The Rutgers University Addiction Research Center's (ARC's) focus is studying genetic and environmental influences on the development of substance use and related behavioral conditions. Responsibilities of the Postdoctoral Fellow include designing, organizing, executing and communicating, through scientific journal articles and conference presentations, the results of research studies that further the aims of the ARC and the grant(s) that fund the postdoctoral position. We examine issues such as how genetic and environmental influences change across development; trajectories of risk associated with identified genes; environmental factors that alter risk pathways; genetic influences on subtypes and intermediary phenotypes associated with substance use problems; and the mediating and moderating mechanisms involved in gene-behavior associations. Other responsibilities include providing guidance to undergraduate and graduate students and translating research findings to community members such that it can be used in policy.

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1. Design, organize, and execute research studies that further the aims of the ARC and the grant(s) that fund the postdoctoral position.

2. Communicate, through generation of manuscripts and scientific journal articles and through conference presentations, the results of research studies.

3. Contribute to sponsored project funding applications, including assisting with project ideas, study design, and scientific writing for necessary application documents.

4. Participate in communicating research findings to community members, including such that it can be used in influencing and developing public policy.

5. Provide research guidance and mentoring to undergraduate and graduate students.

6. Keeps abreast of current policies and programs, trends and development in the field relevant to departmental and program goals.

7. Directly supervises, mentors, and manages administrative staff. Recommends the firing, promoting, demotion and other personnel actions.

8. Understands and adheres to Rutgers' compliance standards as they appear in RBHS's Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy.

9. Performs other related duties as assigned.

* Ph.D. in psychology or a related field, with expertise relevant to ARC

* Leadership and scholarship experience on funded research projects

* Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills

* Strong scientific communication skills, to both expert and lay audiences, in writing and verbally

Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing. No special vision requirements. Must be able to lift or exert up to 25 pounds.

Office environment. Moderate noise.