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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN TRAUMATIC STRESS RESEARCH The National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) at the Medical University of South Carolina invites applications for its NIMH-funded post-doctoral research training program. We anticipate that 1-2 positions will be filled. The NCVC offers post-doctoral fellowship training for qualified mental health professionals. The fellowship is open to entry level and experienced professionals who want to develop research and clinical expertise in understanding forms of civilian trauma, including child abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, other forms of interpersonal violence, and natural and man made disasters. The fellowship is designed to be completed in two years. Stipends are based on NIH-designated levels. Applicants should possess a strong commitment to the scientist-practitioner model and must hold a doctoral degree in psychology, psychiatry, social work, or similar field. The NCVC fellowship training program is designed to produce professionals equipped to be independent researchers skilled in strategies to investigate the impact of traumatic events upon children, adolescents, adults and families. Our research training program provides trainees with mentorship, coursework, seminars, mental health treatment experiences, and the research experience they need to do competent, interdisciplinary, translational traumatic stress research. All fellows will be mentored by NCVC faculty and also will have a basic or basic clinical science co-mentor. Co-mentors include M.D.s and Ph.D.s with a broad range of scientific expertise including behavioral genetics, neurobiology, neuroimaging, child psychiatry, substance abuse, treatment efficacy, and services research. The NCVC has a number of major funded projects that include national epidemiological studies of exposure to traumatic stressors and risk of mental disorders, gene-environment interaction studies of resilience following exposure to disasters, treatment development and randomized clinical trials (RCTs), and projects addressing dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments in community service agencies and distance education of professionals. The NCVC is
a division of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at
the
Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
The
affiliation with a strong academic department complements the strong
post-doctoral training available through the NCVC fellowship. The
multidisciplinary NCVC faculty
includes 12 doctoral level professionals, all of whom are energetic and
enthusiastic participants in the fellowship training program. The common interest of the faculty in
traumatic stress provides a basis for building strong research
programs. All faculty
encourage collaboration with fellows within the context of their
research
activities. The NCVC web site is http://www.musc.edu/ncvc. Charleston
is a lovely and historic ocean-side city with wonderful things to do
and
see. Beaches, boating, fishing, golf,
and other outdoor amenities combine with a strong value of historic and
environmental
preservation and a relatively low cost of living to produce a wonderful
place
to live and work. To learn more about Charleston, go to
http://www.charlestoncvb.com/. Applications must include: a) a letter of interest outlining the basis of your interest in the fellowship and goals for advanced training in traumatic stress research; b) an updated curriculum vitae.; c) at least three letters of recommendation (sent directly by references); and d) any p/reprints of published academic articles you feel would help to demonstrate your research proficiency and interests.
For full consideration, by December 12, 2008, send application materials to: Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D., Director of Training National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center Medical University of South Carolina 165 Cannon Street, Box 250852 Charleston, S.C. 29425 You may
email
application materials to Dr. Smith at smithdw@musc.edu, contact him for
more information, and/or read more at http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/psychology_internship/postdoc_training.htm . -- Benjamin
E. Saunders, Ph.D. Professor
and Director, Family and Child Program |