vokal9031

Awesome...I'm actually interested in meta-analyses, mixed effects model (regression), as well as GLM, and just better statistical methodologies to decrease error, or account for error, within research investigations. Just as you've stated, being that this is such a broad study to get into and that there are so many avenues to explore, it's really hard for me to actually narrow down what I'd really like to "quanitfy" if I were to ever get into a program. I've always been interested in the brain and its biological effects on behavior and/or memory, which lead me to the occupation I hold today. I currently work in MRI research and I mainly work with patients whom are demented, or patients with swift decreases in motor functions - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or other biopsychological pathology that significantly effect their behavior/memory. In our lab, we collect many datasets on all different types of patients, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairments (MCI), and normal healthy controls (CN) of course. With these data sets we obtain volumetrics on their structural brain tissues, measuring gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) atrophy, perfusion, measuring the amount of Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF) in different types of patients' brains, etc..., both cross-sectionally and longitudinally...and its effects on above stated symptoms. I'd definitely like to keep working in this field as there is always data and theories of brain research to investigate, but researching some of the schools that have Quant don't really have much in MRI research (maybe I'm not looking in the right places or I maybe just overlooking them). So, it's possible that I may have to broaden my quantitative interests even more in order to incorporate MRI research in which I may also apply to programs in Biostatistics as well.

Nice...congrats on your acceptances thus far. What are your interests in quant?

Nice...I'll take a look at their site...Thanks!

Has anyone heard about any schools/programs with quantitative psychologists working within the realm of neuroimaging (MRI brain research)?

What do you mean?