Post Doctoral Fellow – Behavioral Health Policy and Services Research
Job Summary
The School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington invites applications for a post-doctoral scholar in the area of youth behavioral health policy and services research for a term of two years. The Fellow will receive targeted mentorship and training from an NIH funded researcher to continue to develop health services and policy research skills, grant writing experience, and advance their publication agenda.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Grant writing; manuscript preparation/revision; quantitative and qualitative data collection, cleaning, and analysis; project management; professional training and development activities; service to the School of Social Work; undergraduate and/or graduate student mentorship.
Required Qualifications
- PhD in Social Work, Psychology, Public Health or related healthcare field.
- Prior scholarly work in the area of health policy and services research.
- Experience applying for external funding (dissertation funding, foundation funding or federal funding.)
- Successful record of publication in peer reviewed journals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Has completed doctoral level course in grant writing.
- Has successfully obtained internal or external research funding.
- Scholarly work in the area of child or youth mental health policy and services research.
- 2+ years of direct mental health service experience.
- Strong quantitative data analysis skills
To apply applicants should go to
https://uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/31433
and submit the following materials:
Required Documents:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover Letter
- Writing Sample – either first authored journal article or example grant application.
- Contact information for 3 references
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Questions may be addressed to
Dr. Genevieve Graaf at
genevieve.graaf@uta.edu.
For more information about UTA, please visit:
http://www.uta.edu/uta.
