• Full time 2 years fixed term, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology
• Opportunity to make valuable contributions to research in our understanding of pain using virtual reality
• Base Salary Level A $95K - $98K p.a. + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on an innovative project investigating the use of virtual reality to assess cognitive processes in pain. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Professor Louise Sharpe, this role will be part of an Australian Research Council grant to investigate the role of cognitive processes in pain, using Virtual Reality (VR). The successful candidate will be expected to participate in a research programme that develops novel tasks to assess attentional bias and attentional alignment in the context of pain. They will be involved in the supervision of undergraduate students and coursework Masters students undertaking their research in the area of the grant. They will be expected to contribute to novel paradigms, conduct novel experiments, analyse data, and write up the results for publication.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• undertake research in our pain laboratory that uses virtual reality to assess cognitive processes in pain perception
• contribute to the publication of research papers
• demonstrate research excellence
• assist with grant writing and publishing original work
• support supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The School of Psychology was the first established Psychology department in Australia and is currently one of the largest and has a proud history of excellence that characterises all its research and educational activities. Sustained increases in research funding and strong enrolments have facilitated a rapid growth in our staffing and research profile.

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About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate who has:

• a PhD (or near completion) in psychology and equivalent combination of training and experience
• demonstrated ability to conduct research/scholarly activities under limited supervision
• the ability and a willingness to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to contribute to long-term research goals
• excellent communication (written and verbal), organisational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• a strong track record of publishing their research
• experience and skills in computer programming and Virtual Reality are desirable.

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