Open Research Positions
Postdoctoral Researcher/Project Director: Clinical Area
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher/project director position starting as soon as possible for a project currently in its fifth year, for which we expect renewal funding. The position involves primary responsibility for the overall smooth functioning and coordination of the Northwestern site of a two-site, NIMH-funded longitudinal study of risk for the development of anxiety and depressive disorders which originally started with 16 year old high school students. In addition, the project director will conduct diagnostic and stressful life events interviews, coordinate with the second site (UCLA), and contribute to publications from this study.
Start Date:
Immediate
Position Description:
Conduct diagnostic and stressful life events interviews, coordinate with the second site (UCLA), and contribute to publications from this study. Able to initiate his/her own research studies, collaborate with graduate students and recruit undergraduate research assistants to assist in his/her research.
Requirements:
Ph.D.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the areas of anxiety, depression, normal and abnormal personality traits, quantitative methods, adolescent/early adult development and/or diagnostic interviewing are a plus.
Term:
Two years with possible extension.
How to Apply:
Send letter (or e-mail) of interest, vita, reprints, and at least two letters of recommendation to Richard E. Zinbarg, Ph.D., or Susan Mineka, Ph.D., Psychology Department, 102 Swift Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208. Fax: 847-491-7859. Address email inquiries to rzinbarg@northwestern.edu or mineka@northwestern.edu. Position is contingent on availability of funding which is very likely (7.8 percentile at NIMH).
