The ideal candidate will have a track record of federal research grant funding and peer-review publications focused on postsecondary education or training and employment in youth and young adults with psychiatric disabilities. The candidate would build upon the institution’s strong research programs in transition-age youth and young adults within its Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center. Successful candidates will demonstrate a commitment to education and scholarship and promise in the ability to obtain extramural funding.

UMass Chan School of Medical School is the only academic medical school in central Massachusetts and a destination site for excellent clinical care. The Department promotes academic, research and leadership opportunities through CME programs and the Center for Research and Development Office. It is a national leader in public sector psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorders, biological psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychosocial rehabilitation, women’s mental health, and addiction psychiatry.

The benefit package is a generous state plan with holiday and paid time off totaling to more than 7 weeks.

For additional information about our mission driven Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center see https://www.umassmed.edu/sparc/ and the Department of Psychiatry at https://www.umassmed.edu/psychiatry/dop/ For questions about this position please contact Maryann Davis, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of iSPARC maryann.davis@umassmed.edu.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Chan recognizes the added value of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.