AN IMMEDIATE NIDA POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP OPENING AVAILABLE

An immediate post-doctoral fellowship is available in the NIDA-sponsored Training Program in Drug Abuse Comorbidity, Prevention and Biostatistics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents are eligible. The Department of Psychiatry is a premier department in psychiatry, internationally recognized for its pioneer work in substance abuse and psychiatric epidemiology, as well as for genetic epidemiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Comprehensive training is available in biostatistics, prevention, epidemiology, comorbidity, services research, infectious diseases, public health risk factors such as high risk sexual behaviors and violence, and assessment of substance use. Multiple mentors can be chosen from a pool of more than two dozen training faculty members. Interdisciplinary post-doctoral projects incorporating both biomedical and behavioral/social science approaches are particularly encouraged. The program also offers fellows the opportunity to obtain a Master in Psychiatric Epidemiology degree from Washington University School of Medicine, as well as the opportunity to interact and learn from faculty and trainees from 5 other Department of Psychiatry Training Programs, 2 programs from the School of Social Work, and trainees and junior faculty fellows of numerous training program in the School of Medicine. More information is available here and at http://epi.wustl.edu/epi/fellowships/nida.htm. To apply, send your CV with a cover letter indicating your major career goals and objectives of postdoctoral experience to NIDA T32 Training Program Co-Director at price@rkp.wustl.edu, tel 314-286-2282; or Director’s Office at murdockel@epi.wustl.edu.