[Jobs] Boston College: Post-Doc - Research Program on Children and Adversity

[Leora Lawton]

Where you can watch the marathon go by...

*Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities: Research Program on Children and
Adversity (RPCA) at the School of Social Work at Boston College *

 Seeking candidates with strong quantitative skills and training in early
childhood development, psychometrics, mental health and/or implementation
science.

 *Call for Applications:*

The Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA), under the direction
of Dr. Theresa S. Betancourt, focuses on understanding trajectories of risk
and resilience in children facing multiple forms of adversity, including
poverty, conflict, and infectious disease. Through quantitative and
qualitative research methods, the program investigates key mechanisms
shaping child development and mental health. The program develops targeted
psychosocial interventions that support positive life outcomes that can be
effectively delivered at scale in low-resource settings. Overall, the
program team works to develop evidence-based, transdiagnostic interventions
that are feasible and cost effective, to support positive life outcomes.
These outcomes are key to child health, social services, and the economic
development agendas. Dr. Betancourt’s Research Program on Children and
Adversity at Boston College School of Social Work is seeking candidates for
several open *post-doctoral fellowships*, one based in Rwanda and one in
Boston, with a focus on mixed and quantitative methods, early childhood
development, global mental health, and implementation science.  The funding
opportunity in Boston is for one year, renewable based on available funding
and the position in Rwanda would be funded up to two years.



The positions are posted on BC’s Career website under requisition 1817
(Boston-based postdoc) and 1663 (Rwanda-based postdoc):
https://bc.csod.com/ats/careersite/search.aspx?site=1&c=bc



RPCA is also seeking candidates for *two diversity supplements* linked to a
R01 project sponsored by NIMHD and a U19 project with NIMH.



We are seeking post-doctoral diversity applicants and may consider current
doctoral students who expect to graduate within the next three to six
months or a strong pre-doctoral candidate. The funding opportunities are
for up to two years and we are seeking candidates with strong quantitative
and statistical analysis skills, a background in implementation science and
mixed methods, and those with research interests in early childhood
development and global mental health.  Applicants would submit a full
application to NIH with a research plan, career development plan and
mentorship plan with Dr. Betancourt as PI and mentor.  The application and
review process takes 3-6 months and is competitive.



More information about these opportunities is attached.
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