Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position

[Announcement from SCRA listserv]

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

A one-year full-time post-doctoral research associate position with an
immediate start date is available to work on randomized trials of two
community-based youth development programs. One project is an ongoing
study examining the effectiveness of a comprehensive school-based health
promotion and prevention program (Positive Action). This research is
funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The other project is
focused on testing a youth development framework for enhancing the
effectiveness of one-to-one mentoring programs for delinquency prevention.
This research is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP).  The position would involve taking a leadership role
in advancing the scientific aims and productivity of each project under
the supervision of Dr. David DuBois.  Dr. DuBois is the co-Principal
Investigator on the IES-funded trial and the Principal Investigator on the
OJJDP-funded trial, and is affiliated with the Institute for Health
Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Applicants should have a doctoral degree in a relevant field and
significant prior experience with community-based prevention science.
Excellent skills in the areas of multi-disciplinary and research-community
collaboration, scholarly writing, and multivariate data analysis are
essential.

Applications should include a cover letter, CV, and contact information
for at least two references, and should be emailed to Dr. DuBois at
dldubois@uic.edu. Applications received by Friday, February 25th, are
assured of receiving full consideration. Inquiries that are submitted
separate of a formal application are not assured a response.

UIC is an AA/EOE