PhD Student: Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology 1340 views

University of Basel is inviting applications for a PhD position within the Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology Group (Prof. Dr. Roselind Lieb).

Role and responsibilities:

• The main tasks of the PhD-students include teaching (2 hours/week), planning and performing studies in our virtual reality lab, analyses of epidemiological data and the application of machine larning methods in epidemiology and virtual reality.
• The doctoral thesis is supposed to be prepared in the field of epidemiology, machine learning and virtual reality in the field of our major research focus: the development of mental disorders (anxiety, affective disorders).

Duration: limited to 04 years

Starting date: August 2019 (or later)

Requirements:

• Excellent degree in Psychology (Master or Diplom)
• Excellent English and German
• An excellent foundation in research methodology and research statistics related to epidemiological, machine learning and experimental designs
• Experience in the implementation of empirical studies (recruitment of study participants, data preparation, data analysis, etc.)
• Great interest in scientific writing and publications
• Experience in one or all of the following methods: electroencephalography (EEG), virtual reality, electrodermal activity (EDA)
• Interest in clinical psychological and epidemiology
• Technical understanding

Applications:

Send application to roselind.lieb@unibas.ch with the subject «Application for PhD-Position». Address application to Prof. Dr. Roselind Lieb as a single pdf file including letter of interest, CV, copy of degrees, two letters of recommendation, etc.