Yale School of Medicine NIAAA/T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship

Yale School of Medicine NIAAA/T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship

Yale Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Difference in Alcohol Use Disorder in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships. Fellowships will be supported through an NIH/NIAAA-T32 training mechanism.

The fellow will have the opportunity to work in a rich interdisciplinary and translational research environment and be supervised by leading researchers with expertise in pre-clinical, human laboratory, and clinical treatment research methodology; addictions with an emphasis on alcohol use disorders; sex and gender-based research; molecular biology; neuroimaging; behavioral pharmacology, medication development, and stress reactivity. Postdoctoral fellows will participate in a diverse training program including both didactic seminars (e.g., grant and scientific writing skills, career development, and biostatistics) and individualized mentoring to build personalized programs of research. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to, and develop research expertise through, the pursuit of defined research projects relevant to sex/gender differences in alcohol. The position will be supported through an NIH/NIAAA-T32 training mechanism.

Applicants must have completed an MD or PhD or equivalent degree in psychology, public health, pharmacology, neuroscience, or a related discipline. An interest in and experience with alcohol and/or sex/gender-based research is relevant, but not necessary for acceptance.

Interested applicants should email a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to: Sherry McKee, PhD; Director, Yale-SCORE; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine (sherry.mckee@yale.edu).

Reviews of applications will begin immediately and continue until all positions are filled.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from women, members of minority groups, persons with disabilities and protected veterans. As per NIH/NIAAA, trainees must be a citizen or a noncitizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.