New York: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Prevention & Control, Biobehavioral Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
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Organization: Cancer Prevention & Control, Biobehavioral Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Med.
Posted: 4/17/2007
Type: Full-Time
Classification: Behavioral Science
Industry: Education
Number of Openings: 1
Location: New York, NY USA
Compensation: $54,000

Position Description: Openings available for PhDs, DPHs, or MDs interested in multidisciplinary training in Biobehavioral Medicine and Cancer Prevention & Control. Positions are for 1-2 years. The program emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach based on the biobehavioral model of health and disease (what people think and feel affects their health by influencing their behavioral choices and their biological functioning). The program is designed to teach trainees to “talk the talk” of the multiple relevant disciplines through one-on-one interactions with experienced mentors, lectures, seminars and journal clubs. The program also emphasizes learning to “walk the walk” of doing interdisciplinary research, through hands-on participation in federally- funded research programs under the tutelage of experienced mentors, to provide the skills necessary for a career in cancer prevention and control research.

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Organization Description: The mentoring faculty include investigators in Biobehavioral Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Control, Clinical Oncology, Community Medicine, Epidemiology, Geriatrics, Human Genetics, Integrative Behavioral Medicine, Medicine, PsychoOncology, Molecular Epidemiology, Psychology, Radiology, and Surgery. Current areas of funded research include: Treatment Decision Making in Prostate Cancer; Race, Behavior and Genetics in Early/Aggressive Breast Cancer; Psychobiological Analysis of Familial Cancer Risk; Behavioral Intervention for Surgical Treatment; Intervention for Colon Cancer Screening; Psychobehavioral Impact of Genetic Counseling; Expressive Writing Intervention with Daughters of Breast Cancer Patients; Stress-Induced Consequences of Familial Cancer Risk and Gene Testing; Development and Application of Multimedia Educational Software in Cancer; Maternal Distress, Cognitive Processing and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant; Racial and Economic Disparities in Cancer; Behavioral Influences on Responses to Chemotherapy; Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Fatigue During Radiation Therapy; Reactivity to Smoking Cues - Genetic Analysis.

Closing Date: 7/15/2007
Desired Starting Date: 8/1/2007

Contact Name: Dr. Dana Bovbjerg, Associate Professor
Contact Location: One Gustave Levy Place
box 1130
New York NY 10029
Contact Fax: 212-849-2566
Contact Email: dana.bovbjerg@mssm.edu
Web Address: http://www.mssm.edu/oncological_sciences/prevention_postdoc_training.shtml
How to Apply: Send letter of interest and CV, including relevant experience and names of advisors to: Dr. Dana Bovbjerg, Dept of Oncological Sci. MSSM, Box 1130, 1425 Madison Ave, NY,NY, 10029
Additional Information: Subsidized housing may be available.