Post-Doctoral Trainee

Overview

Be a Tar Heel! A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities and is among the top ten research universities in the nation for federal research expenditures as well as for federally funded social and behavioral sciences research and development.

Here at Carolina, our highly skilled postdocs play a vital role in our research enterprise and towards our overall commitment to research excellence. Across many disciplines, postdocs contribute to the intellectual vitality of the University. They provide innovative ideas and perspectives, foster a stimulating research environment and advance knowledge within their fields. Postdocs are crucial members of our scientific research workforce, contributors to our research outputs and an important reason why Carolina is one of the leading public research institutions in the country.

UNC-Chapel Hill offers postdocs comprehensive medical and vision coverage, paid leave, and benefits and services that support professional development and a healthy work/life balance. Chapel Hill regularly ranks as one of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, a reputation guided by the diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce. We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources, and foster collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research in basic, translational, mechanistic and population health research.

The Program on Integrative Medicine (PIM) within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is seeking qualified candidates for a Postdoctoral fellowship. The goal of this T32 training program is to cultivate diverse, well-trained, independent researchers at the postdoctoral level for leadership in investigating efficacy, effectiveness, mechanisms of action, and implementation strategies for clinical integration of effective complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies into healthcare practice.

Research trainees will have the opportunity to:

• receive rigorous training that emphasizes the development and implementation of clinical trials, including feasibility testing, mechanism evaluations, advanced quantitative and qualitative methods, systematic reviews/meta-analysis, and implementation science methods
• receive a firm grounding in CIH concepts and research issues
• participate in the ongoing research of strong mentors
• develop and conduct significant studies that will provide a foundation for future funded research
• participate in the development of innovative research tools and measures to better examine CIH approaches to care

This is a full-time hybrid position for one year with an option for renewal contingent upon performance and funding availability. Candidates will need to reside in commuting distance of UNC and come to campus at least 2 days a week.

Required fellowship activities include the following:

• Participation in a primary research project with Drs. Gaylord, Giscombe, Faurot, and potentially another approved UNC faculty mentor. Details of mentors are available on the UNC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program on Integrative Medicine
• Dr. Gaylord studies…