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BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, Visiting Assistant Professor in Psychology. The Department of Psychology at Colby College invites applications for a one-year, full-time position in Behavioral Neuroscience to begin September 1, 2021, with the possibility of successive appointments for up to three years. Teaching responsibilities for this position include introductory and advanced courses in the candidate’s area of training, participation in a team-taught introduction to psychology course, and supervision of student independent research. The specific area of research is open and we are especially interested in candidates who conduct research using rat models. The successful candidate will have use of our state-of-the art vivarium, laboratory spaces and equipment, along with financial support for research including paid student research assistants and a full-time lab and research coordinator. We seek applicants who have research interests that would be compatible with and complementary to...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Lifespan Developmental Psychology Lab at Brandeis University. [ http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/lachman/ ]. Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position to work on longitudinal and intervention projects in the areas of behavior change, physical activity, personality, cognition, and health in adulthood. The position involves management and coordination of multiple studies in an active lab. Opportunities include collaboration on experimental intervention research through the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions (RALI) [ http://www.brandeis.edu/roybal/ ] and secondary data analysis of longitudinal data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study [ www.midus.wisc.edu/ ].  Primary responsibilities will include project management and data analysis; preparation of manuscripts; and participation in interdisciplinary research groups. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in the social, behavioral or health...

Arizona State University, the Department of Psychology and REACH Institute in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Health Solutions invites applications for a NIDA-funded T32 Postdoctoral Research Scholar training program focusing on closing the research-practice gap in drug abuse prevention.  Training is delivered through individually-tailored programs of coursework in drug abuse and implementation science and mentored research experience. Trainees select multiple mentors from a large and multidisciplinary faculty whose work includes preventive interventions with children, youth, and families in settings including schools, health care, community mental health settings, and family courts. Emphases include implementation science for the adoption and sustainability of preventive interventions in natural service delivery settings, interventions for ethnically diverse populations, and quantitative methods in prevention science.  The program is particularly...

This position is to serve as a lab manager, providing research and administrative support for neuroimaging and behavioral studies conducted both with individuals with major mental illness and with healthy populations, including adolescents and young adults. This position will be under the direction of Dr. Katherine Karlsgodt (UCLA Department of Psychology). Responsibilities include support in coordinating day to day research activities (e.g., recruitment and scheduling of participants, running research sessions), assistance in administrative activities (e.g., purchasing, IRB protocol management, manuscript preparation), database management (e.g., data entry and organization), basic data processing (e.g., compilation of behavioral data for analysis, quality assurance and preprocessing of neuroimaging data), and assistance in training and supervision of student volunteers.  

Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a highly selective, independent, coeducational, residential, undergraduate liberal arts college. Established in 1946, CMC is a member of The Claremont Colleges, a consortium of seven independent institutions in Claremont, CA. We seek candidates who are capable of demonstrating competence and sensitivity in working in a college in which students are broadly diverse with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, socioeconomic backgrounds, religion and political viewpoint, and/or candidates who have a record of working in a diverse student population. Claremont McKenna College is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. For more information and to apply, please visit CMC website www.claremontmckenna.edu .   Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Interviews will be conducted via zoom. BASIC FUNCTION: The Umanath...

A 2-3 year Post Doc position at the Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation Lab at The Hebrew University ( ERC Funded ) The Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation Lab at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is seeking applicants for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship for a period of 2 or 3 years. Research in the lab focuses on the psychological (mainly emotional) underpinning of long-term intergroup conflicts, focusing on attempts to develop and implement psychological interventions that promote social change in favor of democracy and peace. The successful candidate will work together with Prof. Halperin, and will manage and lead the lab’s newly funded ERC project titled: " Personalized Interventions to Improve Intergroup Relations and Promote Peace”. The ERC funded research is aimed at identifying novel mechanisms by which different intergroup interventions influence different individuals, i.e., creating an innovative framework for personalized...