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Virginia Tech Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research Opportunity for Postdoctoral and Research Faculty Positions   The Virginia Tech Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research (VTAC/CAR) ( https://www.vtcar.science.vt.edu/ ), within the Clinical Science program in the Department of Psychology, in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) ( https://www.ext.vt.edu ) and Commonwealth Autism ( https://www.commonwealthautism.org/ ), is seeking candidates for two positions as postdoctoral associate, senior research associate, or research scientist, depending upon level of experience. The positions will involve work in the catchment areas of Dickenson and Wise Counties to provide diagnostic autism assessments, offer trainings/consultations to area educators, and to conduct effectiveness research on rural capacity building of autism services. Mentorship will be provided by the director of the VT Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research in...

The post-doctoral positions (2x) will assist with research on smartphone technology usage, prospective memory functioning, and Alzheimer’s disease in Michael Scullin's laboratory at Baylor University and Jared Benge's laboratory at University of Texas in Austin .  These positions involve a significant amount of patient-facing time for study participant recruitment and conduction of research visits. The post-docs will also be involved in grant organization and reporting, community outreach, data analysis, and data presentation/dissemination, and will collaborate with clinical scientists at UT Austin Dell Medical School and Baylor Scott & White Healthcare. Required: •   A doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) is required in either psychology, rehabilitation, speech and language sciences, or related disciplines.  •   Candidates must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills. Application link:...

Postdoctoral Fellow Opening   The Cognition and Affect Regulation Lab , directed by Dr. Jonathan Stange in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California (USC), is seeking a neuroimaging-focused postdoctoral fellow to begin in spring or summer 2024 (flexible start date, earlier is possible). This position will be funded by an NIH R01 and offers competitive salary and benefits.   Our lab seeks to identify cognitive and affective processes that are involved in the regulation of negative affect, in an effort to understand vulnerability factors for mood disorders and suicide. This work involves laboratory-based measures of brain activity (using fMRI), autonomic nervous system functioning (electrocardiogram and respiration), and behavior (executive functioning tasks and questionnaires). In addition, to understand behavior outside of the lab in the real world, we utilize ambulatory assessment to measure fluctuations in autonomic functioning...

The School of Interdisciplinary Forensics at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar position in Psychology. We are interested in candidates with training in any area of psychology with interest in conducting socially impactful research on issues of race, racial justice, and/or racial disparities in the legal system, broadly defined. The postdoctoral scholar will work alongside Dr. Jessica Salerno and Dr. Laura Smalarz to design and conduct socially impactful empirical research, analyze data, draft manuscripts, present at academic conferences, and supervise a team of graduate and undergraduate students with interests in issues of race, racial justice, and racial disparities in the legal system. All postdoctoral fellowship positions are for one year. Options for an additional one or two years of funding and/or a transition to a tenure track position may be offered, depending on each fellow’s progress and training needs. Faculty tenure...

The Equity in Early Education Postdoctoral (E3) Fellowship Program trains the next generation of scholars to conduct research toward equitable, impactful, and sustainable early childhood care and education systems. Why the E3 fellowship program?   To reduce racial and economic inequalities in early childhood, the next generation of scholars will need to collaborate with communities and educational partners to co-produce a base of interdisciplinary scientific evidence.  This program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) , grant number R305B220018, and housed at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood.  The program is designed to train fellows to conduct work that is equity-focused —centering systemic equity as an outcome  interdisciplinary —examining individual development in the context of structural racial and economic inequality using a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches  responsive...