Off-campus Employment

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to an exciting post-doctoral fellowship opportunity at the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) at the Department of Veterans Affairs in East Orange. We are looking for a dynamic, dedicated and hard-working clinical scientist with a strong desire to develop a research career in either clinical or basic science. This unique opportunity allows the fellow to devote 75% of their time to research and 25% of their time to clinical work. The fellowship will provide individual mentoring and training to foster the fellow's career development. Applicants should be able to work independently, and with support, to develop research ideas that can be translated into studies, publications and grant proposals. Fellows will join a large multidisciplinary group focusing on post-deployment health concerns of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as from prior conflicts. Current research includes ground-breaking work on physiological mechanisms of trauma related health concerns, neuropsychological assessment, PTSD, unexplained physical symptoms and chronic illness, including diabetes. Applicants with these and other veteran related research interests are encouraged to apply. I would appreciate your forwarding this to students or colleagues that you feel might be interested.

The two-year fellowship is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and be a U.S. citizen. Only in the absence of qualified U.S. citizens can we consider foreign citizens. Qualified candidates should fax or e-mail their resume to Catherine Jordan, Human Resources Specialist at: (973) 395-7148 or catherine.jordan1@va.gov . If they wish to claim veteran preference, a military discharge certificate and/or other documentation should be submitted to support this claim. For additional information, call (973) 676-1000, extension 1579.

Thank you for your help.

Best regards, Karen

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Karen S. Quigley, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Research

War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Stop 129

Dept of Veterans Affairs NJ Healthcare System

385 Tremont Ave.

East Orange, NJ 07018 and

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

New Jersey Medical School - UMDNJ

Newark, NJ

VA Phone: 973-676-1000 X 1-2719

Fax: 973-395-7114 or 7111

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Anesthesiology is recruiting a clinical psychologist with an active research interest to join the restructured and evolving Division of Pain Medicine. The position will be available as early as March 2010. The Division of Pain Medicine consists of four faculty who are fellowship trained pain specialists (a fifth to join us in August 2010), two pain fellows (with a third to be added by 2011), and one research fellow position to be filled for 2010, one pain psychologist, and an NIH funded Pain Medicine researcher who is also the Vice Chair for
Research in the Department of Anesthesiology. Responsibilities will include 50 to 60% time dedicated to clinical practice in our University multidisciplinary pain clinic, with the balance of time devoted to grant-related research activities. Reduced clinical time is possible with additional research grant support. Areas of departmental research interest include, but are not limited to: genetic predictors of transition from acute to chronic pain after exposure to stress or trauma; gene by environmental interactions influencing the transition to chronic pain; and the co-morbidity between chronic pain and psychological conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. Individuals with current or previous NIH grant support, or with substantial promise to develop such funding, are preferred. To apply, please send a copy of your resume and a cover letter to Lauren Junco, Head of Human Resources, UNC Department of Anesthesiology, ljunco@aims.unc.edu. The University of North Carolina encourages applications from
women, minorities and persons with disabilities. UNC is an equal opportunity employer.

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