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Pre and Post Doctoral Training Program in Health of Older Minorities

Pre and Post-Doctoral Training Program in Health Services Research

The Sealy Center on Aging at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas has openings for both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral positions for the 2007/8 academic year. These positions are for research focusing on the health of older minorities, with an emphasis on older Hispanics. Fellows collaborate with any of more than 15 Center faculty who have over $42 million in research pertaining to minority health and aging in the areas of medical outcomes, health service utilization, social epidemiology, psychosocial stress, and health promotion. Aging-related research initiatives at UTMB include a Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, a Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, and the Hispanic Established Population for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Pre-doctoral fellows earn a Ph.D. degree in sociomedical sciences or health services research in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, or other doctoral programs at UTMB. These fellowships are funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging. The pre-doctoral stipend is approximately $20,000; post-doctoral stipends range from $36,000-$51,000. All fellows receive full health care benefits. Screening of applications will continue until positions are filled.

All fellows must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents.

UTMB Aging faculty

• James S. Goodwin, M.D. (Harvard, Medicine) Professor, Geriatric Medicine, Director, Sealy Center on Aging
• Kyriakos S. Markides, Ph.D. (Louisiana State, Sociology) Professor and Director, Sociomedical Sciences
• Ronald A. Carson, Ph.D. (Glasgow, Ethics) Professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities
• Thomas P. Erlinger, M.D., M.P.H. (University of Chicago, Medicine; Hopkins, Epidemiology) Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine. Director of Clinical Research Development
• Daniel H. Freeman, Ph.D. (North Carolina, Biostatistics) Director, Office of Biostatistics
• Jean L. Freeman, Ph.D. (Yale, Public Health/Epidemiology) Professor, Geriatrics and Health Services
• James J. Grady, Dr.P.H. (North Carolina, Biostatistics) Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Yong-Fang Kuo, Ph.D. (Ohio State, Biostatistics) Associate Professor and Senior Biostatistician, Geriatrics
• Glenn V. Ostir, Ph.D. (UTMB, Public Health/Epidemiology) Associate Professor, Geriatrics
• Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, Ph.D. (Missouri-Columbia, Special Education/Mental Retardation) Director, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
• M. Kristen Peek, Ph.D. (Duke, Sociology) Associate Professor, Sociomedical Sciences
• Billy U. Philips, Ph.D. (Oklahoma, Public Health) Professor and Director, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Mukaila Raji, M.D., M.S.C. (Ife, Nigeria, Medicine; Alberta, Pharmacology) Director, Memory Loss Clinic
• Elizabeth Reifsnider, M.S.N, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean, School of Nursing
• Elena Volpi, Ph.D., M.D. (Perugia, Italy, Applied Pathophysiology, Medicine and Surgery) Associate Professor, Geriatric Medicine
• Gayle D. Weaver, Ph.D. (SUNY/Stonybrook, Psychology) Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
• Susan C. Weller, Ph.D. (California-Irvine, Social Science) Professor, Sociomedical Sciences
• William J. Winslade, Ph.D., J.D. (Northwestern, Philosophy; Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Psychoanalysis; UCLA, Law) Professor of Philosophy of Medicine, Institute for Medical Humanities
• Rebeca Wong, Ph.D. (Michigan, Economics) Professor, Sociomedical Sciences and Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center on Aging and Health

Applicants should send a letter stating research interests, relevant prior training, and a curriculum vitae to:

Jean L. Freeman, PhD
Sealy Center on Aging
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas 77555-0460
Phone: (409) 772-6797
Fax: (409)772-8931
Email:jfreeman@utmb.edu

UTMB is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Institution that proudly values diversity.
Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply