Offre de post-doc / Post-doctoral researcher in Sleep, neurodegeneration and mental health
We are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher in sleep, neurodegeneration and mental health within the Neuropresage team.
🔎 Research project:
Sleep disturbances are increasingly recognized as a key factor in brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), emerging from the earliest stages of the pathology. While growing evidence suggests that disrupted sleep may contribute to the development of AD, its exact role and the factors that influence this relationship remain to be clarified.
This project aims to address this challenge by investigating how individual characteristics shape the links between sleep alterations and early AD-related processes.
The successful candidate will work with unique longitudinal datasets from two international cohorts, combining detailed sleep measures, cognitive assessments, neuroimaging, and blood biomarkers.
Using advanced statistical approaches, the postdoctoral researcher will explore the relationships between sleep and AD biomarkers, identify key moderating factors, and examine how sleep disturbances influence cognitive and emotional trajectories over time.
This project offers a stimulating research environment at the intersection of sleep science, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases, with strong international collaborations and access to rich, high-quality datasets.
🎓 Candidate profile
- PhD in Psychology or neurosciences
- Past published research in the field of sleep, cognitive and brain aging
- Past experience in the processing and analysis of brain imaging data (EEG, MRI, PET)
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools (e.g., R, SPSS, JASP) and brain imaging software (e.g., SPM, FSL, FreeSurfer)
- English : fluent
- French : fluent as the candidate will also participate in data acquisition in older populations
📆 Start date: 1st september 2026
⏳ Contract duration: 24 months
📝 Application process: Please send the following documents in PDF to by May 31st 2026:
- A one-page motivation letter
- A CV in English (maximum 5 pages)
- Two recommendations letters, including the contact details of previous supervisors.
👇 Full details of the position in the link below