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*Ph.D Scholarships in Neuroimaging *

*School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia*

The School of Psychiatry at UNSW invites applications for a Ph.D. Scholarships in the area of brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), to commence in the 2^nd half of 2008. Each scholarship is for $27,500 p.a. for a maximum of 3 years,

The Scholarships will focus on the broad areas of current interest: computational analysis of multidimensional and longitudinal MRI data and MRI correlates of cognitive disorders in late life. This scholarship is offered as part of the _Brain and Ageing Program, UNSW http://psych.med.unsw.edu.au/psychweb.nsf/page/brainage_, a high profile research program funded by the _NH&MRC http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_, which aims to evaluate the determinants of age related cognitive disorders. The successful doctoral students will be working with data derived from two study cohorts of international significance (the Memory and Ageing Study and the Older Australian Twins Study). The successful applicants will work in close collaboration with our international research partners,

Applicants are encouraged from students/researchers from a variety of backgrounds including but not limited to engineering, mathematics and computer science, with mathematical/statistical and computer programming aptitude and strong interests in neuroimaging.

For further details, please contact Dr. Wei Wen (by phone +61-2-93823730, email: _W.Wen@unsw.edu.au mailto:W.Wen@unsw.edu.au_ ) or Dr. Julian Trollor (by phone +61-2-93823763, email: _J.Trollor@unsw.edu.au mailto:J.Trollor@unsw.edu.au_) or Prof. Perminder Sachdev (+61-2-93823763, _P.Sachdev@unsw.edu.au mailto:P.Sachdev@unsw.edu.au_ )