The postdoctoral scholar is responsible for independent and collaborative development, implementation, and analysis of scientific research in the discipline of clinical health psychology with specialization in cardiac psychology. Responsibilities include management of all aspects of research and clinical practice related to the psychology of cardiovascular diseases. The ECU Cardiac Psychology Lab at the East Carolina Heart Institute has a wide range of studies focusing on the evaluation of cardiac technologies and procedures. Duties include: hypothesis development, literature review, collection of pilot data, report writing, and supervising of undergraduate research students and graduate research students, overseeing data collection procedures, supervising experimental procedures, review of data for quality control, supervision of data entry/data analysis, analysis of research hypothesis using descriptive and multivariate statistics, and the development of independent and collaborative
presentations and publications. Areas of particular emphasis include participation in research related to Aortic Disease and Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Scholars are expected to demonstrate compliance with established guidelines and regulatory standards for research including biosafety, responsible conduct of research and human subjects training.
Approximately 75 % of the postdoctoral scholar’s time will be devoted to clinical care and clinical research activities.
Approximately 25 % of the postdoctoral scholar’s time will be devoted to managing the day-to-day activity of undergraduate and graduate research students in the laboratory.

 

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Experience in conducting clinical or applied research; strong publication record; strong organizational skills; ability to coordinate multiple tasks; experience and comfort in working with technology; ability to work as part of a team, self-motivated, adaptable, works with a positive attitude.

04/16/2024

Yes

05/16/2024

Not Applicable

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