Postdoctoral Associate (Multiple Vacancies)

Rutgers University • New Brunswick, NJ

15h

About The Position

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for the department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Department of Psychiatry announces three (3) open postdoctoral fellowship positions on our newly funded NIAAA Institutional Research Training T32 program, Training in Research on Alcohol use and its Consequences and Etiology ( TRACE ). The goal of this program is to provide a rigorous, mentored research experience coupled with advanced methodological training that equips postdoctoral trainees to become leaders in alcohol research. By integrating biological, psychosocial, and environmental perspectives, trainees gain the skills needed to address alcohol-related challenges across the lifespan. The program is structured to provide each postdoctoral fellow with two years of training. New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Responsibilities

• Design, organize, and execute research studies that further the aims of mentor’s program of research.
• Communicate, through generation of manuscripts and scientific journal articles and through conference presentations, the results of research studies.
• Contribute to sponsored project funding applications, including assisting with project ideas, study design, and scientific writing for necessary application documents.
• Participate in communicating research findings to community members, including such that it can influence public policy and practice.
• Provide research guidance and mentoring to undergraduate and graduate students.

What This Job Offers

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