Category: Job Announcements

The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at the University of Georgia is seeking applicants for the position of assistant or associate professor, with an anticipated start date of August 2025. We seek an individual with expertise in biobehavioral health across the lifespan. The ideal candidate’s research should focus on understanding how biopsychosocial processes, across various stages of life and over multiple time scales, influence behavioral risk, aging, and disease decades later through changes in biological aging. We are particularly interested in candidates who examine multiple levels of human development, including genomics, biomarkers, and phenotypic data. Preference will be given to candidates capable of running a wet lab to test for markers of stress biology, biological aging, inflammation, and/or gene expression in blood and saliva samples.
      Additionally, candidates who are open to collaborating with faculty focused on applied and developmental neuroscience—aimed at understanding the interplay between biological and environmental contributions to health and development—are strongly encouraged to apply. We aim to hire a faculty member who has potential or who is active in securing grants and can work collaboratively with faculty at the Georgia Center for Developmental Science (G-CDS), complementing existing expertise in advanced interdisciplinary developmental science aimed at enhancing resilience in disadvantaged communities. Expertise in the implementation of broadly defined AI methods is strongly encouraged.

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The Department of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI seeks applicants for a tenure track Assistant Professor position (9-month) in the area of Biological Psychology/Neuroscience. Candidates must hold a doctorate in Psychology, Neuroscience or related field. Successful candidates are expected to develop a strong research program, mentor graduate student research, and contribute to our undergraduate and graduate curricula in Psychology and Neuroscience. Competitive salary and start-up funds are available. National as well as international applicants are encouraged to apply. We value collegiality, diversity, and strive to create a positive work environment.

The Cognition, Action, and Psychophysiology (CAP) Lab (https://kidcaplab.uconn.edu/, PI: Dr. Kimberly Cuevas) in the Department of Psychological Sciences, at the University of Connecticut, Waterbury Campus is seeking a full-time Research Assistant. The successful …

The Cognition, Action, and Psychophysiology (CAP) Lab (https://kidcaplab.uconn.edu/, PI: Dr. Kimberly Cuevas) in the Department of Psychological Sciences, at the University of Connecticut, Waterbury Campus is seeking a full-time Research Assistant 1. The successful candidate will play an integral role in managing a NICHD-funded study investigating the development of neural oscillatory rhythms and self-regulatory processes across the first 4 postnatal years; Project BUBBLES (Babies: Understanding Brains and Baseline Longitudinal EEG Study). There will also be opportunities to assist with other lab-related research projects at UConn.

The Shuffrey Lab in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Lauren Shuffrey’s research program examines the impact of interactive prenatal maternal psychosocial and health factors on infant and early childhood brain-behavioral development. Our ongoing projects are primarily focused on the effects of prenatal maternal metabolic disorders, prenatal maternal mood disorders, and substance exposure on child brain-behavioral development from birth through early childhood. Our ultimate goal is to identify mechanisms, objective markers, and modifiable factors associated with resiliency in order to support families from pregnancy through early childhood. Research methodologies broadly include peripheral marker assays (e.g. immunoassays), electroencephalography (EEG), eye-tracking, and behavioral paradigms.

The Prenatal Stress Study at Michigan State University is seeking a full time Research Technologist to work in East Lansing, MI. The research project is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Development and focuses on how the timing of prenatal stress affects later infant behavior and physiology, as well as the relationship between the mother and child. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, recruiting participants, training and supervising research assistants and staff, collaborating with University of Michigan partners, and maintaining quality control over data collection. In addition, the Research Technologist will be submitting IRB revisions, ordering supplies, shipping samples, and reimbursing participants.

The Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota offers NIMH-funded postdoctoral training via a T32 Institutional Training Grant. The grant supports two two-year postdoctoral traineeship during 2024-2026. Preference is given to applicants trained in psychopathology who need additional training in psychobiology/neuroscience, or the reverse. The training program is directed by Megan Gunnar, Regents Professor and fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Education, and is led by a group of internationally recognized faculty members with expertise in various sub-disciplines of developmental science, including child clinical psychology, developmental behavioral neuroscience/developmental psychobiology, socioemotional development, cognitive development, pediatrics, and prevention/intervention science. Each applicant must identify a primary mentor from among these faculty in their application to the program. Trainees are also welcome to work with and/or collaborate with multiple mentors from among the training faculty.

ICD internal training faculty for the 2024-2026 fellowship include:

• Daniel Berry, EdD
• Stephanie Carlson, PhD
• Jed Elison, PhD
• Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD

The Cognition, Affect, and Psychophysiology Lab (CAP Lab) at Virginia Tech, headed by Dr. Martha Ann Bell, is seeking a Research Assistant for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study and other lab-related research projects at Virginia Tech. The Research Assistant will join a team of other Research Assistants in the lab and be responsible for the day-to-day functioning of all HBCD research activities and will assist with other lab projects. The Research Assistant will work as a team with CAP Lab Coordinator in data collection (EEG, questionnaires, behavioral observations) in our Blacksburg campus lab and at our satellite lab in Roanoke.

The Infant Cognition Laboratory at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to assist with and coordinate an NIH-funded study of individual differences in infant learning. The project is a multi-site longitudinal study conducted at the University of Kansas under Dr. John Colombo in collaboration with the infant laboratory at the University of Connecticut under Dr. Kimberly Cuevas. The postdoc will be responsible for day-to-day duties in the laboratory, including recruitment and tracking of participants and data collection. Applicants should have the doctoral degree conferred at the time of appointment to this position, or have the degree conferred within six months from the date of hire. Position is a limited term of up to 4 years, contingent on availability of funding.

The Appetite Lab (PI: Susan Carnell) in the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, seeks a post-doctoral fellow to work on funded studies investigating eating behaviors and body weight in infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood, with a focus on pediatric neuroimaging.