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01/22/08 The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan is seeking two full-time clinical-track faculty members to work on the Adult Psychiatry Inpatient Unit and Adult Consultation-Liaison Service. Both positions are assigned to the Hospital Services Section which includes Adult Inpatient, Adult Consultation-Liaison, and Psychiatry Emergency Services. The successful candidate will participate in the clinical, administrative, and teaching aspects of the adult inpatient, consultation-liaison and emergency psychiatry programs.
Adult Inpatient Unit
The current 22-bed Adult Inpatient Unit at University Hospital treats the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders including a growing number of psychiatry patients with medical needs. Occupancy averages 90% or better; length of stay averages approximately 8 days. About 20% of patients are medically ill, with a severity similar to those patients found in an acute aftercare facility. Primary clinical responsibilities will be on the Psychiatry Inpatient Unit.
The successful candidate will participate in the clinical, administrative, and teaching aspects of the adult inpatient, emergency, and consultation-liaison psychiatry programs. S/he will have ample opportunity to join an inpatient clinical redesign initiative with the goals of innovative continuity of care affiliations with a state-of-the-art University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center and Substance Abuse Treatment Services and with other components of the department’s ambulatory care programs.
The inpatient unit is in the process of making several programmatic changes to enhance the overall quality of care. Continuity of care is one key feature of these enhancements. The Psychiatry Inpatient Unit quality of weekend care has the same quality characteristics as weekday care. Accordingly, and in order to preserve continuity of care throughout the week, the hospitalist hired will be expected to provide patient care services on weekends. Consistent with expectations for general medical hospitalists in University of Michigan Hospital, psychiatry hospitalist weekend work will be limited to about 12 weekends per year.
Additionally, planning for a new expanded inpatient unit is underway has started. Superior clinical competencies and master teacher skills are necessary to be successful in this position. Because of the increasing medical complexity of patients on this unit and throughout the hospital, a familiarity and comfort with medical issues in necessary; completion of a residency in Internal Medicine and recognition by the American Board of Internal Medicine or similar recognition is desirable but is not required.
Academic interests are encouraged. Programmatic research is not expected and specific protected time to do research is not allocated. For those interested in research, the Department of Psychiatry and affiliated institutes at the University of Michigan provide state-of-the-art research facilities.
Consultation-Liaison Service:
The Consultation-Liaison program receives approximately 120 requests per month for initial consultations; while these patients remain in the medical-surgical hospital, follow-up care is provided to most of them. For hospitalized patients, these consultation services provide 24 hour access to psychiatric consultations. In addition, psychiatric liaisons with specific inpatient medical specialty units provide ongoing access to mental health specialists.
Superior clinical competencies and master teacher skills are necessary to be successful in this position. Because of the increasing medical complexity of patients throughout the hospital, a familiarity and comfort with medical issues is necessary; completion of a Psychosomatic Medicine residency or residency in Internal Medicine and recognition by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Board of Internal Medicine or similar recognition is desirable.
The Consultation-Liaison program is in the process of expanding to a two-team model, with attending physicians expected to participate in both the initial and subsequent visits of patients referred to the service. Additionally, there is opportunity to participate in the development of a psychiatry rapid response team to assist medical/surgical staffs in the de-escalation of patients on their units.
Qualification:
A doctor of Medicine/Osteopathy is required. Possession of a current license to practice medicine in the State of Michigan is necessary; must be Board-certified in Psychiatry. Applicants for the Inpatient Unit need to have hospital-based psychiatry as the primary feature of his or her career. Candidates for the C/L position need to have psychosomatic medicine as the primary feature of his or her career.
Applicants must have demonstrated promise for an academic career that emphasizes clinical care, teaching and administration. Superior clinical competencies and master teacher skills are necessary and be an active member in good standing of the University of Michigan Medical staff. Under Michigan Law, a criminal history check including fingerprinting is required as a condition of employment or transfer for this position. Completion of a residency in Internal Medicine and recognition by the American Board of Internal Medicine or similar recognition is desirable but is not required.
Qualified candidates should forward curriculum vitae and the names of five referees to:
David Knesper, M.D.
Hospital Services Section Director
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Health System
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
UH 8D 8806
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5116
The University of Michigan offers a generous comprehensive benefits, flexible vacation/conference coverage and salary commensurate with rank and experience.
The University of Michigan Medical School is committed to increasing representation of women and members of minority groups among its faculty, and encourages applications.
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11/01/07 Department
of Psychiatry,
Instructor/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department
of Psychiatry, is seeking a full-time psychosomatic medicine psychiatrist to
join its faculty. The UT Southwestern consult liaison psychiatry service includes
4 psychiatrists and 3 psychologists and is ACGME-accredited for 2 psychosomatic
medicine fellowship positions. This is a large teaching service that primarily
provides inpatients consults at 1 county and 2 university hospitals, but is
rapidly adding more outpatient consults and pre-surgical evaluations. The primary
responsibilities of this position are leading an inpatient team, supervising
and teaching trainees, and participating in multidisciplinary treatment of
patients on services such as transplant, HIV, or pain. Preference will be given
to candidates with psychosomatic medicine training. ABPN BC or BE is required,
as is Texas licensure or license eligibility. Interested candidates should
send a CV and letter of interest to Celia Jenkins, M.D., 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.,
Dallas, TX 75390-8898 or celia.jenkins@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.
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9/09/07
The Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia (http://www.psych.ubc.ca) invites applications for a tenure-track position, which will begin 1 July 2008.
The position is planned for the Assistant Professor level, although under exceptional circumstances a higher rank may be considered. Individuals with strong research records appropriate to a research-oriented doctoral program, and who have strong commitments and demonstrated potential to achieve excellence in teaching and research supervision of undergraduate and graduate students, are encouraged to apply:
Health Psychology. We are seeking a faculty member to join our new doctoral program in health psychology. We will consider applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, including but not limited to social, biological, and clinical psychology, as well as public health. Excellent candidates with strong research programs in any area of health psychology will be given serious consideration. We have special interest in genomic approaches, life-course approaches to health and disease, social epidemiology research, and individuals who have a strong quantitative background with substantive health interests.
The starting salary for either position will be commensurate with experience. The University of British Columbia is committed to employment equity and hires on the basis of merit. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; however, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. The position is subject to final budgetary approval.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, samples of their scholarly work, evidence of their teaching abilities and effectiveness (course outlines, student evaluations, etc.), and at least three letters of recommendation, prior to 7 November 2007, to:
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
2136 West Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z4
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posted
6/28/07
2 Year Post-Doc Position
Depts: Psychiatry & Pediatrics, U. at Buffalo, Child, Family & Asthma Research Program
Co-Directors & PIs.: B. Wood, Ph.D & B. Miller, M.D., NIMH-funded.
Studies: Effects of family, stress, emotions on child depression and asthma. Proficiency required in multivariate statistics & modeling, PA and SEM. Responsibilities: supervising data entry, maintaining complex database, developing models to test hypothesis, data analysis, helping prepare presentations, publications, & grant proposals. Opportunities: intensive mentoring, Multidisciplinary Research Forum, continuing education, authorship, support in developing career path. Buffalo is a little-known treasure: art/music, recreation, low cost of living. UB is AA/EO Employer. Women/minorities, international applicants urged to apply.
Contact: B. Wood at bwood@buffalo.edu
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11/17/06 PROFESSOR
AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY
The
Pennsylvania State University seeks
nominations and applications for the position of Professor
and
Head of the Department of Biobehavioral
Health. The Department of Biobehavioral Health is an important
academic unit in Penn State’s innovative College of
Health and Human Development. The department’s faculty
focuses on how biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and
environmental
variables interact to influence health in individuals, communities,
and diverse populations. Additional information about the
position may be found at http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/faculty/search/bbh_head.html.
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9/26/06
SOUTHERN METHODIST
UNIVERSITY. The Department of Psychology in Dedman College
at SMU anticipates
filling three tenure-track faculty positions (at the level of assistant
or associate professor) effective August, 2007. Candidates must be
committed to excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels and should demonstrate the ability to establish and
maintain a highly productive and visible research program and generate
external funding. Our department is developing a scientifically-oriented
Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, and we are particularly
interested in candidates who can contribute to this program. For
the first position, we are seeking an individual who is conducting
research on central nervous system processes related to psychopathology
and who is qualified to teach courses in biological psychology. We
anticipate filling this position with an individual who has a doctorate
in either Biological or Clinical Psychology. For the second position,
we are seeking an individual who is conducting research on developmental
processes related to the etiology, assessment and/or treatment of
psychological disorders of children and who is qualified to teach
courses in developmental psychology. We anticipate filling this position
with an individual who has a doctorate in either Developmental or
Clinical Psychology. For the third position, we are seeking an individual
who is applying concepts and methods from cognitive science to advance
knowledge on clinical or forensic phenomena. This individual must
be qualified to teach courses in cognitive psychology, and we anticipate
filling this position with an individual who has a doctorate in Cognitive
Psychology. Candidates hired into each of the three positions will
affiliate with our Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. Candidates
with expertise in advanced quantitative methods and/or cultural influences
are especially desirable. Information on the SMU Department of Psychology
and the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology can be found at http://www.smu.edu/psychology/.
To ensure full consideration, applications must be postmarked by
November 1, 2006, but the committee will continue to accept applications
until the positions are filled. The committee will notify applicants
of employment decisions after the positions are filled. Please send
a cover letter detailing research and teaching interests, a vita,
representative publications or preprints, any available evidence
of teaching effectiveness, and 3 letters of reference to the Faculty
Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX 75275-0442. SMU will not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or
veteran status. SMU also is committed to nondiscrimination on the
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8/3/06 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Stony Brook University seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate
in health psychology/measurement/behavioral medicine. Opportunity
to join a dynamic research team and participate in the development
of new assessment methods for the measurements of pain and fatigue
using electronic diary data (EMA) as the validation standard.
Participation
in studies of ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure and NIH
Road map project on Patient-Reported outcomes. Required: Doctoral
degree
from an accredited institution in social, clinical, or health
psychology with demonstrated expertise in health psychology, memory,
and measurement
of survey research. Preferred: Experience conducting studies
with community adults involving memory, surveys, or behavioral
medicine
assessment. Experience working with assessment of pain and/or
fatigue, survey research methods, and/or ecological momentary assessment
techniques (electronic diaries). Experience supervising research
assistants. Competence in scientific manuscript preparation.
Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills. Familiarity with hierarchial
linear modeling (e.g. SAS’s Proc Mixed) is very desirable.
This is a two-year position. NIH stipend levels. Participating
faculty to include: Drs. Joan Broderick, Arthur Stone, and Joseph
Schwartz. Send letter of interest, CV, representative samples
of research, and three letters of recommendation to: Arthur Stone,
Ph.D., Project Director, Department of Psychiatry, Putnam Hall,
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, or fax: (631)
632-3165. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Visit
www.stonybrook.edu/cjo for employment information.
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5/26/06
The
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine is seeking
applications for the position
of Assistant or Associate Professor of Dental Public Health.
The position is in the tenure-track/tenure stream and could start
as
early as Fall, 2006. This individual will be responsible for
developing an independent research program related to community
interventions,
oral health disparities, dental public health, epidemiology,
or a related area. This person will be joining a department that
contains
a large collaborative group of NIH-funded investigators engaged
in population-based research related to health disparities,
social
epidemiology,
health psychology, and genetics. For more information, see www.dental.pitt.edu/research/research_oralhealth.php
. The degree to which the applicant’s research activities
coordinate with and complement the ongoing research enterprise
will be considered
in the selection process. By the time of appointment, applicants must have a PhD/DrPH degree
in community psychology, health psychology, intervention trials,
health services research, or other related areas. To be considered
for an appointment at the Associate level, a track record of NIH-level
funding is expected. The position will require some teaching and
student mentorship.
Salary and academic rank for this position are commensurate with
experience and qualifications. Please send curriculum vitae, statements
of research and teaching interests, a sample of publications, and
the names and addresses of three references to:
Dr. Robert J. Weyant
Professor and Chair
Department of Dental Public Health
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental
Medicine
3501 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Telephone: (412) 648-3076
E-Mail: rjw1@pitt.edu
For additional information, interested persons can also contact
Deb Polk, PhD, Department of Dental Public Health, University of
Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, 412-648-8656 or dpolk@pitt.edu.
The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer.
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posted 5/4/06 National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Scientific and Clinical Director
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
seeks an accomplished, innovative neuroscientist and clinician to
fill three pivotal roles: as Scientific Director and Clinical Director
of its Intramural Research Program (IRP) and as Senior Investigator
responsible for developing a new research program in mind-body medicine.
This individual will report to the NCCAM Director and will be a member
of the NCCAM leadership.
As Scientific Director, you will articulate and implement a vision
and oversee research infrastructure for highly unified and mutually
supportive laboratory and clinical programs in the conduct of bench-to-bedside
and bedside-to-bench research related to CAM therapies.
As Clinical Director, you will chart a course and allocate resources
for clinical research; recruit and oversee the activities of clinical
staff and fellows; ensure appropriate design and conduct of clinical
research protocols; and facilitate the integration of CAM practices
into the training programs and delivery of care throughout the NIH
Clinical Center.
As Senior Investigator, you will have substantial committed resources
to create a cutting-edge program of clinically oriented laboratory
research and clinical studies that exploit neuroscience disciplines
to define the nature, mechanisms of action, safety, and efficacy
of diverse CAM modalities that affect actions and interactions linking
mind, body, and behavior.
This exceptional opportunity is available to a U.S. citizen, resident
alien, or nonresident alien with valid employment authorization who
is an accomplished neuroscientist with a U.S. medical license; a
demonstrated record of senior-level management of a large, nationally
recognized research program; a commitment to both basic and clinical
research; and leadership skills that equip him/her to forge team
efforts with colleagues within intramural programs across NIH.
Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience. Qualified
individuals are encouraged to email their CV, bibliography, list
of three references, and cover letter outlining their relevant experience
and vision for leading the NCCAM IRP to:
nccamdirector-r@mail.nih.gov
Subject Line: Scientific and Clinical Director Search
Application Deadline: July 14, 2006
Email receipt of applications and inquiries is preferred; however,
candidates needing reasonable accommodation may fax application materials
to 301-402-4741.
NIH AND DHHS ARE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS |
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9/26/2005
ADULT PSYCHIATRIST
SHEPPARD PRATT PHYSICIANS, P.A.
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Med-Psych Unit
Consultation Liaison Services
Towson, Maryland
Sheppard Pratt Health System manages the psychiatric services for Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) and is currently recruiting for the position of Chair, Department of Psychiatry at GBMC. The Chair will be responsible for ensuring the quality of hospital-based psychiatric services and represent psychiatry at hospital-wide meetings. GBMC is a general acute hospital located adjacent to Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland, approximately 15 minutes north of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore.
Sheppard Pratt is seeking psychiatrists with experience and expertise in Consultation Liaison psychiatry, sensitivity to the needs of hospital medical staff and an ability to focus on both quality care and continuity of care. Board certification and specialty training are highly preferred. Qualified candidates must posses a current license to practice in Maryland at the time of appointment. This is a full time employment position combining the administrative roles of Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Med-Psych Unit, with clinical services anchoring the CL service. This position reports to the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of GBMC and to the Vice President and Medical Director of Sheppard Pratt Health System.
Sheppard Pratt offers a generous compensation package and comprehensive benefits and is an equal opportunity employer.
If you would like to explore these options, please contact our Director for Professional Services, Ms. Barbara Magid at 410 938-3460, email bmagid@sheppardpratt.org.
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