Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard
University: New Funding Opportunity
Research on Psychotherapy
Effectiveness and Implementation with Children and Adolescents
[Start date: Available June-August,
2014]
Following recent grant funding, applications
are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Professor John
Weisz in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. The research
includes:
- Randomized
trials testing psychotherapies for children and adolescents, encompassing
anxiety, depression, and conduct-related problems and disorders
- Training
and supervising community and school-based clinicians in the use of
evidence-based practices, and testing various methods of implementation
and dissemination
- Evaluation
of treatment monitoring and feedback systems to guide treatment of
children and adolescents
- Meta-analyses
of youth treatment outcome research
Strong applicants will have:
- Experience
and demonstrated effectiveness in youth treatment-related research
- Clinical
training and experience in CBT for youth depression, anxiety, and
post-traumatic stress, and in behavioral parent training for youth conduct
problems
- Experience
in supervising, consulting, or training clinicians in evidence-based
methods
- Experience
and skill in giving professional presentations
- Excellent
organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Strong
computer, statistical, and technical skills (experience with Microsoft
Access and HTML desirable)
- Experience
with psychophysiological data collection and/or analysis
- Experience
conducting treatment and research in school settings (desirable but not
required)
Postdoctoral activities may include directing
funded research trials, training and supervising community and school-based clinicians
who are research participants, study database management, oversight of online clinician
feedback systems, and grant-writing and manuscript preparation consistent with
the individual’s research interests. The work involves collaboration with an
active research team at Harvard University under the mentorship of the PI, Dr.
John Weisz. Data from multiple clinical investigations can be used for the
postdoctoral fellow’s individual research. The stipend and benefits are quite competitive.
Interested applicants should submit
(1) a letter of interest (including names of EBTs/treatment manuals the
applicant has used in clinical practice or in the supervision of others), (2)
curriculum vitae, and (3) names and contact information for three professional
references, to Dr. Lauren Krumholz, Director, Harvard Lab for Youth Mental
Health, at lkrumholz@fas.harvard.edu.
In your message, please cc John Weisz (jrw@wjh.harvard.edu).
Harvard University is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are
especially encouraged to apply.
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