Research Assistant I

The Wig Neuroimaging Lab (directed by Dr. Gagan Wig) at the Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas, is looking for a research assistant to work on a multi-year NIH-funded research project studying brain network risk and resilience in human aging. The mission of the project is to understand the health and lifestyle factors that relate to age-related brain and cognitive decline in middle-age adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease. This work will be accomplished by collecting functional neuroimaging data and extensive characterization of individual's changes in cognition, physiological measures of health, and measures of environment and lifestyle over a 4 year period.

The candidate will assist in participant recruitment, data collection and processing of cognitive and brain imaging data. The candidate must be willing to work in a collaborative and inter-disciplinary environment. The study team consists of labs based in the University of Texas at Dallas (Center for Vital Longevity) and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Department of Psychiatry).