Postdoctoral Fellow - PTSD, Sleep & Fear Learning

NCIRE - The Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 70 000 - 80 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

NCIRE in partnership with the San Francisco VA Health Care System and UCSF seeks a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in PTSD, trauma, sleep, and fear learning. Based at SFVAHCS, the appointment spans two years and aligns with UCSF's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

The fellow will devote most of their time to research and education, with up to 25% for clinical training, and will contribute to mechanistic studies, pharmacologically augmented psychotherapies, and multi-site grant

Qualificações

• Doctoral degree in clinical psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, public health, or a closely related field at the time of appointment.
• Demonstrated research productivity including peer-reviewed publications or strong evidence of publishable work.
• Strong interest in PTSD, trauma-related disorders, sleep/insomnia, TBI, fear learning/extinction, psychophysiology, and mechanistically informed interventions.
• Prior experience with clinical research, clinical trials, psychophysiology, sleep research, and trauma-exposed populations is desirable but not required for outstanding candidates.
• For clinically trained applicants, prior experience with clinical assessment and evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Design and execute research studies focused on PTSD, trauma, sleep, and fear learning (e.g., augmented psychotherapy trials, fear-conditioning paradigms, sleep-related studies).
• Lead data analysis efforts integrating clinical, psychophysiological, and sleep-related measures.
• Write manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications and develop presentations for conferences.
• Contribute to and increasingly lead grant development, including pilot grants and multi-site proposals.
• Engage in supervised clinical assessment and structured, manualized psychotherapy for clinically trained fellows as appropriate.

Conhecimentos

PTSD research

Sleep research

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Quantitative skills

Formação académica

Doctoral degree in clinical psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, public health, or related field

Ferramentas

R

Python

MATLAB

Descrição da oferta de emprego

NCIRE in partnership with the San Francisco VA Health Care System and UCSF seeks a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in PTSD, trauma, sleep, and fear learning. Based at SFVAHCS, the appointment spans two years and aligns with UCSF's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

The fellow will devote most of their time to research and education, with up to 25% for clinical training, and will contribute to mechanistic studies, pharmacologically augmented psychotherapies, and multi-site grant