Faculty Position, Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences

About the role

The Department of Psychology and Biobehavioural Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is seeking research psychologists and scientists. Positions can be at the Assistant, Associate, or Full faculty level, with options for Clinician-Scientist track (up to 80% protected research time) or Research track (95% protected research time).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and implementation of clinical-research programs addressing diverse groups of childhood catastrophic illnesses.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary clinical and research teams to advance cures and means of prevention through research discovery and knowledge generation.
• Engage in clinical practice, training, and education at various levels, including post-doctoral fellowships, pre-doctoral internships, and graduate student programs.
• Utilize and contribute to the department’s extensive clinical-research and data science resources, including a biorepository, clinical biomarkers lab, biostatistics, applied bioinformatics, proteomics, metabolomics, and various imaging resources.

Requirements

• A doctoral degree in Psychology, Behavioral Science, Neuroscience, or a related field.
• Clinical work requires completion of an APA-approved program, APA- or CPA-approved doctoral internship, a post-doctoral fellowship in applied psychology, and eligibility for licensure as a psychologist with Health Service Provider designation in the State of Tennessee.

Qualifications

• Strong research background.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Skills

• Research methodology.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Grant writing.

Benefits

Salary and benefits are highly competitive and commensurate with experience. All faculty positions are institutionally funded line items (not through clinical revenue or grant support).

Pay

Salary and benefits are highly competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

All faculty positions are institutionally funded line items (not through clinical revenue or grant support).

Benefits

Benefits are provided commensurate with experience.

Contact Information

To apply: Interested candidates should submit a current CV and cover letter with statement of interests and goals directly via the online application.