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UNIVERSITY OF
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We are recruiting ambitious individuals to help launch a pioneering program of research on the contributions to health care decision-making (HCDM) of emotions, cognitive processes (including implicit or nonconscious processes), personality, life events, social processes, physical health, and socioeconomic status (individual and macro-level). The explosion of treatment options, the pharmaceutical industry's increased use of direct to consumer advertising, the spread of health related information via the Internet, and the FDA's attempts to publicize adverse events have severely complicated the process of HCDM, creating a host of under-recognized decision-related challenges for patients, families, providers, and policymakers. Decisions of interest in this new research program include: health promotion decisions in the context of chronic disease (e.g., diabetes), decisions in the context of late-stage or recurrent cancer, and decisions about treatments for mood disorders and multiple sclerosis, where decisional capacity can be impaired. Our Department's mentoring and research support infrastructure has successfully fostered the careers of many NIH-funded investigators over the past two decades. NRSA fellowships are typically for three years, although occasional two year offerings can be tailored for specific candidates. We teach trainees the fundamental aspects of independent, investigator-initiated clinical research in a wide array of care-delivery contexts and community-based settings. Core areas of knowledge acquisition and skill development include: epidemiology, biostatistics, grant writing and writing for publication, and the ethics of research. Trainees with backgrounds in psychology (social, clinical, cognitive, health, personality) or related areas are encouraged to apply by submitting a cv and statement of career goals and interests, and arranging to have three letters of recommendation forwarded to Paul R. Duberstein, PhD, Box PSYCH,
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