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The Department of Psychology at Wesleyan University invites applications for a visiting faculty position at the assistant professor level in clinical psychology. The appointment is for one year, although it may become renewable for a second year depending on department needs and based on performance. Preference will be given to candidates with undergraduate teaching experience. The visitor course load is five courses per academic year. Responsibilities include teaching an upper-level seminar in the candidate's area of expertise, a survey course on psychopathology or related area (e.g., interventions, adult or child psychopathology, personality), introductory psychology, research methods, and a small seminar for first-year students. In addition, service to the department will include advising undergraduate majors. Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in hand by the time of appointment in order to be hired at the Assistant Professor level (a successful...

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on a newly funded project by the VA RR&D examining digital phenotype predictors of prospective bipolar symptoms, suicidal ideation, and psychosocial functioning in veterans with a bipolar disorder. The position will start in late Spring or Summer 2021 at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. It is open only to US citizens. Snežana Urošević, Ph.D., Clinician Investigator and Staff Psychologist in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, is leading this project with a team of collaborators from the Minneapolis VA and three other institutions: University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin—Madison, and Palo Alto VA. The study will involve innovative approaches using both active and passive mHealth assessments, speech pattern data analyses, and contextualized location data analyses. The...

The Department of Psychology at Mercyhurst University (Erie, PA) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Developmental Psychology.  Preference will be given to applicants that focus on cognitive development, but other areas of expertise will be reviewed as well.  Standard contracts at the university run 9 months (August 15-May 15) with 24 credit-hours (4 class) per semester load.  Courses to be taught include: Developmental Psychology: Childhood, Developmental Psychology: Adolescence, and Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology, plus the potential for offerings in areas such as lifespan, gerontology, psychopathology or the candidate’s area of expertise.  Course taught in the service of the department may include: Introduction to Psychology, Research Design and Statistical Analysis, Memory and Cognition.  Other departmental and college duties include student advising, recruitment, and academic committees.   A Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology,...

Seeking a postdoctoral research scholar with prior research and mental health training to work on a mobile health and depression study. The position will start in late Spring or Summer 2021 at the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Simon B. Goldberg, Heather C. Abercrombie and Richard J. Davidson are recruiting a motivated and creative postdoctoral scholar for a project evaluating a mobile health intervention for depression. The intervention is based in contemplative practices and designed to improve well-being and reduce depression. The study will evaluate intervention-related behavioral changes. In addition, affective computing methods will be used in the development of novel “passive” measures of the plasticity of well-being that can be derived from natural speech. Drs. Goldberg and Abercrombie are licensed psychologists and will provide clinical supervision for mental health assessments within the study. The Center for Healthy Minds (CHM) offers an...

We are currently recruiting for our Postdoctoral Fellowship with a focus on Violence Prevention .   The VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans is accepting applications for a one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship working on the Central Texas VA Workplace Violence Prevention and Disruptive Behavior Initiatives.  PROJECT DESCRIPTION Dr. Karl Slaikeu, Workplace Violence Prevention Program Coordinator (WVPPC) for the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS), is leading an exciting set of projects to optimize the organization’s workplace violence prevention efforts. Alongside the institution’s use of letters of concern and behavioral flags to influence behavior, these projects will focus on violence prevention through early and collaborative problem-solving with three sets of parties: Reporters, Experiencers, and Disrupters (as identified in the Disruptive Behavior Reporting System; DBRS). The first pilot project will...

  POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE – Next Generation Screening of Maternal Mental Health Posting Date: February 15th 2021   The Health-Omics & Perinatal Epidemiology (HOPE) Research Group at the Yale Child Study Center seeks a Postdoctoral Associate to develop Next Generation Screening approaches to identify and support pregnant people at risk for adverse mental health outcomes.   This project focuses on implementing passive data capture within an existing, longitudinal pregnancy cohort to identify digital phenotypes that better predict mental health outcomes. A second objective of this project is to integrate digital and biological phenotypes (e.g., genomics/epigenomics) in prediction models of maternal mental health and evaluate their performance versus conventional models based on questionnaire data alone. The Postdoctoral Associate will be responsible for optimizing passive data capture protocols, biological data QC, data analyses and manuscript preparation. The successful...

The Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications to fill a full-time tenured Associate Professor or Full Professor position in Cognitive Neuroscience, with an emphasis on high-energy imaging (e.g., 7T MRI human brain imaging system) research. This position is part of a joint initiative of the campus and our clinical partner, Carle Foundation Hospital, to promote fundamental neuroimaging technology development, basic neuroscience research and translational research.  The new hire is expected to take full advantage of our Siemens 7T Terra MRI scanner. The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu.EEO . The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a world...

The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) seeks a highly qualified post-doctoral associate to participate in cutting-edge clinical research on autism spectrum disorder at the Yale Child Study Center. The ABC-CT is a network of leading scientists at five sites (Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard University, University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Duke University, University of California – Los Angeles, and Yale University). The goal of this consortium is to generate a set of reliable behavioral and psychophysiological tools for use in clinical trials with children with ASD. Specifically, we will be working to integrate diagnostic, behavioral, EEG, and eye tracking methods to create biomarkers that can be used to reduce the heterogeneity of autism and indicate efficacy of treatments. The ABC-CT at Yale is hiring a post-doctoral associate for clinical training in the context of this multi- site, longitudinal research project...

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY – TENURE TRACK THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA HENRY KENDALL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   POSITION SUMMARY : The Department of Psychology at The University of Tulsa (TU) seeks candidates to fill 1 full-time tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 15, 2021.  Tenure-track faculty have a 9 month contract period (Aug 15-May 15). Successful candidates are expected to develop a funded research program, teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses, and supervise the clinical work of graduate students.  Information about the Department and our APA accredited PhD program can be found at: https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/psychology/   QUALIFICATIONS : Applicants must have a PhD in Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited program and be licensed or license-eligible in Oklahoma.  The applicant should have a strong record...