[BIC-announce] Request for circulating a postdoc job offer

[Bourque Josiane]

To whom it may concern,

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.

I will be waiting for your feedback,
many thanks in advance,

Josiane Bourque

**Here is the email that could circulate within your mailing list:

*Project title*

Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team

*Study level(s)*

☐ MSc

☐ PhD

☒ Postdoctorate

*Principal investigator(s)*

Patricia Conrod

*Project duration*

3 years

*Start date*

Between 01/09/2020 and 01/01/2021







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).



*CCPRT research project description*

One of the main goals of this multidisciplinary team is to make progress in
understanding the underlying *neurodevelopmental mechanisms of adolescent
cannabis exposure* in relation to *psychosis* from a population
neuroscience perspective. Within this initiative, we will be *data-pooling*
existing longitudinal neuroimaging datasets to create a *unique study of
adolescent cannabis use and brain development* (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 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26308966/;
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28320226/). 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.

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 Tomáš Paus (University of
Toronto), and Drs Kamran Afzali and Josiane Bourque.



*Applicants should:*

-      Hold a PhD degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering,
Computational Neuroscience, or a related field;

-      Have a solid experience in human brain imaging, programming, and
database management;

-      Ideally have experience in machine learning, statistics and data
harmonization;

-      Knowledge of French would be an asset





*Submit your application*

Candidates must send their *CV*, *cover letter* and *names and contact
information of 2-3 references* before *August 25th 2020* to Josiane Bourque at
*j**osiane.bourque at umontreal.ca <osiane.bourque at umontreal.ca>*





Dr Patricia Conrod

CHU Sainte Justine Research Center

3175 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec  H3T 1C5
https://www.conrodventurelab.com/
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