Postdoctoral Fellow

The fellow will be based in the NBPS and will focus on projects which are of mutual scientific interest and collaboration between the NBPS, NIMH and other groups within NIH and outside organizations. The NBPS provides wraparound services in the development and implementation of developmental psychological assessment batteries for deep behavioral phenotyping, and validates, improves, and creates methods for phenotyping of individuals with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions, including those with severe to profound intellectual disability. The fellow will work closely with the NBPS clinicians regarding clinical work, and the statistician on the analysis of data from studies of rare conditions associated with ID and/or ASD. The NBPS has many collaborative projects spanning a variety of patient populations, study designs (natural history, clinical trials, etc.), and modalities (behavioral phenotyping, genetics, neuroimaging, EEG, etc.), and the fellow will engage with and leverage this work to produce and disseminate phenotypic and psychometric knowledge to benefit the field.

The ideal candidate will have clinical research experience in neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly with administering standardized diagnostic, cognitive, and neuropsychological measures. Duties and responsibilities include participation in all aspects of the research enterprise, including protocol design and implementation, data collection, entry and analysis, and manuscript preparation. The position involves conducting diagnostic and research protocol measures with study participants. Candidates must have completed a doctoral degree in psychology or a related field with training in neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., communication disorders, behavior analysis). Candidates must have knowledge about and experience with neurodevelopmental disability and developmental assessment. Demonstrated experience, but not necessarily expertise, in the areas of quantitative research and analytic methods will also be viewed favorably.

Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, with no discrimination for non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, age, or membership or non-membership in an employee organization. The NIH encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.