PhD candidate 'Neuroplasticity of Brain Stimulation in Depression'

You will become part of an internationally recognized research environment at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and the Department of Psychiatry of Radboud university medical center.

The Department of Psychiatry at Radboudumc and the Donders Institute are internationally recognized for their work in neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience and biological psychiatry. The successful candidate will become part of an ambitious research programme aiming to understand how brain stimulation restores neuroplasticity in depression and to develop biomarkers that enable personalized treatment.

This project is conducted in close collaboration with Amsterdam UMC, UMC Utrecht and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, providing a unique opportunity to work at the interface of clinical psychiatry, neuroscience and computational modelling.

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a Master's degree in a numerate discipline, such as statistics, mathematics neuroscience, psychology, medicine, biomedical sciences, cognitive neuroscience or a related discipline.

Moreover you have:

• Strong interest in psychiatry and brain stimulation.
• Affinity with MRI and/or (TMS)-EEG TMS research.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Experience with statistics or programming (R, Python or MATLAB) is essential.
• Eagerness to learn; a PhD is a next step in academic education, your willingness to learn and gain experience is more important than the skills you may already have.

• The salary depends on education. Scale 10 will be offered to MSc medical graduates. Those holding degrees in other disciplines will be offered scale 10A.
• The first job interviews will take place on 28 September 2026. Please take this into account.
• This position requires a Certificate of Conduct (VOG).

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