Postdoctoral Training Program Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics

Applications are invited from scholars with doctoral degrees inhand (MDs, PhDs or equivalent), or who will receive such degrees bythe summer of the year in which they apply to the fellowship.

Doctorates may be in any relevant field, including but not limitedto the life sciences, philosophy, political science, psychology,sociology, economics or anthropology. Prior experience in bioethics is not required. In addition, applicants must beU.S. citizens or permanent residents.

• Personal statement (up to 1500 words). In your statement, please be sure to tell us about:
  • the research question(s) you hope to pursue as a postdoc
  • your ultimate academic or career goals and why/how this fellowship at Penn will help you advance these goals
  • which specific Penn faculty might be ideal mentors for you and why
  • how you anticipate that the community at Penn will help shape your perspective as you advance in your work and how yourexperiences and perspective will help shape the university,department, and fellowship communities.
• CV
• Writing Sample (published or unpublished for which you were thelead or solo author. Maximum 6 journal pages or 15 manuscriptpages)
• 2 letters of recommendation. For clinicians in training: a 3rdletter of recommendation from your program director which includesa statement that at least 75% of your time will be protected foryour ELSI fellowship activities.

For additional information, please contact:

Emily Walters
Administrative Coordinator
ethxfellnn.edu

Note:

Fellows participating in this program incur a payback requirement. After completing the first year of the program, fellows must spend a year pursuing health-related research, teaching or service in order to fulfill this requirement.

Completion of the second year of the program is adequate to fulfill the payback requirement.

University policy states that any individual's cumulative post-docexperience should not exceed five years total; therefore,individuals who will have completed more than 2 years as a post-docprior to their anticipated start date in this program are not eligible.

This is an in-person fellowship; remote/virtual applicants arenot eligible.

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin(including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.