We are looking for a Polysomnographic Technologist (certified or not certified) to work in Dr Dang-Vu’s sleep laboratory based at PERFORM and the IUGM research centres in Montreal (QC). We investigate the brain mechanisms of sleep and sleep disorders, and the role of sleep in cognitive health. For more information on our research, see https://scnlab.com/. Position available immediately.

Position Description:

• You will perform polysomnographic sleep studies in adults (18-85 y.o.)
• You will be in contact with research participants with a variety of sleep disorders as well as healthy research participants
  
• You will prepare participants and monitor them during polysomnography studies, including overnight studies.
  
• You will address technical or recording issues that may arise during the procedures and participate to research protocols in coordination with research assistants, students and researchers involved in the sleep studies.
  
• You will perform scoring of polysomnographic studies (including sleep stages, microarousals, cardio and respiratory events, etc.)

Skills:

• Ability to work overnight shifts
  
• Ability to work with research protocols
  
• Troubleshooting skills
  
• Ability to work independently and with a team
  
• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset
  
• Enthusiasm for learning

Job Type: Full-time or at least 21 hours/week. Contract for 1 year, renewable, with 3 months’ probation period.
Salary: Based on experience.

Please contact Florence Pomares at florence.pomares@concordia.ca

Ali Ahmed Shams Award 2019

Introduction

This award is funded by Ali Ahmed Shams, an inspiring 11 year-old living in Pakistan who wants to give back to Concordia in honor of the education his father received during his time at the university. Owais Uddin Ahmed, Ali’s father, overcame many hardships to obtain a university degree in order to provide for his family. When Ali and his father visited Concordia in 2017, he was struck by the academic research mission of the PERFROM Centre, and being passionate about science, was motivated to create and fund this award in order to help lift the financial burden on students receiving an education today.

Eligibility Criteria

The Ali Ahmed Shams Award is given to a student registered at Concordia University in an undergraduate or graduate program and working with a PERFORM research member. The total of the award is $2000 with preference given to candidates who require financial assistance as per the donor request.

Application deadline is Tuesday, April 23, 2019

The following documents are required:

• CV and University Transcripts
• Cover letter describing your research interests
• Recommendation letter from your academic supervisor

Please submit applications by email with the subject heading: “Ali Shams application_2019” to
pc-research@lists.concordia.ca

We are presently recruiting a Postdoctoral fellow in Multimodal Neuroimaging of Sleep and Cognition. This position consists in a prestigious Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Concordia University, in Montréal (Québec, Canada).

The fellow will have the opportunity to setup and conduct advanced neuroimaging studies in clinical and healthy samples, as well as to analyze and write up findings of previously collected human neuroimaging data. He/she will also have the opportunity to develop and evaluate new multimodal data analysis approaches, as for instance the study of sleep patterns combining high-density Electro-EncephaloGraphy (EEG) with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and for the very first time EEG with Near-Infra Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) during whole night recordings. These techniques will allow addressing links between bioelectrical neuronal activity and hemodynamic processes during sleep. He/she will be based at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec), jointly supervised by Dr. Christophe Grova PhD and Dr. Thanh Dang-Vu MD-PhD, and will work in a highly multidisciplinary environment (neurosciences, kinesiology, physics, engineering, psychology) and in collaboration with multiple academic and hospital institutions in Montreal (PERFORM Center, Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal [CRIUGM], Montreal Neurological Institute [MNI]).

The research themes that will be addressed by the Fellow will include:

• The neural mechanisms of sleep, sleep deprivation and sleep disorders (chronic insomnia, central disorders of hypersomnolence), and their relationship with cognition.
• Developing and evaluating methods dedicated to the analysis of multimodal neuroimaging data for sleep studies: (i) simultaneous EEG/fMRI, and (2) simultaneous EEG/NIRS, including the analysis of functional connectivity and brain network analysis

The PERFORM Centre is a 8,000 m2 research facility including eight inter-related research platforms, such as a state of the art sleep laboratory (3 bedrooms with polysomnography and high-density EEG) and a fully equipped imaging suite (3T MRI, high-density EEG, NIRS, TMS, SPECT-CT, PET-CT, Ultrasound and Dexa) entirely dedicated to research (http://www.concordia.ca/research/perform.html).

Applicants must have a PhD (or close to completion) in a related field (e.g., neurosciences, computer science, (bio)medical engineering, physics). Experience in the analysis of hemodynamic signals from fMRI or NIRS is important. Applicants should have strong knowledge of Matlab and/or experience in analysis of neuroimaging, excellent organizational skills, an aptitude for teamwork, good writing skills and a productive publication record. Experience in one or more aspects of the research themes will constitute an asset. Salary will consist of 47,500 $/year (plus benefits) for 2 years. The position has a flexible start date.

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae and a letter of motivation to the principal investigators listed below. Review of applications will begin as they are received and will continue until the position has been filled. All requests for additional information should also be directed to them. Only those candidates selected to interview will be contacted.

For more information about our current research programs, please visit the lab websites: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/research/grova-research-group.html
https://scnlab.com