Post Doctorate Programs.

The Division of Epidemiology & Community Health of the University of Minnesota is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral training fellowship in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention beginning approximately September 2007. The two- to three-year fellowship, which provides a stipend, is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Posting (in pdf format)

Contact: Dr. Aaron R. Folsom (folsom@epi.umn.edu) http://www.epi.umn.edu

The HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
Behavioral Sciences Research in HIV Infection

The program is a postdoctoral research training program that provides intensive training in human sexuality research as applied to HIV prevention and HIV-related health interventions. The major components of our program are academic course work, the development of research and professional skills, and the conduct of independent research.

The training program is closely tied to the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia University Department of Psychiatry.

The principal goals of the program are to

• provide systematic training in human sexuality research as applied to HIV primary prevention, secondary prevention, and mental health issues related to HIV transmission and infection,

• research methodologies and statistical analysis relevant to human sexuality research in HIV prevention and mental health, and

• the conduct of original research including preparation of publications and acquisition of grant support, to prepare graduates for the assumption of independent research careers.

Leadership for a Changing World

Leadership for a Changing World seeks to recognize, strengthen and support leaders and to highlight the importance of community leadership in improving people’s lives. The program seeks to confirm that resourceful leaders are bringing about positive change in virtually every community. Together with these leaders, Leadership for a Changing World hopes to facilitate a new dialogue about community leadership, one that encourages others to appreciate that leadership comes in many forms and from many different communities.

Each year, Leadership for a Changing World recognizes 17-20 leaders and leadership groups not broadly known beyond their immediate community or field. Nominated community leaders may work in fields that include: economic development; community development; environment and environmental justice; human rights; citizen participation and government accountability; human development; sexual and reproductive health; education reform; youth development; religion and social change; arts and social action; and access to media, including new technologies.

University of Oregon
Postdoc in American Indian Adolescent and Family Health

The Child and Family Center (CFC) at the University of Oregon invite applications for postdoctoral fellowships in prevention research with American Indian children and families. The successful applicant would engage in innovative, family-centered prevention research with young adolescents within the American Indian community.  An ecological model guides the intervention and general program of research. The NIAAA-funded Community Shadow Project is based in three northwest American Indian communities and involves project coordination of culturally sensitive assessment and intervention activities with children and families, as well as collaboration on scientific report writing.  Training in clinical and counseling psychology with an emphasis on empirically supported interventions is preferred, as well training in behavioral research.  Demonstrated leadership and an interest in advancing skills in prevention science with American Indian children and families.

Contact
Dr. Alison Ball (aball@uoregon.edu)

http://cfc.uoregon.edu

Sandia National Laboratories - Postdoctoral Positions

If you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, you could be hired for a specific period of time as a postdoctoral employee.

Sandia National Laboratories offers numerous opportunities in the postdoctoral research arena that allow inexperienced individuals an opportunity to continue to publish and perform research. “Postdocs” are eligible for 1-3 years of employment, during which time they receive benefits and vacation.

Areas of Interest:

• Computational Material
• Electron Spin Resonance
• Organic Chemistry
• Materials Science
• Computer Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Parallel Computing
• Engineering Processes
• Optics
• Microelectronics
• Photonics
• Engineering Science
• Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMs)

Sandia National Laboratories
President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering

Sandia National Laboratories announces the establishment of the President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering to attract the best nationally recognized new Ph.D. scientists and engineers.

The Fellowship provides the opportunity for recipients to pursue independent research of their own choosing that supports the national security mission of Sandia National Laboratories. The appointee is expected to foster creativity and to stimulate exploration of forefront science and technology and high-risk, potentially high-value R&D.

Truman Fellowship candidates are expected to have solved a major scientific or engineering problem in their thesis work or will have provided a new approach or insight to a major problem, as evidenced by a recognized impact in their field.