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The Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh is accepting applications for two Postdoctoral Fellowships in youth development and learning across multiple ecological contexts with an emphasis on diversity, opportunity, and equity . The initial appointment will be two years with the possibility of renewal for a third year. The position involves work on several multi-method longitudinal studies exploring how sociocultural and psychological factors influence youth of color’s identity development, academic learning, and socioemotional well-being during middle childhood and adolescence. In particular, the fellow will work on multi-jurisdictional, longitudinal datasets collected before and during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine the individual, interpersonal, and contextual factors that mitigate or worsen the impact of school disruptions on youth’s academic adjustment and mental health, especially for those from historically marginalized and...

Carnegie Mellon University seeks highly qualified applicants to fill multiple tenure-track positions in the Department of Psychology. Appointments will be considered at ranks from assistant to associate professor (including tenured associate). Our department places high value on research that advances understanding of our areas of core strengths and their intersections, including human behavior, cognition, social interaction/relationships, well-being, physical health, language processing, learning/development, and perception. We are particularly interested in applicants whose theoretical approaches and methodologies can link across these strengths, as well as to computational modeling, large-scale and longitudinal data collection, neural foundations, or applications to health/wellness, the learning sciences, or intelligent systems. Joint appointments with related departments may also be considered for appropriate candidates. Applicants to this position may also wish to apply, when...

Drs. Peter Franzen PhD and Tina Goldstein PhD in the Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine seek a postdoctoral fellow to collaborate on several large, longitudinal NIMH- and foundation-funded studies examining adolescent mood disorder, suicide risk, and underlying mechanisms, with a specific focus on sleep and neural mechanisms. Our program of research aims to apply this knowledge to inform prevention and intervention. Opportunities abound to collaborate on ongoing studies within a world-class Department of Psychiatry. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to be involved with multiple projects and datasets, and participate in data analysis, manuscript and grant preparation. Fellows will receive personalized mentoring toward their career goals. Our multidisciplinary research team also includes statisticians, neuroscientists, data scientists and physicians with expertise in longitudinal data analysis,...