Candidate for a PFIS fellowship grant (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona)


  • Location: Esplugues de Llobregat (Spain)
  • Working day: Full time
  • Sector: Healthcare
  • Vacancies: 1
  • Discipline: R&D
  • Work modality: On site

Fundació per a la Recerca Sant Joan de Déu

The Fundació Privada per a la Recerca Sant Joan de Déu is an entity created in 2002 to cover the research activity that is carried out, both in the biomedical and social sphere, at the Maternal and Infantile Hospital of Esplugues, in the Parc Sanitari de Sant Boi de Llobregat and in other centers of the Hospital Order San Juan de Dios - Province of Aragon San Rafael.
 
Our research has qualified and prestigious professionals, and we constantly want to incorporate into our teams the best scientific profiles. Working with us is working in a multidisciplinary hospitality environment, integrated within the assistance and aimed at providing a response to the needs of the people we assist.

 

Commitment with "HR Excellence in Research"                                                        

Research Foundation Sant Joan de Déu endorses the Requirements and Principles of the European Charter for Researchers, the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, and Open, Transparent, Merit-based recruitment promoted by the European Commission and follows Equal Opportunities policies. On September 2018, Research Foundation Sant Joan de Déu was awarded with the "HR Excellence in Research" logo. This recognition reflects the commitment of the Institute to the continuous improvement of its human resources policies in line with the Charter & Code. The Institution works to ensure fair and transparent recruitment and appraisal procedures. 

Equality at Research Foundation Sant Joan de Déu

All our Job offers and fellowships encourage applications based on diversity. 

We have different mechanisms in place to ensure equal opportunities during the selection process, including ensuring a gender balance in all committees involved in the recruitment process.

Research Foundation Sant Joan de Déu is aware of the importance of encouraging diversity and increasing the participation of women in Science in order to enhance innovation, and the creativity and excellence of our research efforts.

Persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. No restrictions of citizenship or gender apply to our positions.

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Allegations and appeals

Candidates can present allegations to the way in which they have been evaluated and present the corresponding appeals writing to rrhh@fsjd.org. All the allegations received will be answered. 

Job description

FSJD/IRSJD is looking for highly-motivated and ambitious PhD student of any nationality interested in applying for a PFIS fellowship grant to join Dr. Esther Via Research line at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu under the awarded project “Precursors of binge eating disorder in a clinical sample of adolescents with obesity: early MRI markers of brain rewardand inhibition processing dysfunction (PREC-BED Study))” that started last January 2023

 

Job Description

  • Participating in new acquisition of magnetic resonance imaging data.
  • Creation of study database with the integration of the study variables.
  • Post-processing of the newly acquired brain imaging data.
  • Statistical analysis to test the research hypotheses.
  • Bibliographic revisions and information synthesis.
  • Writing and submission of scientific papers.
  • Attendance to scientific meetings

 

Oferim

  • Incorporació com a predoc del projecte Precursors of binge eating disorder in a clinical sample of adolescents with obesity: early MRI markers of brain reward and inhibition processing dysfunction (PREC-BED Study)

 

Requirements

 

Requirements of the candidates

We expect:

  • Candidates with a Bachelor in the fields of Psychology, Biomedicine, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine or related.
  • Candidates should meet the academic criteria to join aPhD programme.
  • At least basic knowledge in the use of one statistical package (SPSS, R, STATA).
  • Motivation to perform research linked to the topic of the project (e.g., MentalHealth, Neuroimaging, Endocrinology) and to learn statistical approaches to analys estructural and functional brain imaging data with the use of specialized packages (e.g.,MATLAB, SPM).
  • The applicant should be able to perform team oriented as well as independent work.

 

Se valorará:

  • Good language skills in English will be considered.
  • Ability to analyse, interpret and organize - of data sets.
  • Working with a focus on objectives and results.
  • Careful in tasks.
  • Motivation to assume new intellectual challenges.
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  • Location: Esplugues de Llobregat (Spain)
  • Working day: Full time
  • Sector: Healthcare
  • Vacancies: 1
  • Discipline: R&D
  • Work modality: On site