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The University of Houston Tillman J Fertitta Family College of Medicine (UHCOM) announces a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. The position is available beginning September 1, 2025 or after to work with James H. Bray, PhD in his Family Health Laboratory and other BSS faculty. The FH Lab investigates family and developmental factors that influence adult, child and adolescent adjustment, behavioral problems, alcohol and substance abuse, and health. In addition, the lab develops and evaluates prevention and intervention methods that promote healthy behaviors and ameliorate problem behaviors and substance use in family and school settings. The lab is currently using AI to develop apps for evaluation and intervention for substance use problems in collaboration with computer scientists.

Post doc is expected to work full-time for one year, with possible extension to two years. Post doc will help Dr. Bray manage his laboratory, conduct new studies, conduct analyses of existing databases and help prepare grant applications for future funding. Post doc will help with laboratory development, organization and training. Post doc will also help supervise students and other trainees.

Post doc needs to have advanced data analytic skills including structural equation modeling, growth curve modeling, and longitudinal data analyses (using MPlus) and be interested in applying those to existing data sets. Existing datasets include the following: Development Issues in Stepfamilies Research Project, Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Use Research Project, Pregnant and Post-partum women in recovery, Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Project.

Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.

1. Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
2. Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
3. May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
4. May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
5. May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
6. Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
7. May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
8. Performs other job-related duties as required.

MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

The Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences has a growing reputation as a leading educational provider for undergraduate and postgraduate professional Psychology programmes. The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences is seeking to permanently appoint a Senior Lecturer/ Lecture within the Department of Psychology.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key responsibilities: 

• Teaching and learning at the Undergraduate and Psychology Honours level.
• Teaching on either the professional Master's Clinical or Research Psychology programme (depending on registration)
• Research supervision of Psychology Honours and Master's level students.
• Research supervision of doctoral-level students, if in possession of a PhD.
• Clinical and/or psychometry supervision of Master's level students if senior psychologist status was achieved.
• Participation in research, curriculum development and staff development.
• Developing industry and academic partnerships.
• Participation in community engagement
• Responsible for administrative duties within the department, faculty and the university.

The University of North Florida (UNF), Department of Public Health is seeking an Assistant Professor for a 9-month tenure track position in the CACREP accredited master's program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC), to start in fall 2026. The teaching load is two courses in fall, two courses in spring, with summer teaching available for additional pay. Position responsibilities include teaching graduate courses, conducting and publishing research in areas of expertise, seeking extramural funding, and performing university, community, and professional service. This is a full-time campus based CMHC faculty position with 50% assigned time for teaching, 40% assigned time for scholarly activity, and 10% assigned time for service.

Anticipated Start Date: The position is expected to begin on August 3, 2026.

Lancaster University Medical School is looking to employ an Accelerated Knowledge Transfer (AKT) Associate in Paediatric Addiction Healthcare for a three-month project in partnership with Change Grow Live. The aim of the project is to develop a guideline for the management of ketamine induced uropathy (KIU) in those under the age of 16 years old, to include coordination of hospital-based care with local community drug services, to ensure young people are effectively supported to reduce or stop ketamine use as part of their KIU treatment.

Change Grow Live is a UK social care and health charity delivering addiction services.  It provides prevention, treatment and psychosocial services for individuals using substances, helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals and live life to its full potential. See more at www.changegrowlive.org

Lancaster University Medical School www.lancaster.ac.uk/lms/ is a leading medical school delivering excellence in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and research that impacts patient and public health outcomes locally, nationally and internationally.  A WHO Collaborating Centre. The project will be supervised by Rachel Isba, Professor of Children and Young People’s Health at Lancaster University.

This AKT Associate role presents an exceptional opportunity for the successful candidate to take on a deeply rewarding position while leading a project of real importance. You will be employed by Lancaster University and the project will be delivered by working collaboratively with the team at Change Grow Live. You will be based remotely with regular virtual meetings with both the academic and CGL supervisors, and will travel to visit CGL at Liverpool weekly throughout the project. At the end of the project, you’ll meet with the team to deliver a dissemination event, sharing key outcomes and insights with relevant stakeholders.

We’re looking for an excellent communicator, confident in cross-sector environments and can tailor their approach to suit a wide range of stakeholders. Your ability to engage effectively will be key to the successful delivery of this project. Experience of engagement within healthcare settings is essential, ideally gained through direct collaboration or research. Prior experience engaging with children and young people is highly desirable and welcomed, but not essential.

The ability to travel will support delivery of the project, but where this is not possible, flexible approaches will be implemented.

You will have, or be successfully pursuing, a master’s degree or a PhD in a relevant discipline such as Psychology, Public Health or Urology, or have a primary medical qualification, e.g. MBChB.

The position is presently situated within the Substance use, harms and responses (SHR) Unit. The selected candidate will report to the Head of sector Early warning, alert and laboratory network.

Within this framework, the jobholder will contribute to the EUDA’s early warning and risk assessment activities on new psychoactive substances, with a specific focus on supporting the day-to-day operation and further development of the EU Early Warning System (EWS) on new psychoactive substances.

Main duties

Core system operations

• Manage, analyse, assess, report and communicate on data and information related to early warning and risk assessment activities.
• Contribute to risk communications related to early warning and risk assessment activities.
• Provide technical support and expertise to the EWS network and national network experts.

System development and quality

• Contribute to the conceptualisation, development and implementation of comprehensive data management systems for early warning and risk assessment.
• Develop and manage quality control and quality assurance systems to ensure data validity and reliability.
• Create operating guidance and procedures for EWS processes.

Collaboration and partnerships

• Strengthen collaboration with the EWS network and national network experts.
• Facilitate cooperation and knowledge exchange across internal teams, EU institutions, Member States and other partners.
• Participate in transversal projects where health, social safety and security objectives intersect.
• Contribute to training and capacity-building activities in collaboration with stakeholders

The position we are recruiting for is situated within the Substance use, harms and responses unit, and the selected candidate will be reporting to the Head of the Health and social responses sector. The jobholder will contribute to the achievement of objectives and outputs in the area of health and social responses to drug-related problems at the individual and societal levels. The focus will be on treatment and related interventions, including outcomes, service quality, social reintegration and comorbidity. The jobholder will be working within the framework of the EUDA’s mandate, responsible for implementing work programme activities, both sector-related and transversal.

The successful applicant will be requested to perform the following main tasks and responsibilities:

• act as a point of reference on health and social responses to drugs, with a focus on drug-related treatment;
• play a key role in the agency’s monitoring and evaluation of drug treatment quality and outcomes analysis;
• coordinate the agency’s developmental work in quality assurance and quality standards in drug treatment services and systems;
• coordinate the development of the EU-QUALITY project on European services quality standards, its implementation and follow-up;
• contribute to the agency’s work with capacity development, capacity building and training for professionals of drug services and systems;
• keep abreast of the latest research and emerging developments in the relevant fields, including drafting rapid reviews for responding to emerging threats;
• draft evidence syntheses and develop high-quality data reporting tools and instruments for implementation and evaluation sciences in areas relevant to drug treatment;
• contribute to the core work and main products of the agency, including the data collection workbooks, the European Drug Report, the European Responses Guide, new services developed by the agency, and the drafting and reviewing of other EUDA publications, as requested;
• support the agency’s work in monitoring health and social services and interventions beyond Europe, as necessary;
• contribute to the general scientific planning and development of the agency;
• contribute to both planned and ad hoc transversal projects;
• represent the agency in relevant scientific meetings and conferences.

The Department of Family & Consumer Studies (FCS) at the University of Utah seeks a master’s or Ph.D.-level professional to join our department as a full-time, 9-month, career-line teaching faculty member at the rank of Lecturer (for candidates with a master’s degree) or Assistant Professor (Lecturer) for candidates with a PhD. This position will address critical instructional and programmatic needs in Human Development & Family Studies, with emphases in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Child Health Care. The successful candidate will teach core courses in child health care, human development, child life and/or early childhood education. In addition, the faculty member will serve as Child Life Program Director, providing leadership for the Child Health Care emphasis and developing programmatic opportunities in Child Life education.

The faculty member will have an 80% teaching and 20% service appointment in the FCS. Responsibilities include:

1. Teaching undergraduate courses in Human Development and Family Studies, with opportunities to contribute to Child Life/Child Health Care, Early Childhood Education, and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health;

2. Supporting pathways in teacher licensure (K–3) and applied learning that connect students to careers in child healthcare, child development, and related fields;

3. Representing FCS on university-wide committees related to childhood development, health, and education;

4. Providing leadership and oversight for the Child Life Program, including curriculum development, program assessment and building professional pathways for post-baccalaureate students by leveraging the department’s successful track record with professional education programs.

5. The position also carries expectations for departmental service and contributions to the mission of FCS in teaching, student success, and program innovation.

Regarding teaching excellence, the successful applicant will have experience with and/or interest in using technology and other innovative pedagogical techniques to facilitate high-quality online (synchronous and asynchronous) and in-person learning environments. The successful applicant will be committed to the use of teaching and learning best practices, such as interdisciplinary, interactive, community-engaged, and applied pedagogy. Faculty members in FCS have access to training, support, and professional development opportunities through the University of Utah’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) https://ctle.utah.edu/ and from the College of Social and Behavioral Science’s online curriculum coordinator.

The Department of Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Child Clinical Psychology.

Responsibilities of the Assistant or Associate Professor of Child Clinical Psychology include maintaining a strong record of publications in top outlets. This position will include resident instruction at the undergraduate and graduate level and normal university service, based on the candidate’s qualifications. Onsite teaching is an essential function of the job.

A Ph.D. in clinical Psychology and clinical internship are required with license eligibility in Pennsylvania by the appointment date for both ranks.

Areas of specialization within child clinical psychology are open, but not limited to, candidates whose research would synergize with our current expertise in community and school-based prevention, childhood adversity and maltreatment, cognitive-neuropsychological bases of attention and behavior, stress and coping, emotion regulation, and developmental psychopathology.  Two priority areas are: (1) mental health needs of and interventions for children, adolescents, including, but not limited to, families of color and other marginalized populations, and (2) mechanism-driven research in developmental psychopathology to elucidate pathways to risk and resilience. Candidates with other related research programs will also be considered and are encouraged to apply.

The Penn State clinical psychology doctoral program is a clinical science program, accredited by both PCSAS and APA. The Psychology Department is strongly connected with the Social Sciences Research Institute (SSRI; http://www.ssri.psu.edu/) and the Child Study Center (CSC; https://csc.la.psu.edu), which function as university-wide translational research centers, supporting advances in developmental science aimed at promoting positive educational, health, and mental health outcomes for children, adolescents, and families. Strong collaborative links exist with the other centers, as well as with the PSU Psychological Clinic and satellite centers in urban areas throughout the state. A record of collaboration is desirable for both ranks. Substantial collaboration opportunities exist within the department that align with the department’s cross-cutting research themes and across campus.

Candidates for the tenure-track Associate Professor of Child Clinical Psychology position must have demonstrated excellence as a researcher, scholar, and teacher in a relevant field and have an established reputation in scholarly achievement. Duties will involve a combination of teaching (both undergraduate and graduate), research, and service, based on the candidate’s qualifications.

The ideal candidate will have a strong record of publications in top outlets and have either history of or potential for external funding.

Interested candidates must submit an online application at Penn State’s Job Posting Board, and should upload the following application materials electronically: a letter of interest, CV or resume, concise statements of research and teaching interests and three selected (re)prints.  System limitations allow for a total of 5 documents (5mb per document) as part of your application. Please combine materials to meet the 5-document limit.

In addition, please arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent electronically to PsychApplications [at] psu [dot] edu (PsychApplications[at]psu[dot]edu) with the subject line: “Child Clinical Psychology.” 

Questions regarding the application process can be emailed to PsychApplications [at] psu [dot] edu (PsychApplications[at]psu[dot]edu) and questions regarding the position can be sent to the search chair: Cynthia Huang-Pollock, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Psychology at clh39 [at] psu [dot] edu (clh39[at]psu[dot]edu).

 Visit our website at https://psych.la.psu.edu/ for more information on our Department.

The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) was established in 1993 as the research and evaluation component of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy. Over three decades, OTRU has become a key player in the tobacco control community in Canada and internationally. OTRU is located within the Institute of Mental Health Policy Research (IMHPR) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). IMHPR has an outstanding tradition of combining scientific rigour and practical relevance.

OTRU is seeking a full-time, contract (12 months) Research Coordinator to work collaboratively as part of a team of researchers to develop and implement evaluation research involving both quantitative and qualitative data. This position will primarily support two research projects within IMHPR. One project involves triangulating evidence on the execution and effects of multiple interventions to treat youth suffering from addiction to e-cigarettes, mobile devices, online gambling, and other substances. The second project involves conducting population level intervention research contributing to new knowledge in the field of youth substance use prevention, with a specific focus on learning from promising interventions.

The Research Coordinator will manage responsibilities including, but not limited to:

• Submitting quality review / ethics applications
• Literature reviews
• Participant recruitment and interaction
• Qualitative and quantitative data collection
• Data management
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis and interpretation
• Development and implementation of knowledge exchange activities
• Coordination of key stakeholder engagement meetings
• Monitoring the project budget
• Assisting with financial and accountability reporting
• Preparing manuscripts, reports, and presentations

The Research Coordinator will contribute significantly to the monitoring of the project work plan and achievement of key deliverables. In addition to overall project coordination, specific responsibilities will include preparation and participation in project team and Advisory Committee meetings. This position will also include assisting in the development of scientific papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

The successful candidates will be aware of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive Principles in Research as well as committed to being respectful, ethical, culturally-sensitive, and mindful of necessary practices related to research and evaluation. The successful candidate will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with all applicable policies, regulatory and legislative requirements. This position is located at 250 College Street in Toronto, Ontario.

The University of Chicago Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice (Crown Family School) invites applications for a tenure-track, early career, Assistant Professor whose scholarship advances direct social work practice. Successful applicants will be engaged in scholarship that is theoretically and empirically driven, innovative, methodologically rigorous, and has implications for improving social work practice. 

The successful applicant’s research agenda should focus on improving direct practice, clinical processes, or service delivery. Research questions can focus on a range of relevant areas, including service access, quality, implementation, and effectiveness. We are open to a range of substantive areas of interest (e.g., health, mental health, school social work, etc.).  

The successful applicant’s scholarship should be relevant to the mission of the School and the social work profession, with the potential for securing research funding commensurate with their scholarly agenda. Teaching and mentoring are expected at all levels, but primarily at the master’s and doctoral levels. 

Successful candidates will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2026, or after. 

This is a benefits-eligible position. The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

The Crown Family School builds upon a legacy of more than a century of scholarship, education and leadership in social work and social welfare, blending a distinctive interdisciplinary tradition with applied problem solving to foster innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing social problems. For more information about the Crown School, please visit our website at: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/.