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Prof John-Paul Taylor
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Visual hallucinations are common in Lewy body dementias (LBD) but their aetiology is unclear although their occurrence may depend upon the interaction of aberrant top-down and bottom-up visual processing. By using combined occipital transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and high density electroencephalography (EEG) we propose to investigate how visual processing is altered in LBD patients who hallucinate compared to non-hallucinator LBD patients, aged controls and a disease comparator group of patients with Charles Bonnet syndrome.
The appointed PhD student will be responsible for patient recruitment, neuropsychological assessment, and carrying out the combined TMS and EEG protocol as well as performing detailed analyses on the data produced.
The studentship will be based within the Institute for Ageing and Health, a large interdisciplinary Institute with a strong track record of research excellence in ageing and dementia. Skills acquired by the student will include:
• Experience on interacting with older people and patients and how to conduct human based clinical studies.
• Familiarity in the technical aspects of high density EEG recording and TMS delivery.
• Ability to perform pre-processing and data cleaning of EEG data.
• Able to carry out advanced EEG data analyses.
• More generally develop knowledge and expertise in the field of dementia, as well as generic skills in research methodology, complex statistical analysis and correlative analysis between EEG, TMS and clinical data.
The appointed PhD student will be responsible for patient recruitment, neuropsychological assessment, and carrying out the combined TMS and EEG protocol as well as performing detailed analyses on the data produced.
The studentship will be based within the Institute for Ageing and Health, a large interdisciplinary Institute with a strong track record of research excellence in ageing and dementia. Skills acquired by the student will include:
• Experience on interacting with older people and patients and how to conduct human based clinical studies.
• Familiarity in the technical aspects of high density EEG recording and TMS delivery.
• Ability to perform pre-processing and data cleaning of EEG data.
• Able to carry out advanced EEG data analyses.
• More generally develop knowledge and expertise in the field of dementia, as well as generic skills in research methodology, complex statistical analysis and correlative analysis between EEG, TMS and clinical data.
Funding Notes
Sponsor: Biomedical Research Unit, Newcastle University
Value of the Award and Eligibility
The award covers UK/EU tuition fees and provides an annual stipend at the recommended Research Council minimum (currently £13,590 per annum).
Value of the Award and Eligibility
The award covers UK/EU tuition fees and provides an annual stipend at the recommended Research Council minimum (currently £13,590 per annum).
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Person Specification
We are seeking to appoint a high calibre individual to the post. Candidates must have (or expect to achieve) a first class or upper-second class Honours degree (or European equivalent). For a three-year PhD, a Masters degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject is required; otherwise it is expected that you will enrol in the Masters in Research programme prior to the uptake of the PhD.
Desirable criteria include prior experience of:
• Clinical dementia / ageing research
• Signal processing and/or imaging analysis methods
• MATLAB and/or having programming skills
• Statistical analyses and research writing.
We particularly welcome students with a computing, engineering, physics or mathematics background given the technical aspects of the study.
How to Apply
You must complete the University's online postgraduate application form - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/. Select "Master of Research/Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Sciences) – Ageing and Health” as the programme of study. Only mandatory fields need to be completed (no personal statement required) but you must attach a copy of your CV (maximum length two A4 pages) and a covering letter, quoting the title of the studentship and reference number IA055
We are seeking to appoint a high calibre individual to the post. Candidates must have (or expect to achieve) a first class or upper-second class Honours degree (or European equivalent). For a three-year PhD, a Masters degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject is required; otherwise it is expected that you will enrol in the Masters in Research programme prior to the uptake of the PhD.
Desirable criteria include prior experience of:
• Clinical dementia / ageing research
• Signal processing and/or imaging analysis methods
• MATLAB and/or having programming skills
• Statistical analyses and research writing.
We particularly welcome students with a computing, engineering, physics or mathematics background given the technical aspects of the study.
How to Apply
You must complete the University's online postgraduate application form - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/. Select "Master of Research/Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Sciences) – Ageing and Health” as the programme of study. Only mandatory fields need to be completed (no personal statement required) but you must attach a copy of your CV (maximum length two A4 pages) and a covering letter, quoting the title of the studentship and reference number IA055
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