[ecrea] Call for Applications: Postdoc at the Center on Media and Child Health at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

The Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) is seeking candidates for a 
one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, a 
teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School with an active post-doctoral 
association.

CMCH is an academic research center whose mission is to educate and 
empower children and those who care for them to create and consume media 
in ways that optimize children’s health and development. CMCH focuses on 
media as a powerful environmental health influence and seeks to 
understand the positive and negative health impacts media can have and 
find ways of making media the most positive possible influence in 
children’s lives.

The focus of the funded postdoctoral position is to study the impact of 
digital and traditional play on the development of children. CMCH is 
currently completing a 2-year, 4-wave study in the United States and 
Mexico to examine the associations between different types of play and 
digital media use on children’s cognitive and social-emotional 
development and executive functioning. The selected fellow will be an 
essential part of the CMCH research team and will be expected to 
participate in quantitative and qualitative data analysis as well as 
data management and processing. The fellow will also lead and/or 
co-author the writing of scientific manuscripts.  Publications will 
include those prescribed by the existing study protocols, as well as 
those conceived by the post-doctoral fellow. Time will also be held for 
the fellow to contribute to other CMCH research projects involving teens 
and young adults, assist with grant writing, and pursue independent work 
under the mentorship of the Center’s Director and lead research faculty 
member. A CMCH Librarian and Research Assistant will help support the 
work of the fellow, with occasional additional support from student 
interns. The fellow also may consult with hospital biostatisticians and 
methodological experts.

The successful candidate will be oriented to the Division of Adolescent 
Medicine (where CMCH is based) along with an interdisciplinary group of 
fellows. The division provides new fellows optional training in 
teaching, qualitative and quantitative research methods, writing, and 
other topics. The fellow also may participate in additional workshops, 
courses, and training throughout Boston Children’s Hospital and the 
larger Harvard community. The successful candidate will also have access 
to multiple full-time staff members dedicated to assisting with career 
development, and access to multiple post-doc-led organizations. Courses 
or additional training at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health may 
also be made available.

The fellowship can begin at the earliest convenience of the successful 
candidate, preferably on or before August 1, 2018 but no later than 
September 1, 2018.

Compensation includes salary commensurate with the Division of 
Adolescent Medicine and NIH guidelines for post-doctoral fellows 
(https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-003.html) 
and a generous benefits package.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

•Ph.D. in developmental psychology, communication, human development, 
public health, or related field (awarded or anticipated)

•Strong data analyses skills with a preference for experience using 
developmental data and proficiency in SAS, STATA or SPSS (at least some 
experience with the latter)

•Experience with qualitative coding software such as Nvivo is a plus

•Excellent written and oral communication skills

•Strong publication track record or evidence of the ability to develop one

•Ability to perform as a team member and good interpersonal skills

•Ability to work independently and effectively

•Working knowledge of citation management software (i.e. EndNote)


Position responsibilities can include the following:

•Formulating original research from an existing dataset

•Conducting cross-sectional and longitudinal data analyses

•Writing scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals

•Presenting research findings at local, national, and international 
meetings (modest conference travel budget provided)

•Working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team

•Participating in divisional and hospital level fellowship activities, 
including attending workshops and meetings


Applications are due by * May 1, 2018 *. Please include all of the 
following documents in your application:

•CV

•A cover letter describing research interests and how they are in line 
with the mission of CMCH and the specific goals of the fellowship

•One representative publication

•Names and contact information for at least three references


To apply please email the above materials to:


(cmch /at/ childrens.harvard.edu) <mailto:(cmch /at/ childrens.harvard.edu)>

Please put “postdoc application” in the subject line.


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