Health Psychology Phd Program- Weeklynewsblast

Health Psychology PhD Program- WeeklyNewsBlast

September 25, 2017

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

·Important updates and announcements

oStudent applications for research funds due onSeptember 29th

oNominations for outstanding graduate student researcher, instructor, and TA –October 6th

oComprehensive/Qualifying Project Survey – complete no later thanOctober 6th

oPoll for vision and mission statements

·Course Announcements

·Campus events

·Webinars/educational opportunities

·Conference announcements

·Professional service opportunities

·Job postings

Important Program Updates or Announcements:

Applications for fall funding of student research due on September 29th

Seeking nominations student awards – due October 6th, 2017:

·Outstanding graduate student researcher

·Outstanding graduate student instructor

·Outstanding graduate TA

Comprehensive/Qualifying Project Survey

The Health Psychology PhD Advisory Board and Comprehensive exam/Qualifying project subcommittee invite your participation in a short survey. It is estimated that this survey will take about 5-7 minutes. To increase your efficiency in completing the survey, it is suggested that you have your annual self-evaluation forms and updated CV with you. For1st year students, your CV will be the only resource you have.

Survey Goals:
(1) To understand the quantity and type of research projects/products Health Psychology PhD students are completing during their training
(2) To estimate the timing of when these research projects/products are completed

Please follow thislinkto complete a survey.We are asking all students to complete this survey byFriday, Oct 6th.

Poll for vision and mission statements

Please complete the poll that will be sent out this week so we can add these statements to our website, especially for prospective applicants!

Course Announcements

Occupational Health Psychology- Spring 2018; Tuesdays at11:00 am

Dr. McGonagle would like to offer an OHP seminar in the spring semester for both OS and Health Psych students, and needs to gauge HP student interest. A course description is below, and a syllabus from a previous semester is attached. If you are interested in taking this course, would you please let her know by emailing her ?

Occupational Health Psychology is “the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health and well-being of workers” (Sauter, Hurrell, Fox, Tetrick, & Barling, 1999). This graduate-level course will provide an introduction to research in the growing field of Occupational Health Psychology (OHP). Particular attention will be given to stress theories and processes, methodological issues, and interventions (individual and organizational). Topics will include worker safety, mistreatment at work, work-life balance, and emotional labor.

“End of Life Communication--Ireland Option”(COMM-6000) for Spring, 2018, that will include an optional spring break trip to Ireland! Please contact Dr. Christine Davis () for additional information.

Description:We will meet weekly throughout the semester (up until spring break), and then we will go to Ireland over spring break to collect data for our semester project.
This course will look at communication at end-of-life from several different communication perspectives: interpersonal (patient-provider, family-provider), family, and public/cultural. Through studying cultural media (horror films and stories and ghost stories, newspapers and other media); funeral, burial, and related rituals; religious and cultural practices, beliefs, and rites; hospice and other medical settings; and legal issues surrounding advance directives, we will gain insight into the ways that symbolic communication constructs the experience of death and dying, and the way that meaning is infused into the dying process. We will look at the communication-related health and social issues facing people and their families as they transition through the end of their life. Instruction will be based on readings, case studies, class discussion, and student research. This course will be comprised of an on-campus component and a OPTIONAL spring break trip to Dublin, Ireland. Through in-class lectures and discussions, assignments, exercises, and fieldwork at cultural sites in Dublin, we will study cultural media (horror films and stories and ghost stories, newspapers and other media); funeral, burial, and related rituals; religious and cultural practices, beliefs, and rites; hospice and other medical settings; and legal issues surrounding advance directives. In Ireland, we will conduct field work at sites such as a Dublin ghost tour, the Famine Memorial and The World Poverty Stone, the Epic Ireland Exhibition, the General Post Office Witness History Visit, Glasnevin Cemetery, Irish Hospice Foundation, Book of Kells, National Museum of Ireland, Kilmainham Gaol, and the Dublin Blood and Guts tour. We will also take a day trip to visit the Titanic Museum in Belfast. Students not participating in the Ireland trip will conduct fieldwork at a site of their own.

Call for Nominations

Graduate School Faculty Awards 2017-2018

The First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal has been awarded since 1988 and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award began in 2001. In that time, two faculty members have remarkably earned both distinctive awards. One is Professor Emeritus Robert J. Hocken of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, and the other is Professor Roslyn A. Mickelson of Sociology. Here’s what Roslyn says of these honors:

Earning the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal mattered to me because it represents my colleagues’ and students’ recognition of the value of my scholarly contributions to science and public policy. The Harshini V. de Silva Award reflects their recognition of the value of the teaching and mentoring I have had the pleasure of doing here at UNC Charlotte. I see the two awards as related. The research agenda to which I have dedicated my professional life continues through the careers of the graduate students I have mentored.

Identify exceptional candidates in your academic units deserving of this recognition. Encourage them to work with you to prepare and submit applications. The deadlines are approaching (November 3for the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award andNovember 10for the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal). Make sure the exemplary work of your faculty is properly recognized.Please send faculty nominations to be considered by Dr. Gil-Rivas by October 25th.

Campus Events

Wednesday, September 27 @10:15 amin Cone 208: Dr. Jacqueline Davis

Dr. Jackie Davis earned her PhD in Public Health (Community Health Promotion and Education) from Walden University in 2014. She received her B.S. in mathematics and computer science from UNC Pembroke and a Master of Public Health from the University of South Carolina. She worked for 16 years at the Jane Fonda Center at Emory University, where she held such roles as Health Education Specialist, Community Technology Manager, and Senior Research Project Coordinator. Her research focuses on adolescent health education and preventing teen dating violence.

Friday, September 29@2:15 pmin Cone 111: Dr. Samantha Jansen

Dr. Jansen earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology from Wichita State University. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Michigan Technical University. Her career as a Human Factors Engineer has focused on using her expertise to study and understand systems and then effect change within those systems; she has worked with such organizations as Northrup Grumman and the Software Usability Research Laboratory. Dr. Jansen is seeking to make a career change and use her skills in work more aligned with her personal and professional goals. Her research interests are in access to health care and chronic disease prevention through human factors engineering.

Webinars/Educational Opportunities

NIH-wide Microbiome Workshopnow available on videocasthere.

Conference Announcements

Call for Submission: Association for Psychological Scienceannual conventionin San Francisco CA is now accepting submissions for posters and symposium, with deadlines beginning inNovember of 2017.More information here.

Call for Submission: APA Technology, Mind & Societyconference call for papers, symposia and posters.Information here.

Call for Submission: APA Annual Convention in San Francisco onAugust 9-12, 2018. Some proposal deadlines begin onOctober 13, 2017.Visit their convention website call for proposals for more information.

The Graduate School is hosting a 3-minute thesis competitions.You are eligible to compete if have defended your dissertation/thesis proposal.Theregistration deadline isOctober 13th, 2017and the competition dates areNovember 3rd and November 10th, 2017. For more information, visit the 3MT page on the CGL's website:

2018 Rural Immersion Institute of the Northbrings healthcare students to Alaska for 3 weeks to learn about the practice of rural healthcare.Brochures and information are available on their website.

Society for Behavioral Medicine announcement/reminder:“The Women’s Health SIG will be providing 2 monetary awards for abstracts submitted. one student/trainee award and one award for professionals. All students and post-doctoral fellows who are the first author on a submitted abstract are eligible for the student/trainee award. All other professionals who are first authors on submitted abstracts are eligible for the second award. Upon submission of abstracts, applicants interested in being considered for an award should designate that the abstract is relevant to the Women's Health SIG. Abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Women's Health SIG for significance and innovation and relevance to the SBM conference theme. The prizes will be awarded during the Women's Health SIG Business Meeting. Please disseminate this information widely and encourage your students to apply for the student award. If you and your colleagues are submitting a proposal for a symposium or panel presentation that is relevant to women's health, please let me know so that we can designate it as a SIG-sponsored presentation.”

Funding opportunity

Short-Term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards for Mid-Career Investigators to Integrate Basic Behavioral and Social SciencesNIMHD is participating in a new Funding Opportunity Announcement(FOA) along with other NIH Institutes and Centers: Short-Term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards for Mid-Career Investigators to Integrate Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences (K18 Clinical Trial Required). This FOA encourages applications for short-term mentored career development awards that improve synergies among researchersin basic and applied behavioral-social sciences, human subjects and model animals settings; and biomedical and behavioral-social sciences.More information is here.

Job Postings

Post-Doctoral fellowship position at Michigan State University Consortium of Advanced Psychology Training program at McLaren Flint

We have one immediate opening, and are seeking to fill this position as soon as possible. The position is for two years and offers exceptional training in adult health psychology and medical education. Starting salary is $52, 289.90 with competitive benefits, including continuing education funds, health insurance, and conference days. Flier is attached.

Assistant Professor in social psychology/health at Carnegie Mellon University

The Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University anticipates making a cluster of tenure-track appointments at the Assistant Professor level over the coming years. We are interested in candidates with a strong grounding in psychological theory, cutting-edge methods,

cross-cutting research programs, and high-quality teaching. Our interest is less in specific research areas or methods than in excellence, innovation, and a strong connection to theory- driven research that will facilitate developing a dynamic, successful, and diverse cluster of next- generation scientists. For the present hiring cycle we are particularly seeking applicants in the following broad areas:

(1) Social Psychology and Health. We seek applicants with a background in social and/or health psychology. We are open to areas of specialization within these fields. Ideally, applicants will have strong statistical training and quantitative skills.

(2) Cognitive Psychology / Developmental Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience. We seek applicants addressing issues relevant to human cognition, its development, and its neurobiological basis. We are open to areas of specialization within these fields.

Across all areas of interest, we place high value on programmatic, theory-driven research that contributes to the substantive advancement of the field. Moreover, applicants who have areas of interest that connect areas in our department - cognitive, cognitive neuroscience, developmental, education, and social/health psychology - are especially encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will join a growing and highly interactive cross-departmental research community invested in human behavior and its psychological and biological bases, as embodied by CMU’s BrainHub, a campus-wide initiative to expand brain research across disciplines, and Simon Initiative, fostering a continuous cycle in which learning science informs educational practice. The Department of Psychology has particularly strong ties to computer science, machine learning, engineering, modern languages, human-computer interaction, philosophy, social and decision sciences, and the Tepper School of Business. Our community is complemented by many collaborations with the University of Pittsburgh, including partnership through the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, an interdisciplinary and collaborative research and training center jointly administered across institutions. Carnegie Mellon is a highly supportive environment for scientists seeking to span disciplines and employ multiple methodologies in their research. Facilities include a state-of-the-art MRI facility, EEG, NIRS, and MEG systems, and large-scale, high-performance computing clusters situated in a highly collaborative environment. Carnegie Mellon offers highly competitive salaries and start-up packages in an attractive and highly livable urban environment.

We especially encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Completed applications will begin to be reviewed immediately and will be considered on a rolling basis throughOctober 31, 2017. To apply to this position, please see:

Questions may be addressed

Psychosocial Research Interventionist and Trainer Opportunity

The Integrative Behavioral Medicine Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai invites applications for a licensed or license-eligible psychologist to serve as a research interventionist on federally-funded research grants with Dr. Guy H. Montgomery (PI) and Dr. Julie Schnur (Co-I).

The research interventionist will assist in the conduct of two primary projects. The first (NCCIH, R01AT008762) focuses on the use of hypnosis to reduce aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal pain and to improve aromatase-inhibitor adherence in breast cancer survivors. The interventionist’s responsibilities will include conducting all study intervention sessions (hypnosis, attention control) and completing all relevant documentation. Prior experience with hypnosis is preferred, but not required. We are happy to provide training in the study hypnosis intervention. Prior experience with related mind-body techniques (e.g., progressive muscle relaxation, imagery) is also strongly preferred.

The second (NCI, 5R25CA193098-02) is a research education program designed to train psychosocial cancer care providers in an evidence-based psychotherapeutic intervention developed by our group to manage fatigue in women undergoing breast cancer radiotherapy. Previously, in two randomized controlled trials, our group found that a brief, manualized intervention combining Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy and hypnosis (CBTH) reduced fatigue in patients during breast cancer radiotherapy and for up to six months afterwards. The goal of the proposed R25E is to implement a blended learning program (combining E- Learning with live workshops) to train psychosocial cancer care providers to skillfully, sensitively, and competently deliver CBTH to control breast cancer radiotherapy patients' cancer-related fatigue. The trainer’s responsibility on the project will include grading trainees’ written REBT assignments and recorded hypnosis sessions based on a rubric, conducting telephone role-play sessions with trainees, and facilitating the conduct of the three-day “live” CBTH workshops hosted at Mount Sinai. For additional information about the training program, go to:

Beyond these primary responsibilities, opportunities may exist for conducting psychotherapy sessions with breast cancer patients and survivors, assisting the investigators in manuscript and grant writing, presenting at academic meetings, and other essential duties as necessary.

For additional information regarding the Integrative Behavioral Medicine Program, go to:

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate in clinical psychology
• Licensed or license-eligible in clinical psychology
• Experience working in healthcare settings
• Excellent interpersonal skills with patients, providers, co-workers, and supervisors
• Familiarity with clinical trials
• Flexible schedule

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience working with cancer patients/survivors
• Experience conducting behavioral medicine and/or mind-body interventions in healthcare
• Knowledge of and experience with hypnosis interventions, particularly from a socio-cognitive perspective
• Knowledge of and experience with Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy
• Experience with NVivo
• Evidence of research involvement in psychology or behavioral medicine
• Ability to develop rapport quickly with patients
• Evidence of being mature, responsible, humble, patient-centered, motivated to learn and grow, detail-oriented, team-oriented, and creative, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

If interested, please submit the followingvia email asonePDF documentto Mr. James Force at.

• A letter describing of why you’re interested in the position, and a brief review of your qualifications and experience as they relate to the position
• Curriculum vitae
• Information for 3 professional references (their position, title, e-mail, phone number)

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt until the position is filled. Start date TBD in Fall 2017.

The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to the tenets of diversity and workforce that are strengthened by the inclusion of and respect for our differences. We offer our employees a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, a 403(b) retirement plan, and much more.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation.