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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for information on a PhD Studentship available in the
<b>School of</b> <b>Life & Health Sciences </b>at<b> Aston University, Birmingham, UK</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Using Response Inhibition and Reward Responsiveness to Investigate Risk for Psychopathology</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE">Dr Stefanie Hassel and Prof. Klaus Kessler</span></b><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Biological predisposition towards psychopathology as well as environmental events may influence whether and when symptoms surface among individuals, who are at an increased risk for psychopathology. Individuals differ in their degree of
responsiveness to cues of reward or cues of threat, in goal-seeking behaviours and/or anxiety. A high degree of responsiveness to cues of reward or threat may play an additional role in placing individuals at risk for psychopathologies, especially mood disorders.
For instance, high reward responsiveness on a specific behavioural task, individual characteristics like impulsivity or extreme appraisals of social approval as well as family history of psychopathology may all aid in predicting future diagnoses. This project
will address the underlying mechanisms that control fluctuations in mood and behaviour, specific sensitivities which may determine the strength of a person’s emotional reaction to reward or threat and investigate potential relationships between sensitivity
levels to cues of reward and threat and sub-threshold symptoms of (hypo)mania and depression in individuals at increased risk for a mood disorder (or other psychopathology), compared to undergraduate students classified as not at risk. Multi-modal experimental
methods will be used to examine these issues, such as behavioural task-based and questionnaire measures, as well as structural and functional neuroimaging (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Diffusion Tensor Imaging, functional MRI and Magnetoencephalography).
Outcomes from this research may be used to help inform early identification of risk factors for general psychopathology and mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) in particular.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The high quality of research in Aston’s School of Life and Health Sciences was confirmed in the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE): research in Allied Health Professions and Studies ranked 3rd out of 63 UK Higher Education Institutions.
Additional information about research in the School can be found at <a href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lhs/research/">http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lhs/research/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Financial Support:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The studentship comprises of a tax-free stipend of £13,863 p.a. and payment of Home/EU tuition fees only. The studentship is available for three years, subject to satisfactory progress review at the end of the first year <b>with an</b> <b>anticipated
Registration date of 1<sup>st</sup> October 2014.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Application Requirements:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Eligible Applicants should hold at least a Bachelor (Hons.) Degree of either First Class/Upper Second Class or hold a Master’s Degree in Psychology or related discipline. A demonstrable interest in affective
neuroscience and/or clinical psychology is a requirement. (Supervisors are based at Aston University, and draw on expertise with experimental and neuroimaging research with healthy and clinical populations).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">EU Applicants will need to demonstrate adequate proficiency in English Language skills, with a minimum overall score of <b>101</b> (Internet Based) (with a minimum score in each section of: <b>R: 23, W:
26, L: 23 </b>and <b>S: 22</b>) in TOEFL or IELTS with minimum marks of <b>6.5</b> in each section and an overall band of <b>7.0</b>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Informal enquiries should be addressed to the Project Supervisor, Dr Stefanie Hassel (E-mail:<a href="mailto:s.hassel@aston.ac.uk">s.hassel@aston.ac.uk</a>).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday 09 June 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reference: </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">R140127<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To apply please complete the <b>on-line application form</b> at<a href="https://map.aston.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&&code1=LHS029PR&code2=0014">https://map.aston.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&&code1=LHS029PR&code2=0014</a> <a href="http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/EmailFriend.aspx?ref=R140127">Email
details to a friend</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Stefanie Hassel, PhD<br>
Department of Psychology<br>
School of Life and Health Sciences<br>
Aston University<br>
Birmingham<br>
B4 7ET<br>
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Email: <a href="mailto:s.hassel@aston.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">s.hassel@aston.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Phone: 0121 204 4003<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Students can make an appointment with me by following this link:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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Adjunct Assistant Professor: Dept. of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Adjunct Instructor: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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