Neuroscience of Early Development (NED) Laboratory, University of Montreal
Neurodevelopmental disorders prevalence reaches 10 to 17% in the general population. Their repercussions are lifelong and reduce significantly academic achievement, employability, and quality of life. The lab’s research contributes to our ability to identify cognitive impairments early during development and disentangles the mechanisms leading to learning deficits, in order to target efficient interventions. We investigate neurodevelopmental disorders’ risk factors. We particularly want to understand the prenatal (epigenetic), perinatal (premature birth) and genetic risk factors leading to neurodevelopmental disorders, and their consequences on neurodevelopment, including neurovisual, sensorial, cognitive, language, social development. Datasets include mother-child longitudinal follow-ups with biological, neuropsychological, including sensory sensitivity and electrophysiological data; large scale initiatives (Q1K, C-PIP) which includes genetic, neuropsychological and electrophysiological data of children and family members with a neurodevelopmental disorder. Another current focus of Dr Lippé’s research is the development of new biomarkers used in international randomized controlled clinical trials for treatment efficacy for children presenting clinical conditions (e.g., neurodevelopmental disorders, intellectual disability, epilepsy, autism).
Dr. Lippé is full professor at University of Montreal and senior scientist at CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Center. She is regular member of several networks including Union Neuroscience et Intelligence artificielle Quebec, and of R3 IVADO AI-Neuroscience networks (https://fr.unique.quebec/financement; https://ivado.ca/en/regroupements/).
About the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center and University of Montreal
The CHU Sainte-Justine is the largest mother-child university health center in Canada and one of the four most important pediatric centers in North America. It is affiliated with the University of Montreal. UdeM is among the top-ranked research universities in Canada, due to the high volume of its scientific activities and its research revenue exceeds $650M a year.
The Research Center boasts a team of over 1,200 individuals, made up of more than 295 researchers (including more than 163 clinicians) and 580 graduate and postgraduate students in a variety of areas of expertise such as the following six research axes: brain and child development, musculoskeletal health, rehabilitation and medical technologies, immune diseases and cancer, infectious diseases and acute care, fetomaternal and neonatal pathologies and metabolic and cardiovascular health.
The Neuroscience of Early Development (NED) Laboratory is looking for a postdoctorate fellow specialized in human electroencephalographic signal processing, comfortable with the analysis of large databases from various sources (e.g. clinical, cognitive, genetic, physiological). The NED lab is located in the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and works on various exciting projects that are funded by agencies such as NSERC, AUDACE, SFARI, Fragile X Brain Canada Foundation, CIHR, Azrieli Foundation. Research projects are multidisciplinary and include local and international collaborations.
More specific information on current projects can be found:
Emily Jones, Ph.D. (Birkbeck College, University of London) and Sarah Lippé, Ph.D.(CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center)
Genetics and Artificial Intelligence for Individualized Neural Stratification (GAIINS)
Job description:
We are looking for postdoctoral fellow to join Dr Sarah Lippé’s team. Through their expertise, the person will be responsible of the following tasks:
- Perform research in the field of neurodevelopment using Dr. Lippé’s and international EEG and neuropsychological datasets;
- Disseminate results by writing scientific publications and presenting at scientific events;
- Participate in the development of advanced statistical methods;
- Participate in the training and supervision of students;
- Organize databases from various sources;
- Contribute to the organization and management of the laboratory’s research teams and foreign collaborators.
Requirements:
- The applicant should hold a PhD in neuroscience, neuropsychology, engineering, mathematics, biomedical sciences, neuroscience, psychology, data science or related discipline (doctorate);
- Experience in pediatric EEG in an asset;
- Strong scientific writing skills in English;
- Ability to meet deadlines;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
- Interest in motivating and managing a work team;
- Diligence, sense of responsibility, rigor and autonomy;
- Excellent organizational and high planning skills;
Competitive salary and benefits are to be expected, based on experience.
If you are interested, please send a CV and a short letter of motivation to me sarah.lippe@umontreal.ca
Closing Date:
Contact: sarah.lippe@umontreal.ca