Fully-funded PhD Student

Lab Name:
Brain Food Lab
Supervisor Name:
Shana Adise
Position Title: Fully-funded PhD Student

The Brain Food Lab lead by Dr. Shana Adise in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Georgia seeks a postdoctoral fellow to work on NIH funded studies examining how weight gain and food intake affect brain development and neurocognition during childhood and adolescence. The start date for this position is flexible but looking for a candidate that is willing to start soon.

This research combines multimodal techniques including behavioral, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and biological markers of metabolic health. Research projects will include Big Data questions from the NIH-funded HBCD and ABCD cohorts as well as smaller scale studies collected from the laboratory. The postdoctoral candidate will work alongside leaders of the field of ingestive behavior, neuroimaging, and neurocognitive development.

PhD qualifications / experience. Candidates should apply from a related background and have an interest in learning MRI and advanced statistical analyses (code-based). Although coding skills are preferred, it is not required. PhD students can be admitted through the Programs in Neuroscience or Integrated Life Science, Departments of Nutritional Sciences or Psychology.