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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Schools of Life and Health Science at Aston University is pleased to announce a PhD studentship available for the <span>projec</span>t “</span><span style="color:black">EEG-based measures of brain function: searching for biomarkers of wakefulness and awareness in critically ill patients”<b>.<span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><span style="color:black;background:white">This studentship will start <span>in</span> October 2018 and the successful applicant will receive a fully-funded scholarship for three years (subject to satisfactory progression).</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><span style="color:black;background:white">The studentship funds <strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Home/EU tuition fees<span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;word-spacing:0px"> </span></span></strong>plus a stipend of £14,777 p.a. and is available for 3 years subject to a satisfactory progress review at the end of the first year.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><span style="color:black">The project will involve the identification of patterns derived from the quantitative analysis of EEG to assess and predict recovery of wakefulness and awareness in critically ill patients with altered mental status and disorders of consciousness. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student</span> to<span style="color:black"> identify patterns of EEG complexity, functional connectivity and source configuration in relation to different types of <span>altered</span> mental status where wakefulness, awareness or both are compromised during acute encephalopathy and coma. He/she will assess the sensitivity and specificity of the patterns and will evaluate how well these features can classify <span>patients by</span> using machine learning <span>algorithms</span>.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white"># Necessary skills:</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Programming skills in Matlab or Python</span> ( or <span>willingness</span> to <span>acquire</span> them)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Good</span><span style="color:black;background:white"> command of English (spoken and written)</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white"># Desirable:</span><span style="color:black"><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">Experience with EEG analysis<span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Experience with computational/statistical <span>modeling</span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Experience in scientific writing</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><span style="color:black;background:white">Address additional questions to Dr Valia Rodriguez (</span><a href="mailto:v.rodriguez@aston.ac.uk">v.rodriguez@aston.ac.uk</a>)<span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><b><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.aston.ac.uk/lhs/research/postgraduate-research/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Entry Requirements</span></a></span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black">You should have been awarded the UK equivalent of a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree in a relevant subject, or have an MSc and/or similar award or experience deemed to provide evidence of research potential. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black">Non-native speakers of English are normally also required to satisfy minimum English language requirements. Find more information [<a href="http://www.aston.ac.uk/international-students/english-language-requirements/">http://www.aston.ac.uk/international-students/english-language-requirements/</a>]<span></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>Applicants are required to apply for their <span>PhD</span> studentship via Aston University here [<a href="https://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=R180263">https://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=R180263</a>] by the deadline of </span><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background:white">Sunday 8th July 2018</span></strong><span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;word-spacing:0px"> </span></span><span><span></span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">CLOSING DATE: Sunday 8th July 2018</span></strong><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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