The Methodology & Statistics department of Leiden University has a vacancy for 2 PhD students developing and testing statistical models for brain-wide association studies.

Are you interested in developing and testing new statistical models for linking brain data to phenotypic measures and application of these models in the neurosciences? We are looking for two highly motivated PhD students to join the Methodology and Statistics unit (Institute of Psychology) at Leiden University.

Applications are invited for a four-year PhD position under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mark de Rooij and Dr. Wouter Weeda, in collaboration with a team from the Methodology and Statistics unit. We are looking for an enthusiastic master student who would like to develop their career in the field of data science and statistics for brain data.

If you would like more information about what the job entails, please contact Prof. Dr. Mark de Rooij (rooijm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl) or Dr. Wouter Weeda, at w.d.weeda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.

The vacancy, and more details about the application process, can be found here: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024/q4/15166-2-phd-candidates-linking-brain-function-and-structure-to-phenotypes