University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA - 1 postdoctoral research position (chronic pain)

A research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently received an R01 to examine the development of chronic pain in African Americans experiencing motor vehicle collision. The study team is currently looking for a post-doc interested in developing an application to be funded via a 2 year NIH Diversity Supplement to assist with SEM analyses related to this grant. SEM analyses will be performed under the supervision of Kenneth Bollen, PhD, Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology.

Interested individuals should email April Soward, Research Program Manager, UNC Department of Anesthesiology, at asoward@aims.unc.edu. Eligible individuals for this NIH diversity supplement include individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national (USA) basis (see data at and the report Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering, 2007, p. 262), including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Hawaiian Natives, and natives of the US Pacific Islands. Candidates must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

-- Kenneth A. Bollen H.R. Immerwahr Distinguished Professor Department of Sociology CB 3210 Hamilton Hall University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599–3210 919.962.7501 (office) 919.962.7568 (fax) E-mail: bollen@unc.edu