The Novel Biomarkers: Ireland, Netherlands, UK, 2019 program seeks an experienced post-doctoral medical image analyst for the project: Perivascular spaces: an early marker of vascular contributions to neurodegeneration. DEADLINE: DEFERRED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO: Job reference 051857 PROJECT TITLE: Perivascular spaces: an early marker of vascular contributions to neurodegeneration SALARY: University of Edinburgh Grade 7 (£33,797 to £40,332) DEPARTMENT: Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences LEAD SUPERVISOR: Professor Joanna Wardlaw Chair of Applied Neuroimaging Director, Neuroimaging Sciences and Brain Research Imaging Centre Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist Contact details Website: Research Summary for Prof Wardlaw Website: Profile on Edinburgh Research Explorer Website: Brain Research Imaging Centre Website: SINAPSE Work: +44 (0) 131 537 2943 Email: joanna.wardlaw@ed.ac.uk JOB DESCRIPTION Purpose: Conduct original research, centred around recently developed computational methods Measure perivascular spaces, a potential biomarker of future dementia risk, visible on brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging Target patients at risk of small vessel disease (SVD), dementia, stroke & other forms of neurodegeneration Methods: Test & improve computational methods (including machine learning approaches) for measuring perivascular spaces on brain MR in people Discover associations between perivascular space morphologies & current cognitive / functional status as well as future cognitive & functional declines using data from studies in different patient groups Funding, support & collaboration: Weston Brain Institute Fondation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence in Perivascular Spaces EU Horizon 2020 SVDs@Target DEADLINE: DEFERRED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-19DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO: Job reference 051857 Relevant links Professor Joanna Wardlaw Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Weston Brain Institute Fondation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence in Perivascular Spaces EU Horizon 2020 SVDs@Target The Selfridges Group Foundation UK Dementia Research Institute Publication date 03 Apr, 2020