Careers Job Description
General Description
Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellowship
Relationship Health Research Team
142 West 36th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Who we are
The goal of the Relationship Health Research Team (https://www.hunterrhrt.org) is to contribute to the national conversation about intimate relationships as a context for behavioral health, with a particular emphasis on populations at high risk for HIV infection. Our work includes formative studies document associations between relationship functioning and health outcomes (e.g., sexual HIV transmission risk, substance use, depression, and intimate partner violence) as well as intervention development and testing. All of these studies in some way seek to evaluate the premise that individual health and relationship quality are interconnected.
The team is led by Dr. Tyrel Starks – who will serve as the primary mentor and supervisor to the postdoctoral fellow – and his collaborator Dr. Demetria Cain.
We actively work to maintain a diverse environment and encourage applications from people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, individuals of diverse sexual and gender identities, people living with HIV, and people with disabilities.
Other Duties
Postdoctoral Fellows: The positions will be approximately 70% research and 30% clinical work.
- Research duties encompass project management; junior staff supervision and training; dissemination (data analyses, manuscript production); and involvement in grant writing.
- Opportunities exist for the development of independent research projects.
- For those eligible, there is the opportunity to develop a diversity supplement application.
- Clinical duties may include the delivery of motivational interviewing (MI) and/or cognitive behavioral interventions to research participants. Some component of this work will involve the delivery of substance use and sexual health interventions to couples.
- Opportunities to provide training and supervision to other clinicians.
- Starks is licensed in NY State, and supervision in support of licensure is therefore available.
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications: Preferred candidates will have a PhD or PsyD in Clinical/Counseling Psychology or Social Work as well as prior experience with (or strong interest in):
- Motivational Interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy, including work with couples
- Sexual, gender, racial, and ethnic minority populations
- HIV/AIDS and/or substance use; related behaviors and theories of dyadic coping
- Analytic expertise involving quantitative or qualitative data
- Ability to take direction and work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to communicate effectively with collaborators, team members and participants in a clear, compassionate and culturally humble manner
To apply: Please submit a cover letter and a curriculum vita
Review of applications will begin January 15, 2024
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Psychology
Full Time
$31.03-$32.74
Dec 18, 2023 (Or Until Filled)