Substance Abuse Research at Harvard Medical School

Two junior faculty to serve as project directors for two 5-year NIH-funded Harvard Medical School randomized trials in Boston area and Worcester. Studies compare behavioral couples therapy (BCT) vs. individual treatment for substance abuse patients. One project studies BCT with female drug patients; the other examines group BCT with alcoholic patients.

Requires doctorate in psychology or related field, and excellent skills in managing project, staff, & data; & in data analysis & writing. Prefer scientist practitioner clinical psychologist (licensed or licensed-eligible) or outstanding non-clinician researcher with relevant experience. Prefer demonstrated success in clinical sample recruitment, experience in large complex project, publications, grant writing experience.

Seeking individuals with career interest in families and addiction research (e.g., couple and family therapy, IPV, child adjustment) to be a major collaborator on this and related research.  Career development opportunities include publishing from extensive archival data-sets and taking part in future work on dissemination of BCT.  Application reviews will begin Nov 15, 2009 and will continue until positions are filled.

To apply, submit a single PDF file (with your last name as file name) containing a cover letter, vita, names of 3 references to Timothy O’Farrell, Ph.D., Families and Addiction Program, Harvard Psychiatry Dept by email to: timothy_ofarrell@hms.harvard.edu   with cc to leslie_reid@hms.harvard.edu . Informal inquiries are welcome.

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