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PsycCareers.com CAREER OPPORTUNITIES older workers, disability policies, or well-being in retirement. Up to seven $28,000 fellowships awarded to doctoral candidates enrolled in a U.S. university’s accredited program. Application deadline: January 27, 2012. Read guidelines and apply online: http://bit.ly/d9oUCl. FACULTY POSITION, DIVISION OF GENERAL PEDIATRICS: The Division of General Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston is seeking full-time faculty members at the level of instructor, assistant professor, and associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Faculty in the division conduct health services research, clinical research, behavioral research, community-based participatory research, and other research on child, adolescent, family, and community issues. Research funding comes from NIH, AHRQ, CDC, foundations, and private donors. The division includes about 80 faculty members in ambulatory pediatrics, hospital medicine, complex care, child protection, environmental health, global health, and health services research. It also oversees a thriving community health center. The division offers five fellowships: Health Services Research, General Academic Pediatrics, Academic Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Pediatric Environmental Health, and Pediatric Global Health. The division’s research website is at: http://www.childrens hospital.org/research / Site3002 / mainpageS3002P0.html. Clinicianresearchers and non-clinician doctoral-level researchers are invited to apply. We welcome applications from outstanding doctoral applicants with child health expertise in social/behavioral fields, including psychology (e.g., clinical, developmental, social), public health, and other fields listed above. Successful applicants will generally have a track record of federal funding or plans to seek such funding. They will also be interested in a multidisciplinary research environment. Applicants should submit a cover letter describing research interests, curriculum vitae, a PDF of a recent peer-reviewed publication, and three letters of recommendation to: Laura M. Bogart, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Research Director, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston. Mark A. Schuster, M.D., Ph.D., William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Health Policy, Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, e-mail to: gwendolyn.gilmer@childrens. harvard.edu. Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. Women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. VA BOSTON PSYCHOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: We are accepting applications for the 2012–2013 fellowship class. The fellowship program is organized into two separately APAaccredited programs, clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology, and is affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. The clinical psychology program offers training in peropsychology, substance abuse, medical psychology, general mental health, PTSD, and returning veterans and substance abuse. The neuropsychology program will be recruiting for the geriatric neuropsychology track. Application materials are available at http:// www.boston.va.gov/psychology training/fellowship.asp. Deadline: January 4, 2012. Contact Amy Silberbogen, Ph.D., at amy. silberbogen@va.gov with questions. The Fellowship Program is an Equal Opportunity Employer. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY: The Law-Psychiatry Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), expects three positions for a one-year postdoctoral forensic psychology fellowship, beginning September 1, 2012. The fellowship is a collaboration between UMMS, the Forensic Service of the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Correction. The training focuses on work with an adult forensic population. The fellowship includes: seminars covering a broad range of topics within forensic psychology as well as review of landmark case law; supervised research on issues in mental health law; and training in expert witness testimony. The training involves forensic clinical evaluation and consultation experiences at inpatient forensic units and court clinics. Applicants must have completed all requirements BOSTON COLLEGE A Jesuit Catholic University Boston College invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean, Lynch School of Education Boston College is a leading national Jesuit, Catholic university, enrolling 14,700 students, 9,000 full-time undergraduates and 4,900 graduate and professional students. Located six miles from downtown Boston, the University has 760 full-time faculty, 2,500 employees, an operating budget of $844 million, and an endowment of $1.9 billion. The Boston College Lynch School of Education, ranked among the top 15 schools of education in the United States, seeks as its new Dean an accomplished professional who has achieved distinction in the field of education or related disciplines. Founded in 1952 and located on the University’s Chestnut Hill campus in Newton, Massachusetts, the Lynch School has 56 full-time faculty, 673 undergraduate students, and 1,003 graduate students. Boston College and the Lynch School are rooted in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition of intellectual excellence and service, and seek to promote the integration of faith and justice through curricular and co-curricular programs. The faculty of the Lynch School are nationally and internationally respected scholars, teachers, and mentors, and the School an acclaimed and distinctive program of study in the theory and practice of education and applied psychology. Additional information about Boston College can be found at www.bc.edu and its Lynch School of Education at www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe. The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of scholarship, teaching, policy, and/or program contributions in education or a related field; be a proven leader and administrator; and desire to further the Jesuit, Catholic dimensions of the Lynch School’s mission. The Dean reports to the Provost of the University. Confidential review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of application, and names and contact information of five references. Candidates will be notified before references are contacted. Materials should be submitted electronically to David Mead-Fox at Korn/Ferry, the executive search firm assisting with this search. Documents that must be mailed may be sent to Korn/Ferry, 265 Franklin Street, 17th floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. Confidential inquiries and questions may be directed to the Korn/Ferry consultant: David Mead-Fox, Ph.D., David.Mead-Fox@ kornferry.com, telephone 617-345-0200. Boston College is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer. A Successful Tradition: http://www.bc.edu/offices/hr/applicants.html DECEMBER 2011 • MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY 99 http://www.PsycCareers.com http://www.boston.va.gov/psychologytraining/fellowship.asp http://www.boston.va.gov/psychologytraining/fellowship.asp http://www.boston.va.gov/psychologytraining/fellowship.asp http://www.bit.ly/d9oUCl http://www.bc.edu http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/Site3002/mainpageS3002P0.html http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/Site3002/mainpageS3002P0.html http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/Site3002/mainpageS3002P0.html http://www.bc.edu http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe http://www.bc.edu/offices/hr/applicants.html

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - December 2011

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Willpower Pioneer Wins $100,000 Grawemeyer Prize
Single-Sex Schooling Called Into Question by Prominent Researchers
Maternal Depression Stunts Childhood Growth, Research Suggests
For Boys, Sharing May Seem Like a Waste of Time
Good News for Postdoc Applicants
In Brief
Treatment Guideline Development Now Under Way
Government Relations Update
Psychologist Named Va Mental Health Chief
The Limits of Eyewitness Testimony
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Deconstructing Suicide
Questionnaire
A Focus on Interdisciplinarity
A Time of ‘Enormous Change’
The Science Behind Team Science
Good Science Requires Good Conflict
A New Paradigm of Care
Speaking of Education
Science Directions
New Labels, New Attitudes?
Psychologist Profile
Early Career Psychology
Unintended Consequences
Better Options for Troubled Teens
Saving Lives, One Organ at a Time
New Journal Editors
APA News
Division Spotlight
Guidelines for the Conduct of President-Elect Nominations and Elections
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - December 2011