[BIC-announce] Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team (CCPRT) seek to fill a Postdoc position for a three-year project

[Zografos Caramanos, Mr]

On behalf of:
Dr Patricia Conrod
CHU Sainte Justine Research Center
3175 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec  H3T 1C5
https://www.conrodventurelab.com/


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 josiane.bourque at umontreal.ca<mailto: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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