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The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health is a medical research institute specialising in the brain and mind and is one of the world’s top 10 brain research centres. We employ exceptionally talented people who work to solve the greatest brain and mind challenges of our era. Our staff and students are the bedrock of our research and success, and we strive for excellence by fostering partnerships and empowering people. At the Florey our mission-driven culture enables our people to collaborate, thrive, learn, make ground-breaking discoveries and advance humanity through brain and mind science.

Are you a passionate researcher with expertise in neuroimaging? The Australian Epilepsy Project (AEP) is seeking a motivated Post-doctoral Researcher to join our team.

The AEP is a nationwide research initiative funded by the Medical Research Future Fund Frontiers program. Our mission is to enhance epilepsy care by creating decision support tools integrating advanced neuroimaging, neuropsychology, and genetic data. Participants across Australia are undertaking advanced testing, and we are now delving into this data to gain new insights and change the lives of people with epilepsy.

About the role:

The successful applicant will conduct collaborative research with the AEP, The Florey and national and international collaborative networks.  AEP is a large multidisciplinary team with expertise spanning physics, engineering and data science, neurology and radiology, neuropsychology, genetics and clinical data collection.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop novel artificial intelligence methods for analysis of advanced neuroimaging datasets with the goal of identifying epilepsy-related changes in brain tissue structure, composition and function. These may include microstructural, voxel- or surface-based or mesoscale network brain changes.
• Integrate imaging data with additional data collected as part of the AEP, including cognitive, genetic and clinical phenotypic data, to develop innovative methods for predicting health outcomes in epilepsy
• Applicants will be expected to disseminate their research through publications in high impact journals, software development, and presentations at national and international conferences.

• Support and train other AEP team members
• Independent preparation, or contribution to preparation, of research proposal submissions to external funding bodies
• Co-supervision of Honours, Masters and/or PhD students and projects
• Contribution to the research culture of the research group and the institute through membership of relevant committees and contributions to the group’s research outputs

About you:

The successful candidate will have:

• PhD in physics, engineering, mathematics, data science or a related field
• Strong neuroimaging analysis background.
• Proficient in Unix/Linux, high performance computing and programming (python, R and related languages)
• Experience with artificial intelligence/machine learning methods applied to medical imaging datasets
• Effective communication and collaboration.
• Experience developing predictive modeling frameworks for analysis of high dimensional data

 The ideal candidate will show initiative and independence, has effective organizational and collaboration skills, will thrive in a diverse multidisciplinary environment, and possesses exceptional written and oral communication abilities.

 Detailed information and key responsibilities are available from the Position Description. 

This position is a fixed-term, full-time role ending on 31st January 2026. Flexible work arrangements will be considered including part-time hours and irregular hours. The role attracts an annual salary offer Research Officer 1 (RO1) $88,155, commensurate with experience.

Applicants who meet the criteria listed in the Position Description should submit their resume together with a cover letter no later than 22 January 2024, 5:00 PM.

 What we offer:
Working at the Florey offers you the chance to work with a dedicated group of researchers within a culture that focuses on equity, diversity and collaboration. Other benefits include:

• Collaborative, innovative research environment
• Career development opportunities
• Generous salary packaging to maximise your benefits
• Up to 17% superannuation
• Wellbeing initiatives including flexible working opportunities and access to our employee assistance program 

For enquiries please contact our Human Resources Team on employment@florey.edu.au.

All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check.