Department of Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, is a world leading centre for advanced neuroimaging technologies, functional and structural analyses, and biostatistics in the understanding of psychopathologies that arise from brain development, neurodegeneration, injury, and brain tumours. It works closely with the Section of Surgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge who undertake surgical procedures and acquire longitudinal datasets as part of ethically approved research studies. It is a major centre for neurosurgery in the East of England (population 3.5 million) that aims to improve the surgical management of disease through both basic and translational research, with a major focus on applied clinical research.

Visiting students are invited to undertake data analysis on structural, functional and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and other data acquired pre- and post-surgically from patients with gliomas with the objective of predicting cognitive outcomes.

Scientific methods offered to the student

Students will learn about:

• Surface and volumetric reconstructions of cortical and subcortical structures
• Functional (BOLD) imaging pre-processing, functional connectomes and gradients
• Machine learning algorithm applications
• Biostatistics
• Data visualisations 

Lab visit details

• Duration: 3-12 months
• Period: as required
• Required language skills: English (C1)
• Costs covered by the hosting lab: Data, high performance computing
• Costs covered by the selected students: travel, accommodation, subsistence

Application details

Required documents and format: CV, short project description, recommendation letter, copy of passport, name of current supervisor.
Application process: Applications should be sent by email as a single file.
Applications should be sent to: John Suckling, js369@cam.ac.uk