The Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow position to join Dr. Luana Colloca's laboratory. Our research focuses on the mechanisms of immersive virtual reality mechanisms, socially induced placebo effects, brain mapping and pharmacological approaches. We combine approaches ranging from psychophysiology to pharmacology including research in healthy participants and patients with chronic pain undergoing brain imaging sessions with functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), high resolution electroencephalogram (EGG) and/or EEG/fMRI. The successful applicant will be part of a vibrant research program focusing on the neurobiology of pain experience and pain modulatory systems. Collaboration with faculty in the department as well as with scientists/clinicians in other departments and the UMB Center for the Advancement of Chronic Pain Research (CACPR) is strongly encouraged. The candidate should have a PhD in neuroscience and/or epidemiology, graduate training in biomedical science, extensive experience with human data collection in healthy controls and participants suffering from chronic diseases such as pain; and being able to learn/perform quantitative sensory testing. Appointments and salary are commensurate with research experience and accomplishmentsfollowing NIH guidelines:https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-049.html. *Please send a cover letter, CV, statement of research and career objectives, and contact information for three references (all in one file) to: Dr. Luana Colloca - **colloca@ umaryland.edu.* Review of applications will begin shortly and continue until the position is filled. /The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy./ /If you need a reasonable accommodation for a disability, for any part of the recruitment process, please contact us at//HRJobs@umaryland.edu//and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address./ **Job:** **Postdoctoral Fellows* **Organization:** **Nursing - Center for Pain Studies* **Title:** *Postdoctoral Fellow for Brain Imaging* **Location:** *null* **Requisition ID:** *240000AO*