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Postdoctoral fellowship position available

Posted By: Sarah H. Lisanby
Date: Sunday, 31 March 2002, at 8:17 a.m.

> Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons is seeking
> applicants for a federally funded postdoctoral research fellowship
> starting in the spring or summer of 2002. Fellows will receive
> extensive hands-on training in transcranial magnetic stimulation
> (TMS), a novel brain stimulation technique. TMS noninvasively
> stimulates the brain using rapidly alternating magnetic fields.
> Fellows will participate in a range of clinical and preclinical
> research projects using TMS as a probe of brain function and as a
> putative treatment for psychiatric disorders. The initial project
> will employ TMS in combination with functional MRI to study working
> memory circuits affected by sleep deprivation. Applicants should
> contact Holly Lisanby, MD, at 212-543-5568, or SHL24@columbia.edu.
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> Sarah Hollingsworth "Holly" Lisanby, M.D.
> Director, Magnetic Stimulation Laboratory
> Co-Director, Brain-Behavior Clinic
> Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
> Department of Psychiatry, Columbia Univ.
> Department of Biological Psychiatry
> New York State Psychiatric Institute
> 1051 Riverside Drive, Box 126
> New York, New York 10032-2695
> USA
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> 212-543-5568 voice
> 212-543-6056 FAX
> 917-996-1457 beeper
> SHL24@columbia.edu
> http://www.dr_lisanby.yourmd.com
> http://nypisys.cpmc.columbia.edu/biopsych/TMS.htm
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