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Training Program in Emotion Research
The Training Program in Emotion Research is directed by Richard J. Davidson and funded by an NIMH Institutional National Research Service Award training grant. The program provides specialized, non-degree training for students at both the pre- and post-doctoral levels. A total of seven (7) University of Wisconsin pre-doctoral students are supported by the grant in any given year. In addition, three (3) post-doctoral trainees are supported each year.
The major activities of the training program include a year-long seminar on emotion theory and research that is co-taught by the training program faculty, participation in the annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, attendance at monthly meetings of faculty and students on topics in emotion research, ethics training, as well as other relevant activities on campus. Please contact for more information.
We look for diverse candidates with strong potential for future academic success, whose research interests are well aligned with those of the program and the desired faculty mentor.
Our training program is focused on three areas of current emotion research:
Trainees may work with any of the following faculty: Heather C. Abercrombie, Vaishali Bakshi, Ruth M. Benca, Craig W. Berridge, Christopher L. Coe, John J. Curtin, Richard J. Davidson, Patricia Devine, Marilyn Essex, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, H. Hill Goldsmith, Diane Gooding, Ned H. Kalin, Marjorie H. Klein, Michael Koenigs, Wen Li, Joseph P. Newman, Jack B. Nitschke, Seth D. Pollak, Carol D. Ryff, and Carolyn Zahn-Waxler.
We expect to have one, three-year post-doctoral position available beginning in August or September 2010. The following program faculty are interested in mentoring a Post-doctoral Trainee next year. Please contact the professor directly for additional information regarding his or her research.
Heather Abercrombie: We are looking for someone with expertise in the analysis of structural neuroimaging data. We have completed studies in non-human primates and in healthy and depressed humans where we would like to assess the relations among variation in regional brain volumes, psychological variables, and regulation of and/or response to cortisol elevations.
Richard J. Davidson: The Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and other units directed by Richard Davidson are recruiting for a post-doctoral fellow with expertise in functional and/or structural neuroimaging who are interested in their application to affective neuroscience, affective decision making, contemplative neuroscience and/or psychopathology. We are a broad group with interests that center around affective neuroscience. Our environment is dynamic and our resources are extensive including a research-dedicated 3T scanner, PET, human electrophysiology and access to TMS and to non-human primates.
Ned Kalin: The research in Dr. Kalin's laboratory will involve functional and structural brain imaging in human children to identify endophenotypes that predict the development of anxiety and depression. Data from these studies will be integrated with data from studies modeling these risk factors in nonhuman primates.
Please send the following items by 1/4/2010 to Isa Dolski at (email preferred) or 1202 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706. All materials must be received by 1/4/2010 for full consideration.
"According to federal funding regulations, in order to be eligible for support, all applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals or lawfully admitted permanent residents. Individuals on temporary or students visas are not eligible for financial support."
All pre-doctoral positions for 2009-2010 have been awarded. We expect to appoint 1-4 new trainees each year.
Pre-doctoral nominees must apply to or be enrolled in a degree-granting graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If your application is seriously considered by a program faculty member, he or she may decide to nominate you for consideration by the selection committee by contacting Isa Dolski at 608-263-0132 or 1202 W. Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, or idolski@wisc.edu. If you are interested in participating in the program, be sure to discuss this with your prospective advisor.
According to federal funding regulations, in order to be eligible for support, all applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals or lawfully admitted permanent residents. Individuals on temporary or students visas are not eligible for financial support.
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