- Plan and perform experiments related to the research goals of the lab - Interpret experiments  - Write preliminary drafts of manuscripts  - Attend and present at lab meetings and at local/national/international meetings 

- Primary Research (including planning, granting, execution, analysis, publication)  - Maintain laboratory compliance documentation for human, animal, biological and radiological work. - Be familiar with lab safety infrastructure and ensure compliance with all safety regulations. - Interact with biosafety, chemical safety, and safety officers on behalf of the Principal Investigator.  - Generate data and research analysis for investigator's use in preparation of technical reports and publications. - Assist the PI with manuscript preparation and grant applications. -

The successful candidate will work as Project Leader on a variety of projects under the direction of Andrew W McHill, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of the Sleep, Chronobiology, and Health Laboratory within the OHSU School of Nursing. The Postdoctoral fellow will work on research that is aimed at understanding the effects of disturbed sleep and circadian rhythms on physiology and pathophysiology in humans. In particular, we are investigating the adverse health effects of short and disrupted sleeping patterns, food choice, shift work, and the mechanisms underlying the adverse health of performing activities during the night. These studies will lead to interventions designed to improve the health,...

- Primary Research (including planning, granting, execution, analysis, publication) - a. Maintain laboratory compliance documentation for human, animal, biological and radiological work.   b. Be familiar with lab safety infrastructure and ensure compliance with all safety regulations. c. Interact with biosafety, chemical safety, and safety officers on behalf of the Principal Investigator. - a. Generate data and research analysis for investigator's use in preparation of technical reports and publications.

- Preforming laboratory research; Conducting experiments; Collecting, analyzing, and quantifying data; Assisting in planning and designing standard research operations, training and mentoring lab members. - Preparation and/or review of reports, manuscripts and peer reviewed journals for publication. Submit applications for grant funding in support of the labs research mission. - Attending and presenting research at lab meetings, seminars and conferences.

- Provides research coordination and project management for multi-year research projects and assists in planning design, procedures, and performing research studies on research volunteers. - Prepares written reports, documents, grant applications, correspondence, and peer-reviewed publications. - Trains, mentors, and supervises research assistants, students, and junior staff. 

This position is full-time postdoctoral level (PhD in neuroscience or biophysics) in the von Gersdorff lab in the Vollum Institute. - Planning, executing, and analyzing experiments for independent research project(s) using electrophysiology, molecular, cellular, and live imaging and computational approaches in the retina and/or CNS. - Manuscript preparation for individual projects and assisting other lab members with manuscripts as needed. - Assisting the PI and other lab members with grant application (data acquisition, writing assistance,...

- Leading and organizing MRI data collection efforts from infants and young children including attending scans on evenings and weekends and responsibility for data quality control. - Engaging with HBCD consortium (representing the OHSU site by serving on workgroups, attending relevant trainings, and giving presentations). - Statistical analysis of MRI and other data types in preparation for dissemination. - Training graduate students, undergraduate students, and research assistants. -