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News Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 14:45
Division of Prevention and Community Research and The Consultation Center
Openings for NIDA-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine invites applications for a two-year NIDA-funded T32 postdoctoral training program in substance use prevention research.
Research Training Program objectives are reinforced across two years of mentored relationships with two scientific advisors, didactic seminars, and individually tailored experiences based on each fellow’s Individual Development Plan (IDP). Each fellow’s training is situated within one or more place-based settings (Community, Education, Healthcare, Justice, Social Services, Digital Delivery/Social Media) and embedded within the continuum of prevention research (from identifying mechanisms to prevent substance use to developing and testing interventions to address addiction and related problems to disseminating evidence-based interventions) based on their scientific advisor’s programs of research and active projects. Postdoctoral fellows participate in core seminars including: 1) Advanced Data Analytic Methods; 2) Grant Writing Seminar; and 2) Professional Development, as well as seminars and colloquia that cover current topics in substance use prevention and required trainings in the ethical and responsible conduct of research, rigor and reproducibility, and in digital technologies for prevention research.
Candidates should have: 1) a PhD in community, clinical, counseling, or health psychology, or a doctoral degree in public health, family studies, or social work; 2) a strong research background that includes focused training as well as scholarly productivity; and 3) commitment to pursuing a research career. Applicants should email the following to the Training Director, Tami Sullivan, PhD (tami.sullivan@yale.edu), with a cc to Susan Florio (susan.florio@yale.edu): a research statement inclusive of experience, interests and future goals, as well as identification of three Faculty Scientific Advisors by whom they wish to be mentored, listed in order of priority (list of Scientific Advisors available here); a CV; three representative reprints; and three letters of recommendation.
Reviews of applications will begin immediately and continue until positions are filled.
As per NIH/NIDA, trainees must be a citizen or a noncitizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment. A notarized statement verifying possession of permanent residency documentation must be provided.
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