data from healthy adults, we applied diffusion embedding to characterize both movie and rest gradients. We compared rest and movie gradients topologically, assessed the test-retest reliability of both, and applied Connectome-based Predictive Modeling (CPM) to test whether movie or rest gradients provide higher predictive accuracies of behavioral measures. Our movie-watching results underscore the hierarchical organization of the brain observed in resting state gradients, but also provide novel information about cortical organization during complex processing. Based on these initial analyses, we suggest that movie gradients may provide useful tools for future work, especially in psychiatric and pediatric populations. > > > > Bio: > > Dr. Tamara Vanderwal is a child and adolescent psychiatrist whose research focuses on the use of movies to study brain responses to complex stimuli. Her lab creates, tests and shares movies to evoke specific symptoms and types of processing during fMRI scanning, with a focus on child psychiatric disorders. She attended medical school and completed residency and fellowship training at Yale University. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, and a clinician scientist at the BC Children?s Hospital Research Institute. In addition to running the Naturalistic Neuroimaging Lab, she continues to practice as a psychiatrist, providing telehealth care for children and families in remote northern BC communities through BC Children?s Hospital. > > ? > > > > We look forward to seeing you! > > (Coffee and Cookies shall be served) > > > _______________________________________________ > BIC-announce mailing list > BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca > https://mailman.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From madeleine.sharp at mcgill.ca Tue May 31 16:03:28 2022 From: madeleine.sharp at mcgill.ca (Madeleine Sharp) Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 20:03:28 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] New Research Associate position! Message-ID: Hello BIC, The HBHL-funded Theme 3 Discovery project is looking to hire a Research Associate to help lead an exciting, collaborative, interdisciplinary project! Think cognitive neuroscience meets design sprints meets translational research!! Please email me or anyone else on our team (Lesley Fellows, Maiya Geddes, Anna Weinberg) if you have any questions about the position. Applications can be submitted here and info is include below. Please forward to anyone else who might be interested. Research Associate (myworkdayjobs.com) Thank you! Madeleine The CONNECT project (Cognitive Neuroscience kNowledge Exchange for Clinical Translation), supported by the Cognitive Neuroscience Network at McGill University and Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) is inviting applications for a Research Associate who will take the lead of the project. The start date is June 1st 2022. The CONNECT project aims to develop and implement a suite of processes to enhance collaboration and interdisciplinary knowledge exchange in order to directly support the development of research projects with clinical and societal impact. The CONNECT project will draw from software development processes and other areas of science to support collaborative brainstorming and catalysis of new interdisciplinary teams. The Research Associate will work in close collaboration with Drs. Anna Weinberg, Maiya Geddes, Lesley Fellows and Madeleine Sharp, as well as with the project steering committee made up of clinicians, scientists and stakeholders and with an expert outside consultant. Opportunities include the contribution to research publications and the dissemination of findings at conferences, access to the rich scientific community at McGill University including the Montreal Neurological Institute, the Department of Psychology and the Douglas Research Centre, as well as access to career development resources available through McGill University and HBHL. Description of duties Leadership and strategic planning * Ensure progress of project, establish timelines and priorities, work closely with outside consultant on development and implementation of the collaborative process * Lead organization of the project and ensure smooth collaboration between the leadership, steering committee and advisory board Research * Collaborate with local knowledge translation experts for the identification of project metrics and for to the tracking of project outputs * Preparation for publication and dissemination of results locally and internationally * Coordinate the funding allocations and develop systematic approach for reporting on outcomes Communication and management * Develop a communication strategy for the CONNECT project which will involve advertising for events, dissemination of project outputs and experience to the scientific and clinical community * Liaise with clinical and research course instructors in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Arts and Science who will be integrating the CONNECT project into their curriculum Required qualifications The candidate must have completed a PhD degree in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, neuroscience, or a related field. Required skills and abilities * Research experience with evidence of ability to lead projects to completion. Particular experience with qualitative research will be considered an asset. Evidence of strong scientific writing is required. * Strong track-record of leadership positions * Excellent management and organizational skills * Excellent communication skills, and in particular, the ability to communicate to both scientific and non-scientific audiences in order to support the interdisciplinary goal of the project * Ability to work independently * Oral and written fluency in French and English Instructions for application: Please send a CV and the names and contact information for 2-3 references to: Madeleine.sharp at mcgill.ca Hourly Salary: $28.44 ? starting, depends on qualifications Hours per Week: 35 (Full time) Location: Montreal Neuro. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: