Post Doctoral Fellow, Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) lab
4 days ago
Louisville
Dr. Levinson, the Director of the Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) lab at the University of Louisville (UofL), is hiring one to two full-time post-doctoral fellows to work on two National Institute of Mental Health supported studies. The first study entails building a new precision treatment for eating disorders, and identifying how individual treatment mechanisms relate to public health outcomes, individual disease burden, medical comorbidities, and social determinants of health. The second study is focused on implementation of a digital exposure intervention for eating disorders. This position will involve learning how to carry out personalized treatment trials, digital mental health clinical trials, working with clinical participants with eating disorders, supervising implementation and analysis of studies, assisting Dr. Levinson with training and supervising therapists to complete assessments and deliver the treatment protocol, conducting diagnostic assessments, working on grant proposals and publications, mentoring study coordinators and graduate and undergraduate students, assisting with data preparation and analysis, and working with a large interdisciplinary team at UofL. The post-doctoral fellow will work very closely with Dr. Levinson, other EAT lab faculty, and collaborators on a day-to-day basis. Opportunities for involvement in grants, publications, and presentations at national conferences are plentiful. Teaching opportunities are available if desired. Opportunities for supervision toward licensure are also available. Additional clinical opportunities and supervision are also available. This position is renewable for up to three years and preference will be given to a post-doc who can commit to at least two years. Minimum experience is a doctorate in psychology, engineering, computer science, or a related field. This post-doctoral fellowship will help propel the fellow into a tenure-track faculty position. More information about the lab here: To apply please send your CV, a cover letter, and three names of references to Dr. Levinson at . The expected start date is sometime in the summer of 2026, depending on fellow’s schedule. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Plan and execute research experiments., • Analyze experimental data and update research notebooks., • Reading literature relevant to research and training objectives, • Preparation of manuscripts and written reports, • Oral presentations at group/local meetings, attendance at seminars, • Training students and technicians Minimum Qualifications: Minimum experience is a doctorate in psychology, engineering, computer science, or a related field. This post-doctoral fellowship will help propel the fellow into a tenure-track faculty position Preferred Qualifications: Previous working experience in a lab. Competencies: • Project planning and execution., • Manuscript preparation of research findings., • Statistical analysis, data interpretation and trouble shooting., • Organized – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized., • Critical Thinking – ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options., • Work Ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious, and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a pace sufficient to ensure optimal efficiency., • Interpersonal – can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management and vendors through trust, communication, and credibility., • Teamwork – ability to work with others. Physical Requirements: • Lab based environment:, • Occasionally: Works with poor ventilation or with regular exposure to odors,, • Occasional exposure to infectious material/diseases,, • Regular exposure to radiation, chemicals, solvents,, • Requires balancing to prevent falling or erratic movement,, • Light lifting or carrying 25 lbs. or less,, • Moderate lifting or carrying 26-50 lbs., • Constantly: Normal office situation, Requires good near or distant vision., • Requires distinguishing colors and/or depth perception to judge distances., • Frequently: Typically sitting at a desk or table,, • Intermittently sitting, standing, stooping,, • Typically standing and/or walking., • Requires handling by seizing, holding, grasping, or turning hands, but without finger dexterity, requires good hearing, requires feeling to perceive an object(s) size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of senses in your skin. Skills: Communication, customer service, leadership, project management, management analytics Additional Information: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required of individuals in this job. Other duties may be assigned as determined by management. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. 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