<div dir="ltr">To whom it may concern,<div><br></div><div>I work with a PI, Dre Patricia Conrod, at Université de Montréal, and we would be grateful that our postdoc job offer be circulated among the BIC mailing list as we are looking for strong candidates in neuroscience or a related field for this position. </div><div><br></div><div>I will be waiting for your feedback,</div><div>many thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><div>Josiane Bourque</div><div><br></div><div>**Here is the email that could circulate within your mailing list:</div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-MsoTableGrid" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:4.8pt">
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Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">3 years</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">With the
launch of a CIHR-funded team grant: the Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis
Research Team (CCPRT), which involves several research groups across 4 Canadian
universities (University of Montreal, University of Toronto, Dalhousie
University and McGill University), we seek to fill a Postdoc position for a
three-year project starting in the fall of 2020 (or at the selected candidate’s
earliest convenience). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">CCPRT research project
description</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">One of
the main goals of this multidisciplinary team is to make progress in
understanding the underlying <b>neurodevelopmental
mechanisms of adolescent cannabis exposure</b> in relation to <b>psychosis</b> from a population
neuroscience perspective. Within this initiative, we will be <b>data-pooling</b> existing longitudinal
neuroimaging datasets to create a <b>unique
study of adolescent cannabis use and brain development</b> (n=5,000; 8 to 25
years old). We plan to use a meta-analytical approach, or mega-analytical
approach when possible, to study the pathways through which cannabis use
induces psychotic symptoms. This endeavour will be an extension of our recent
work (</span><span lang="FR-CA"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26308966/" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26308966/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">; </span><span lang="FR-CA"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28320226/" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28320226/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">). The project will
also involve using machine learning tools with cross-study validation to
explore the risk markers for susceptibility to cannabis-induced psychotic
symptoms. By integrating and harmonising large-scale brain imaging datasets,
this research program will provide exceptional data output and knowledge
translation to the Canadian Consortium for Early Intervention in Psychosis. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">The
selected candidate will work under the supervision of Professor Patricia
Conrod, and in close collaboration with Professors Natalie Castellanos-Ryan (University
of Montreal) and Tom</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">á</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">š Paus (University of
Toronto), and Drs Kamran Afzali and Josiane Bourque. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants
should:</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Hold a
PhD degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Computational
Neuroscience, or a related field;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Have a
solid experience in human brain imaging, programming, and database management;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Ideally
have experience in machine learning, statistics and data harmonization;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Knowledge
of French would be an asset</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Submit
your application</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Candidates
must send their <b>CV</b>, <b>cover letter</b> and <b>names and contact information of 2-3 references</b> before </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">August 25<sup>th</sup> 2020</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Josiane
Bourque</span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">at <b>j</b></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:osiane.bourque@umontreal.ca">osiane.bourque@umontreal.ca</a></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Dr Patricia Conrod</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">CHU Sainte
Justine Research Center</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">3175 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine,
Montréal, Quebec H3T 1C5</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"></span></p></div><div><a href="https://www.conrodventurelab.com/">https://www.conrodventurelab.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div></div>