Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-13400-371

Department: Psychiatry 

Physical work location: 1255 Fifth Avenue, Suite C1,New York, NY 10029

Name PI or Supervisor: Dr. Natalie Rasgon

Web link to Lab: n/a

Administrative Contact: (phone and email): Abigail Polanco

This project examines the neurobiological and cognitive consequences of surgically induced menopause. Surgically induced menopause provides a clinically important model of abrupt ovarian hormone deprivation and offers a unique opportunity to study how rapid changes in reproductive endocrine status affect brain structure, function, metabolism, cognition, mood, and risk-related biomarkers. The project will use multimodal neuroimaging together with cognitive, clinical, hormonal, and biological measures to characterize brain and behavioral changes following surgical menopause. The broader aim is to identify neural and multidomain biomarkers that may clarify mechanisms of risk and resilience and...