Re: [DIV28SUPER] Thank the President for Supporting Science!

this is an NIH-wide concern.  

The NCRR/ CTSA reorganization emphasizing "what have you done lately for us" and the promise of translation to  the clinic will loom large in this scenario

2011/1/27 Greenwald, Mark <mgreen@med.wayne.edu>

Duly noted, Bill.  I also heard and internalized the message re: spending freezes in the near future.  So, yes, there is dissonance and reason for concern.

There is likely to be a (continuing) shell game, but I think the take-home point is this:  Given that we’re competing with others for a slice of a frozen pie, we must do better to marshal data on our research effectiveness and impact (not journal citations), and to use this information persuasively at the federal level.  This has been done fairly well in the case of methadone treatment (estimated return on investment of ≈7:1, as I recall).

Put another way:  We need to demonstrate our scientific products have higher relative reinforcing efficacy than others in a zero-sum marketplace.  There are many sharp minds out there, so I’d like to see discussion on this issue.  If we can gather useful data or develop novel metrics of our effectiveness or impact, I’d like to post that on our Division’s web site.

We’re in this together!

Best, Mark

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On 1/27/11 10:53 AM, "William L. Woolverton" <wwoolverton@umc.edu> wrote:

I heard that as well, and was also encouraged. Later, though, I heard a plan to freeze spending for 5 years. This generated what I think our psychologists call cognitive dissonance for me. I suppose these could be mutually exclusive, but how was not clear to me, unless it will involve the shell game with money.

William L. Woolverton, Ph.D.
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor
Vice-Chair for Research
Department of Psychiatry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
phone: 601-815-1022
FAX: 601-984-5899
wwoolverton@umc.edu

On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Greenwald, Mark wrote:

Last evening, President Obama broadcasted his support for biomedical research and science generally.  These are heartening and optimistic words during difficult times.  He deserves encouragement that he’s doing the right thing, and feedback that we support him staying the course during this year’s spirited budget negotiations.  

I strongly encourage you to add your voices to this debate, and embolden your legislators by indicating how our research produces a highly favorable return on government’s investment.

Thanks, Mark



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Duly noted, Bill.  I also heard and internalized the message re: spending freezes in the near future.  So, yes, there is dissonance and reason for concern.

There is likely to be a (continuing) shell game, but I think the take-home point is this:  Given that we're competing with others for a slice of a frozen pie, we must do better to marshal data on our research effectiveness and impact (not journal citations), and to use this information persuasively at the federal level.  This has been done fairly well in the case of methadone treatment (estimated return on investment of ≈7:1, as I recall).

Put another way:  We need to demonstrate our scientific products have higher relative reinforcing efficacy than others in a zero-sum marketplace.  There are many sharp minds out there, so I'd like to see discussion on this issue.  If we can gather useful data or develop novel metrics of our effectiveness or impact, I'd like to post that on our Division's web site.

We're in this together!

Best, Mark

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On 1/27/11 10:53 AM, "William L. Woolverton" <wwoolverton@umc.edu> wrote:

I heard that as well, and was also encouraged. Later, though, I heard a plan to freeze spending for 5 years. This generated what I think our psychologists call cognitive dissonance for me. I suppose these could be mutually exclusive, but how was not clear to me, unless it will involve the shell game with money.

William L. Woolverton, Ph.D.
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor
Vice-Chair for Research
Department of Psychiatry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
phone: 601-815-1022
FAX: 601-984-5899
wwoolverton@umc.edu



On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Greenwald, Mark wrote:

Last evening, President Obama broadcasted his support for biomedical research and science generally.  These are heartening and optimistic words during difficult times.  He deserves encouragement that he's doing the right thing, and feedback that we support him staying the course during this year's spirited budget negotiations.  

I strongly encourage you to add your voices to this debate, and embolden your legislators by indicating how our research produces a highly favorable return on government's investment.

Thanks, Mark



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[DIV28SUPER] FW: Thank the President for Supporting Science!

Last evening, President Obama broadcasted his support for biomedical research and science generally.  These are heartening and optimistic words during difficult times.  He deserves encouragement that he's doing the right thing, and feedback that we support him staying the course during this year's spirited budget negotiations.  

I strongly encourage you to add your voices to this debate, and embolden your legislators by indicating how our research produces a highly favorable return on government's investment.

Thanks, Mark



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[DIV28SUPER] FW: Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next

Dear Colleagues

I encourage you to explore the link (below) to this Pew Research Center report.  It contains a wealth of data that should fascinate us as both US citizens and behavioral scientists.

Re: these trends, here's something to keep your eyes on during 2011:  As we refurbish Division 28's web site (things are already happening behind the scenes!), our goal will be to include more links, content, and methods for communication.  I would very much like your input on what you believe would be useful features.  My goal is for us to be increasingly informed, connected and cooperating.

Best wishes, Mark Greenwald

 


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Dear Division Presidents and Presidents-elect:
 
There was an interesting discussion at this past weekend's Division Leadership Conference about how to attract new members and how those new members may differ greatly from your current members. One of the resources that I found quite interesting is the Pew Research Center's report "Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next". This is not entirely new material – there are a number of books out that cover similar information - but this is a nice summary based on the data:  http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf
 
Here are some thoughts I had after reading the report about what this means for APA and the divisions:
 
1.        Due to the recession 37% are unemployed [which] can have a lasting impact on their careers and earnings.
a.  Are the current crop of new PhDs finding jobs?
b. Is APA doing anything visible to acknowledge this and/or help them?
2.       More so than other generations, they believe government should do more to solve their problems.
                a. Does this also apply to central organizations?  Do they believe APA should be doing more to solve their problems?
b. Does this also increase the likelihood that they will become more engaged with APA?  How many tries will they make to have a voice before they give up and move on?  Many who were active in the 2008 campaign are now disillusioned with politics.
                c. How do we increase their voices?
3.       They respect their elders. A majority say that the older generation is superior to the younger generation when it comes to moral values and work ethic.
a. How can we use APA's current mean age (around 55 years) to our advantage in connecting with Millennials?  Increased mentoring opportunities and master lecture series?  Senior members who encourage membership and engagement in APA?
4.       Millennials remain the most likely of any generation to self-identify as liberals; they are … more supportive of a progressive domestic social agenda.
                a.  APA's advocacy agenda may be a key to make inroads with this group – APA has significant political clout.
5.       Millennials' technological exceptionalism is chronicled throughout the survey. It's not just their gadgets -- it's the way they've fused their social lives into them. For example, three-quarters of Millennials have created a profile on a social networking site,
a.  We are behind the curve on accepting new communication modes.  It is more than just having a Facebook page, it is about acknowledging the shift in value of peer recommendations over experts, peer to peer communication over expert to the masses.
b. Facebook and texting replaces email for many Millennials.  If we are communicating with them via email and listservs, are they hearing us?  How do we bridge the gap between long term members who have embraced lists and this next group?
 
Best,
 
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[DIV28SUPER] mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone: bath salts sold at atypical retail outlets

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-01-22-bath-salts_N.htm

Cathinone derivative sold in a consumer product escapes regulation.. Cyclohexyl nitrite another volatile example

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[DIV28SUPER] NYTimes: Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines

Note the psychopharmacology thread in todays story : "...

The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government center...

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[DIV28M] Scientist Spotlight Series: January

Hello,

Please enjoy this January edition of the Scientist Spotlight!

Sarah and Kelly

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Scientist Spotlight is a monthly series that asks senior and mid-level scientists to provide information on how they choose to balance work and life responsibilities. This column is in response to an overwhelming request from Early Career Psychologists that more information (and assistance) in learning how to balance work and life be made available.  We are hopeful that by reading how different scientists balance work and life goals and responsibilities, graduate students and Early Career Psychologists will be better prepared to develop methods for being successful in science while still meeting personal life goals. Overall, we hope you find this series useful and enjoyable!

Please contact Kelly Dunn (kdunn9@jhmi.edu) or Sarah Tragesser (stragesser@tricity.wsu.edu) to nominate someone to be highlighted in this series.

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[DIV28SUPER] NIDA Neuroscience Update, January 21, 2011

Table of Contents

I.                    The Study of Tobacco in Minority Populations (STOMP) Genetics Consortium Seeks Additional Collaborators for meta-analyses of GWAS data for smoking behavior among African-Americans

II.                  RFA-DA-11-012  Exploring Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Substance Abuse Research (R21)

III.                PAR-11-099    U.S. - India Bilateral Brain Research Collaborative Partnerships (U.S. - India BRCP) (R21)

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I.                    The Study of Tobacco in Minority Populations (STOMP) Genetics Consortium Seeks Additional Collaborators for meta-analyses of GWAS data for smoking behavior among African-Americans.

The Study of Tobacco in Minority Populations (STOMP) Genetics Consortium was formed in early 2010 and consists of multiple investigators from different studies interested in conducting meta-analyses of GWAS data for smoking behavior among African-Americans. As of November 2010, n=27,072 African-American participants with GWAS and smoking data are available for analyses. The sample size represents participants from the Women's Health Initiative, the CARe studies and multiple NCI breast and prostate cancer studies. We are investigating smoking initiation (ever vs. never and age at onset of smoking), smoking heaviness (CPD) and smoking cessation (former vs. current smokers); have devised a standard analytic plan; and ask that new studies upload summary results to the MIT/Broad Shared Space. The STOMP Genetics Consortium analysts will conduct the meta-analyses. The Study of Tobacco in Minority Populations (STOMP) Genetics are actively recruiting more studies. Investigators interested in collaborating should contact Stacey Petruzella (petruzes@mskcc.org) for more information.

 

II.                  RFA-DA-11-012  Exploring Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Substance Abuse Research (R21)

Participating NIH Institute: NIDA

Letter of Intent: February 28, 2011

Receipt date: March 31, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

Purpose:  This FOA solicits applications to develop and standardize methods to generate cell types relevant to substance abuse from human iPS cells.  Cells of interest include neurons and glial cells, and cells of other tissues, if justification and rationale are provided.  The development of standardized approaches to reprogram or induce adult cells to become pluripotent stem cells will inform our understanding of the pathophysiology of substance use and abuse and may provide a novel mechanism for screening compounds for the treatment of addiction. 

III.                PAR-11-099    U.S. - India Bilateral Brain Research Collaborative Partnerships (U.S. - India BRCP) (R21)

 

Participating NIH Institutes: NINDS, NIMH and NIDA

Participating Indian Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

 

Letter of Intent Due Date:  Feb 22, 2011

Application Due date: March 22, 2011

 

Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support the establishment and enhancement of bilateral research collaborations between U.S. and Indian investigators in the field of neuroscience with an emphasis on understanding, treating and curing neurological, mental and addictive disorders. Specific areas of research may include, but are not limited to, studies of mechanisms underlying neurological, mental and addictive disorders and diseases, planning for population-based research and clinical trials, the development of infrastructures for resource, tool and data sharing in addition to projects aimed at advancing global health research, particularly as it relates to the mission of the participating organizations.

 

 

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[DIV28SUPER] FW: Comment on NIH's proposed reorganization of NCRR and/or join conference calls

 

Dear colleagues:  Please share this note with other psychological scientists who may have an interest in the topic.

 

Many of you are aware that NIH is moving to create a new center to further translational research, to be called NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences).  Along with the creation of this center, NIH proposes to dismantle and reassign the programs of its National Center for Research Resources (NCRR).  Earlier this week Dr. Larry Tabak, co-chair with Dr. Alan Guttmacher of NIH’s Task Force on NCRR, released a ‘straw model’ showing where the current programs of NCRR would be relocated.

 

Below is information and related links from http://feedback.nih.gov/index.php/ncats/straw-model/ :

 

 

The NCRR Task Force, co-chaired by myself and Alan Guttmacher, has drafted a straw model showing the proposed new NIH homes for current NCRR programs.  It’s shown below and can also be accessed here.  The Task Force efforts have been heavily informed by input from NCRR staff members who are most knowledgeable about each program.  These meetings helped us to understand more clearly the functions of the NCRR programs, how they work with each other, and how they work with other programs across the NIH.  The Straw Model is just that, a straw model, it’s designed to be poked at; we expect it to be critically evaluated by all of our stakeholders, including NCRR and other NIH staff, members of the extramural community, and the public.  Please use this space to provide your feedback.  We look forward to receiving your comments, criticisms, praise, agreement, and disagreement.  This is a vital step to ensure that we realign these programs appropriately so that they may continue to meet their broad potential and advance the mission of the NIH.

Thank you in advance for your time and effort to help inform this process.

 

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Related Information

·    Documentation About the Proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

·    FAQ: Proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

 

 

APA encourages you who benefit from these programs to speak out and let NIH know your views and any concerns about the proposed reorganization.  Comments are being accepted at http://feedback.nih.gov/index.php/category/ncats/

 

The NCRR Task Force is convening a series of conference calls to answer questions about parts of the proposal. Note that one call tomorrow concerns the Primate Centers funded by NCRR. Information resulting from the calls will be posted on the website, but NIH is inviting any interested scientist to participate.

 

Call schedule and Dial-in information:

·    Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) – January 19, 1:00-2:00 pm

o  Dial-in: 888-790-1819; Passcode: TABAK

·    Research Centers in Minority Institutes (RCMI) – January 19, 2:15-3:15 pm 

o  Dial-in: 888-324-8507; Passcode: RCMI

·    Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) – January 20,  3:00 -4:00 pm 

o  Dial-in: 888-324-8507; Passcode: IDEA

·    Biomedical Technology Research Centers (BTRC) – January 20, 4:15-5:15 pm

o  Dial-in: 800-779-3405; Passcode: BTRC

·    Primate Centers – January 21, 12:00-1:00 pm

o  Dial-in: 800-779-3405; Passcode: PRIMATE

·    Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA) – January 21, 4:15-5:15 pm

o  Dial-in: 800-779-3405; Passcode: SEPA

 Please let me know about your questions or concerns as well, so that APA’s advocacy can address them as this proposal moves forward.

 

Thank you!

 

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[DIV28SUPER] Participate in honoring Joe Brady and celebrating the Institutes for Behavior Resources 50th anniversary!

Dear Colleagues,

Many of you, like me, have a strong personal and professional appreciation for Joe Brady's myriad contributions toward making behavioral science central to public health and humanity.  Joe's pioneering work across many decades has made our field vibrant, pleasant, and a true inspiration.  His behavioral work has spanned a truly amazing and unrivaled scale: literally from inside the skin to outer space!  I consider Joe my "scientific grandfather" but he can rightly claim a great deal more scientific and scholarly paternity.
 
The Institutes for Behavior Resources (IBR), which Joe founded 50 years ago, has been an important catalyst in shaping our field.  A conference in celebration of IBR's 50th year anniversary will be held on May 2-3, 2011 at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, with a gala dinner on May 2nd honoring Joe.  We have all been invited to send letters recounting how Joe has contributed to our lives and careers, as well as our favorite Joe Brady anecdote, lesson or "law."  These letters will be brought together as a volume and presented to Joe at the gala dinner. The letters will also be shared with all who attend or who contribute to the publication.

If you would like to participate in these very special events, please visit the event Web site http://www.ibrinc.org/anniversary/ and contact the organizers listed at the end of this email.  
 
Finally, the organizers are still raising funds to support the conference and dinner; any net proceeds will be used to establish the Joseph V. Brady Behavioral Science Center at IBR.  Contributions of any size will be appreciated and acknowledged.  I will be sending my own favorite anecdote and also making a financial contribution.  I strongly encourage you to do the same.  This will be a very meaningful and memorable event for our friend and mentor, Joe Brady.

For more information about the IBR 50th Anniversary event, please contact Reid Blank, IBR Director for External Affairs, at: rblank@ibrinc.org <mailto:rblank@ibrinc.org> or (408) 247-0030 (in California).
 
Thank you so much for your consideration!

Best regards, Mark

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[DIV28SUPER] Call for Applications to the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

 

The APA Committee on Women in Psychology is pleased to invites applications from  mid-career women psychologists inclinical, consulting, academic, or academic medicals settings to apply for the 4^th annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.  Please access the call for applications directly athttp://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/call.aspx.

 

 

2011 Call for Applications to the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

4th Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

The American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) announces its Fourth Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) to be held on Tuesday, August 2, andWednesday, August 3, 2011, inWashington, DC. This year in addition to accepting approximately 30 mid-career women psychologists who work full time inacademic or academic medical settings, we will also be accepting approximately 30 mid-career women psychologists who work primarily in clinical or consulting settings. While there will be some overlap in the curriculum, there will also be separate sessions for each of the groups. This is a competitive process, and you must  complete the application for the group with which you most clearly identify. 
  
The overall mission of the LIWP is to empower, prepare and support women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional, organizational and practice settings as well as APA and State, Provincial, and Territorial Associations (SPTA) governance, and increase the diversity, number, and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. The program's mission supports APA's goal to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.

Institute Objectives

1.     Ensure that mid-career and senior women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

2.     Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

3.     Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice, and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance

4.     Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.

5.     Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.

Who Should Apply

Mid-career (10-20 years post-doctoral degree) women psychologists who are APA members with demonstrated leadership experience, strengths and goals:

(a) holding either full-time, paid faculty appointments at the associate professor or clinical associate professor level or above in academic or academic medicine settings

Or

(b) working  20 or more hours per week primarily in clinical or consulting settings. If you are in a clinical setting, you must be a licensed psychologist to apply to the LIWP.

Women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, transgender women, and women with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Program Components

Highly interactive, skills-focused workshops with experts in the field. The core curriculum includes:

• Leadership Models
• Mid-Career Management, Goal Setting and Planning
• Negotiation Skills
• Mentoring Networks, including gender and diversity issues

Previous Institutes and Web seminars during the year have also addressed:

• Sustaining and Funding a Research Program
• Fiscal, Program, and Personnel issues
• Managing Work-Life Balance
• Strategic Planning
• Dealing with Difficult People

Individuals who participate will leave with clearly defined professional goals, identify next steps towards promotion and leadership positions, and have the opportunity to join a monthly mentoring forum for mid-career women in psychology.

Applications and supporting materials (CV or resume and letter of recommendation) are due by 5 p.m.Eastern time on Monday, March 7, 2011.Please complete EITHER:

the LIWP 2011 Application Form For Mid-Career Women in Academic and Academic Medicine Settings

OR

the LIWP 2011 Application Form For Mid-Career Women in Clinical and Consulting Positions.

Either online application may be printed and delivered to APA via fax with accompanying documents to the APA Women's Programs Office at (202) 336-6117, or e-mailed to theWomen's Leadership Institute .

If selected, participants will be asked to pay a $500 fee, which covers registration, program materials, and food (breakfast, lunch and snacks). In addition, participants will be invited to attend a follow-up leadership program in March 2012 at the APA headquarters in Washington, DC; participate in Web seminars on leadership issues throughout the year; and have access to a list serve for LIWP participants, faculty and staff.

Selections will be announced by Monday, May 9, 2011

For additional information, please review the frequently asked questions or contact Shari Miles-Cohen, PhD, Senior Director, Women's Programs Office

1.     Via snail-mail at American Psychological Association, 750 First St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

2.     Via phone at (202) 336-6044

3.     Via e-mail

The American Psychological Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology has been generously funded by APA Board of Directors, the APA Council of Representatives, the APA Women's Programs Office, the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, Psychologists in Independent Practice, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Issues, the Society for the Psychology of Women, and the Women's Caucus of the APA Council of Representatives.

 

Director, Women's Programs Office Public Interest Directorate American Psychological Association  750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242  Tel: (202) 336-6156 |  Fax: (202) 336-6117 email:smiles@apa.org |http://www.apa.org/pi/women/index.aspx

[DIV28SUPER] FW: Board of Scientific Affairs Call for Award Nominations

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From: "Wandersman, Suzanne" <SWandersman@apa.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:37:35 -0500
Subject: Board of Scientific Affairs Call for Award Nominations

Hello:
 
I would appreciate you posting the attached calls for nominations on your division's listserv.
 
APA Board of Scientific Affairs Meritorious Research Service Commendation (deadline is March 1, 2011)
APA Board of Scientific Affairs Culture of Service Awards for university and college departments and individuals (deadline is April 1, 2011)
 
Please share the call for nominations with your colleagues.  We are trying to generate as many nominations as we can.  Thanks for your help.
 

Suzanne Wandersman
Director for Governance Affairs
Science Directorate
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6000
(202) 336-5953 FAX
swandersman@apa.org


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[DIV28M] Postdoctoral Fellowships in Alcohol and Addiction Research at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Dear Colleagues: Please pass this along to individuals you think might be interested in one of our postdoctoral training positions.

Best,

Kenny Sher

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Alcohol and Addiction Research
Department of Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri

and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center

 

The Department of Psychological Sciences, at the University of Missouri, (MU) has openings for up to THREE  POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS IN ALCOHOL AND ADDICTIONS RESEARCH. Faculty preceptors include: Lynne Cooper (drinking motives, alcohol and sexual behavior, adolescent risk-taking, personality, diary and longitudinal methodologies), Ian Gizer (genetics of drug and alcohol use disorders, comorbidity, relations between personality and addictive behavior), Tom Piasecki (tobacco dependence and withdrawal, alcohol X tobacco interaction, hangover, ecological momentary assessment), Ken Sher (etiological processes in alcohol use disorders, comorbidity, alcohol and adult development, college student drinking), Wendy Slutske (behavioral genetics of alcoholism, externalizing behavior disorders, pathological gambling), Tim Trull (alcoholism and personality, personality disorder comorbidity),  Phil Wood (alcohol use and cognitive development, alcohol use and schooling, quantitative methodology), Denis McCarthy (drinking motives, underage use, drinking and driving, behavioral pharmacogenetics of alcohol), Bruce Bartholow (alcohol and social cognition, alcohol and executive control, individual differences in alcohol sensitivity, social neuroscience), Doug Steinley (application of statistical methods to improve diagnosis, understand the use of substances in social networks, and subtyping addictive behaviors), Dennis Miller (behavioral pharmacology of nicotine and other drugs), and Matt Will (behavioral pharmacology of appetitive behavior including eating and psychoactive substance use) . Postdoctoral research fellows will undertake advanced training in addictions and pursue their own research interests under the supervision of one or more faculty preceptors. MU’s addiction training is closely affiliated with the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center (MARC) based at Washington University in St. Louis (PI: Andrew Heath). Postdoctoral fellows will have the opportunity to become involved with MARC research activities in addition to those activities based on the MU campus.   At least one position will be internally funded and international candidates will be considered. The other positions are on an NIAAA Research Training Grant, and the applicant must be a United States citizen or permanent resident. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or other doctoral degree relevant to the study of the psychology of addiction. These positions are for up to two years and start date is negotiable. 

 

Send vita, up to 5 representative reprints, a cover letter describing your research interests and training goals, and 3 letters of reference to: Addiction Research Training, c/o Gail Raskin, Dept. of Psychological Sciences, 200 S. 7th Street, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. Inquiries can be made to Ken Sher, 573-882-4279, Email: SherK@missouri.edu. 

 

The University of Missouri does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, disability, status as disabled veteran, or veteran of Vietnam era.

 

 

 

Kenneth J. Sher, Ph.D.

Curators' Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences

200 South Seventh Street

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO  65211

Tel: (573) 882-4279

Fax: (573) 884-5588

Email: sherk@missouri.edu

WWW: http://web.missouri.edu/~sherk

 

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[DIV28SUPER] Fwd: Funding Announcement on Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Improve Health-Related Behaviors

Funding Announcement on Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Improve Health-Related Behaviors
Reply-To: "Mandal, Rachel (NIH/OD) [E]" <mandalr@MAIL.NIH.GOV>

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH GUIDE TO NIH GRANTS http://obssr.od.nih.gov/funding_opportunities/BSSR_guide_to_grants_at_the_NIH/guideIndex.aspx (If this long URL doesn't work, copy and paste into your browser, removing any gaps) Recent publications in the "NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts" (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/) Relevant to Behavioral and Social Science Research Compiled and Distributed by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Office of the Director National Institutes of Health (U.S.A.) http://obssr.od.nih.gov/ Questions or Comments to Rachel Mandal mandalr@mail.nih.gov <>

OBSSR is pleased to announce the release of a new program announcement, PA-11-063, Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Improve Health-Related Behaviors (R01). This funding opportunity announcement  (FOA) encourages highly innovative research projects that propose to translate findings from basic research on human behavior into effective clinical, community, and population-based behavioral interventions to improve specific health-related behaviors (e.g., dietary intake, physical activity, sun safety, or adherence to medical regimens) and/or prevent and reduce problem health behaviors (e.g., smoking, tanning, or alcohol or substance use, abuse or dependence).  This FOA will support projects in which interdisciplinary teams of basic and applied researchers collaborate to accelerate the translation of promising discoveries in basic behavioral and/or social science research by developing and refining novel health-related behavioral interventions.

The interventions to be developed include any of a wide range of innovative strategies aimed at promoting positive behavioral changes or preventing/reducing unhealthy behaviors.  Behavioral interventions can be targeted to any age group and at the individual, family, social network, community, environmental, clinical or population level or combinations of these, and should specifically identify a behavior or constellation of behaviors that is the target of change. During the funding period, Investigators are required to conduct basic or formative research (e.g., laboratory experimental studies, qualitative research) AND applied research (e.g., early phase trials and pilot/feasibility studies) in order to create promising new avenues for promoting healthy behaviors and reducing problem health behaviors.  Studies should develop, characterize and refine new, innovative strategies rather than evaluate the effectiveness of already well-defined strategies.  At the end of the period of support, the strategies that have been developed should be well-characterized and demonstrated to be safe, feasible to implement, effective in small-scale trials or pilot studies, acceptable to the target populations of interest, and ready to be tested in larger-scale clinical and community efficacy trials.

Please see the full announcement at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-063.html

 

 

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