Author Archives: Elliot Berkman

About Elliot Berkman

Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab Co-Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience Divisional Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, UO College of Arts and Sciences

Accepting A Doctoral Student for 2025

We’re pleased to announce that the Social and Affective Neuroscience lab at UO will be accepting a new doctoral student to begin in Fall 2025! Is this position right for you? It might be if you share our lab values: … Continue reading

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Postdoc Position in Translational Neuroscience

We are hiring a postdoc to work on translational neuroscience projects on healthy eating and cigarette smoking cessation! We especially seek a person with good imaging and analysis chops who is interested to learn more about health psychology, intervention science, … Continue reading

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New Grant on Smoking Cessation Using Construal Level

The lab has been awarded a new R01 grant “Construal level as a novel pathway for affect regulation and cancer control” from the National Cancer Institute. The project will run for 5 years beginning in April 2020. Dr. Berkman is … Continue reading

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Seeking a Lab Manager

The SAN Lab is seeking a full-time lab manager to begin work in the fall of 2019. The position description is below. Interested applicants can submit their materials here. Position Summary The Social and Affective Neuroscience (SAN) Lab (sanlab.uoregon.edu) at … Continue reading

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Open scientific programmer position

We are hiring a scientific programmer to work on tools for data-intensive projects and also mentor trainees in data science skills. A strong candidate would have a background in data science and teaching/mentorship, a passion for team science, and an … Continue reading

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New OHSU-UO Collaborative Seed Grant

The SAN Lab and the Center for Translational Neuroscience have won a grant to pursue collaborations on translational neuroscience projects with our colleagues at Oregon Health and Science University through the OHSU-UO Partnership project. Read more about our project, “Translational … Continue reading

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Congrats Drs. Kahn and Livingston!

We are beyond thrilled to congratulate our latest lab alumni: Dr. Lauren E. Kahn and Dr. Jordan L. Livingston! We are so proud of everything you’ve done and where you’re going with your scholarship! Congratulations, Lauren and Jordan!

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Berkman Wins Early Career Award

Lab Director Dr. Berkman has won a 2018 Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association of Psychological Science! The announcement states that the Award “celebrates the many new and cutting edge ideas coming out of … Continue reading

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We Are Hiring a Research Assistant!

The Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab is hiring a full time RA to work on our healthy eating intervention. The perfect person would be a bright, motivated, and conscientious postbac with an interest in translational neuroscience. We’ll begin reviewing applications … Continue reading

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How Does Meditation Pain Relief Work?

Below is a guest post by Lisa May describing her latest paper, “Enhancement of Meditation Analgesia by Opioid Antagonist in Experienced Meditators”, which is now out in Psychosomatic Medicine. ——— People who practice meditation for a long time get pain … Continue reading

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