Thanks for your interest in helping with our research program!
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE IN PRODROME/EARLY PSYCHOSIS
The Northwestern University Adolescent Development and Preventive Treatment (ADAPT) program is seeking applications for a postdoctoral fellow.
We are looking for someone with interests in risk for psychosis, early psychosis, and other forms of serious mental illness (e.g., depression).
Prior psychosis research and assessment experience is welcomed but not required.
Currently we are running a number of protocols with typically developing, prodromal syndrome and early psychosis populations focusing on biomarker, treatment, and scale development. We are also collaborating with the Shankman Lab (Northwestern Psychiatry) on protocols focusing on depression. Join our team and be involved with collecting and writing up data from any and all of these great and innovative multimodal studies. The lab utilizes numerous cutting-edge approaches and there are opportunities to continuing to develop expertise or to learn new skills. Please see our website for more details: http://www.adaptprogram.com.
The successful applicant will join Vijay Mittal and an active research team and will be responsible for designing experiments, analyzing and processing data, and publishing/presenting findings. There will also be ample opportunities for advanced training (Northwestern has a number of in-depth training opportunities, covering a range of methodological and quantitative methods), collaborations (benefit from a number of active ADAPT lab collaborations), building mentorship experience (learning to direct and supervise research and career development for graduate students), and developing an independent research program. Significant attention will be placed on career development (e.g., regular conference attendance/participation, training in grant writing, peer review, mentorship, teaching, presentations/job-talks etc.) This is an ideal position for someone interested in preparing for a tenure-track job. A significant number of prior ADAPT lab trainees have moved on to running their own labs in prestigious programs.
For questions or to submit an application, please contact Vijay Mittal (vijay.mittal@northwestern.edu). Applicants should send a C.V. and a brief letter describing interests and prior experience (a short selection of exemplar publications are welcome as well). Salary is based on the NIMH Post-doctoral scale, and funding is available for up to two-years (appointments are for one year, but renewable for two years, based on progress/merit). There is a flexible start date (from March 1st- Summer 2024) and review of applications will begin immediately!
Northwestern University Undergraduates:
Please note that these are competitive positions, and successful undergraduate applicants typically have applicable experience or related interest and a high GPA.
The minimum time commitment for undergraduate research fellows is 1.5 years.
Although these are volunteer positions, there are also opportunities to participate in paid research fellowships through the Office Of Undergraduate Research.
There are also opportunities to participate for course credit through the Department of Psychology (see your advisor in the Psychology Advising office for details).
We also encourage students to conduct honors projects through research conducted in the ADAPT lab.
*We are not currently taking new undergraduate volunteers. Please check back in late summer/early fall if you are interested.
Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Students
The lab focuses on utilizing a range of cutting edge neuroscience techniques and we are eager to work with NUIN Students from Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering, School of Communication and the Children’s Memorial Research Center (CMRC). Please contact us if you are interested and we can discuss options for Funding.
Contact Us:
If you are interested in volunteering for work in the ADAPT lab, please email a copy of your Curriculum Vitae (CV) to Vijay Mittal, Ph.D. at vijay.mittal@northwestern.edu.