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Job Duties:

• Coordinate efforts of the three project’s gambling treatment teams. Responsibilities include ensuring client/patient contacts are tracked, databases are complete, and staff are aware of what clients and tasks they need to complete. Target outcomes will define by leadership team and managed by this staff member
• Coordinate efforts of the two gambling research teams. Responsibilities include tracking research projects from development to manuscript preparation, keeping records of research activities including databases, and managing all related correspondences.
• Monitor and manage all interactions with project’s website and marketing firm, including all analytics from website traffic.
• Supervise outreach efforts and client tracking efforts by Gambling Addiction Recovery Specialists. This responsibility includes weekly meetings, documentation of efforts, and updates to grant leadership team.
• Develop and maintain all calendars, schedule meetings, tracking and procedural documentation, and data portals.
• Attend all leadership planning and update meetings and produce communication to both the leadership team and the clinical and research teams as appropriate
• Other duties as assigned by grant leadership team.

This is a grant-funded position scheduled to end no later than June 30, 2026. This appointment is contingent upon the continued availability of grant funds and may be terminated at any time without cause or prior written notice. There is no expectation of continued employment beyond the expiration date of the grant. This appointment is made subject to the laws of the State of Tennessee and the policies and requirements of the University of Memphis.

Job Duties:

Participate in the development of the State plan for substance abuse; participates in the coordination and evaluation of all State and federally funded program and activities in the State relating to substance abuse; conducts program and operational studies and activities to assist grant-aided and contracted agencies in developing substance abuse programs; monitors such agencies to insure activities and use of funds conform to project intent and requirements; and performs other duties as required.

Please be advised that the hiring process for this position is part of the Department of Health’s Hiring Innovation for Rapid Employment (HIRE) Pilot Project. The Pilot Project will defer the traditional screening of applications for minimum qualifications until after a selection has been made. Therefore, the referral of an application to the hiring manager and the opportunity to interview for the position do not indicate that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications for the position, nor do they guarantee employment. If selected for the role, a comprehensive review of the application packet will occur to ensure that the minimum qualifications are met. If the selectee is deemed qualified, a conditional offer will be issued.

Applications are invited for the role of Research Associate/Fellow in the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, to join the group of Dr Peter Aldiss whose research focusses on the hormonal and genetic regulation of obesity, addiction and the gut-liver-brain axis. You will be working within the GI and Liver theme of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and the Biodiscovery Institute (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/research-areas/biodiscovery-institute/biodiscovery-institute.aspx), with access to a range of state-of-the-art facilities.

You will have the exciting opportunity to deliver a human volunteer pilot-study in healthy participants involving intake of sugar and alcohol, neuroimaging, collection of biological samples and subsequent analysis using molecular biology techniques.  You will be able to plan and conduct your own work independently, whilst also being able to build relationships and collaborate with others. A PhD (or near to completion) in human metabolic physiology, nutrition, imaging, or relevant area is essential. 

The post is offered on a full time (36.25 hours per week), fixed term contract until 31 December 2025.

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role. 

The internship positions are located in the Secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board (SINCB), Division for Treaty Affairs (DTA), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna (Austria). The INCB is the independent, quasi-judicial control and treat monitoring body for the implementation of international drug control treaties. In accordance with its functions and mandate, the INCB closely monitors international trade in controlled substances to ensure sufficient quantities of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals are available for medical, scientific and industrial use, and that there is no diversion from licit sources to illicit traffic. For more information on INCB, please visit the following website: www.incb.org. The internships are UNPAID and full-time. Interns work five days per week (40 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned. The internship will be in person at the duty station, local conditions permitting, with the option of flexible working arrangements.

The intern shall undertake the following duties which may include, but are not limited to:

• Collect and analyze information on approaches and developments in drug control, including legislation, policy approaches, demand and supply reduction measures, and trends in drug abuse, illicit cultivation, manufacture and trafficking;
• Assist in the evaluation of Government compliance with the three international drug control conventions (1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances);
• Provide support to the Secretary of the Board, the Chiefs of Section and professional staff of the Secretariat in the substantive servicing of the INCB sessions, including assisting in the preparation of session documentation by undertaking specific research activities, and other duties as required;
• Contribute to the preparation of documents, background information, newsletters, presentations, public information material, background notes and speeches, including informal translation of documents as required;
• Assist in the analysis of responses to various INCB questionnaires;
• Assist the Secretary of the Board, Chiefs of Section and professional staff of the Secretariat in the implementation of INCB decisions;
• Assist the Chiefs of Section in the analysis of data submitted by competent national authorities as required by the conventions;
• Attend and take notes at various meetings as required;
• Perform other tasks as required.

The ARTS Adult Outpatient Program (AOP) within Addiction Research and Treatment Services (ARTS) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is seeking a full-time University Staff (non-classified) Peer Recovery Specialist. The ARTS Adult Outpatient Program within the School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry has clinic locations in Denver, Aurora, and Arvada. These clinics provide drug and alcohol assessment and psychosocial and pharmacological treatment for adults. Programs in various clinic locations include traditional outpatient, intensive outpatient, and may contain specialty services for clients referred by the criminal justice system, county departments of human services, services for pregnant women, individuals who are HIV-positive, and gender responsive services.

The Peer Recovery Specialist provides peer support and recovery services to people living with HIV who have problems with substance abuse at the ARTS Parkside Clinic and Specialized Outpatient Services (SOS) Clinic; both located in Denver. This position provides activities to engage, educate, and offer support to HIV-positive patients, their family, and caregivers, as well as connect patients to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up sessions.

The Peer Recovery Specialist is also responsible for conducting outreach activities with organizations, patients, staff, community partners, subcontracted agencies, and/or other entities as appropriate. This position will also travel to various sites and perform other duties as assigned or required.

Standard working hours for this position are Monday through Friday, 6:00am to 2:30pm, or 8:30am to 5:00pm. This position may be required to work some Saturdays and/or Sundays (for events/clinic coverage) depending on the needs of the clinic.

This position is a full-time position partially supported by Ryan White Care Act grant funds, whose funding levels will be reviewed on a periodic basis. Accordingly, the position’s status may be affected over time by any applicable variations in the grant and/or funding amounts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision, provide services as a Peer educator and support specialist to implement interventions to improve outcomes for HIV-positive patients participating in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and traditional outpatient treatment.
• Conduct structured, individual and group interventions that focus on health education, care coordination, as well as identifying and reducing barriers to care for patients.
• Conduct outreach activities in the community to engage HIV-positive patients in substance use treatment.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct community outreach events such as Denver Pridefest and the Colorado AIDS Walk.
• Conduct case management for patients, and provide referrals of necessary, appropriate resources to patients as needed.
• Implement standardized intervention, track patients for engagement, and connect patients to HIV treatment and care.
• Collaborate with supervisor and staff and coordinate efforts to ensure successful delivery of services.
• Attend and participate in trainings, team/staff meetings, supervision, and other events as needed.
• Identify any problems, challenges, or obstacles in coordination of services, identify potential solutions, and resolve such problems, challenges, or obstacles in a timely manner, and ensure all duties and responsibilities are performed for effective and appropriate benefit of patients.

Applications are invited for a fixed-term position in the Department of Psychology at Durham University. The successful candidate will join the research project 'Let's drink on it? The overlooked neuromotivational impact of positive affect on alcohol use and addiction' led by Dr Niklas Ihssen and Professor Milica Vasiljevic, which is funded by the Hetzler Foundation. The project aims to gather quantitative data about how momentary emotional states influence the decision to drink alcohol. The project will involve a large-scale experimental study conducted in the Department’s ‘Bar Lab’ in which participants will be presented with a series of game-like tasks and offered the opportunity to consume alcohol. The successful candidate will work on all phases of the study, including study set-up and design, recruitment, data collection, data analysis and writing up the results for publication. The RA will also contribute to a potential pilot study testing a small sample of participants with an adapted version of the paradigm in an MRI scanner.

Responsibilities:

• To prepare study materials/study protocols and assist with experiment programming, and ethics applications.
• To manage recruitment of research participants and the day-to-day running of the study (e.g. lab bookings, contact with participants, data management).
• To test groups or individual research participants in the Department's 'Bar Lab'.
• To support the development and piloting of a fMRI version of the research study.
• To contribute to Open Science practices (e.g. submitting the study design for pre-registration).
• To draft manuscripts for publication based on the research.
• To understand and convey information which needs careful explanation to diverse audiences (members of lab teams: research groups), discussions and meetings which contribute to the production of research reports and publications.
• To write up results of research work, present information on research progress and outcomes to the project supervisors in a clear and accurate manner.
• To undertake and analyse basic research by deciding how best to apply existing methodology according to overall context and objectives.
• To deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines by discussing with the project supervisors and offering creative or innovative solutions. 
• To liaise with research colleagues and make internal and external contacts to develop knowledge and understanding to form relationships for future research collaboration.
• To contribute to the planning of research projects.
• To contribute to fostering a collegial and respectful working environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect.
• To engage in wider citizenship to support the department and wider discipline.
• To engage in continuing professional development by attending relevant training and development courses.   

This post is fixed term for 28 hours (0.8 FTE) for 12 months. The funding is available from 01/10/25 for this fixed period only.

The post-holder is employed to work on a research project which will be led by Dr Ihssen and Professor Vasiljevic. Whilst this means that the post-holder will not be carrying out independent research in their own right, the expectation is that they will contribute to the advancement of the project, through the development of their own research ideas/adaptation and development of research protocols.

Successful applicants will, ideally, be in post by 1st October 2025. 

At University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in University of Hull workplace.

These include people from global majority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles.

Research Intern – Gambling

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We are seeking a Research Intern to join the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research (CAMHR) team based at the University of Hull and as such we would welcome applications from candidates who live locally to the area, or within a practicable travelling distance. 

The successful candidate will have a BSc, BA or Masters degree in relevant discipline and experience in conducting literature searches and reviews. In this role they will support researchers in addiction and gambling from the University of Hull, King’s College London and Leeds & York NHS trust with the development and delivery of a systematic review exploring cue exposure therapy for gambling. They will be part of the team making decisions on the inclusion of texts as well as extracting, tabulating and synthesizing data. At the end of the internship, the expected outcome will be a draft systematic review paper on which the intern will be a named author.

The ideal candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, in addition to experience of research involving addiction and conducting research within a health or social care setting.

The post is for a period of 15 weeks, working 2 days (14.6 hours) per week and the successful candidate will report to Dr Philippa Case, Senior Research Fellow.    

We value diversity and we are committed to recruiting and supporting staff and students from all sectors of society. The University of Hull holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award. We are committed to developing staff and actively encourage and support staff to take development opportunities.

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Philippa Case (Senior Research Fellow) at p [dot] c [dot] case [at] hull [dot] ac [dot] uk for further information.

At University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in University of Hull workplace.

These include people from global majority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles.

Research Intern – alcohol-related cognitive impairment (ARCI)  

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We are seeking a Research Intern to join the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research (CAMHR) team based at the University of Hull and as such we would welcome applications from candidates who live locally to the area, or within a practicable travelling distance. 

The successful candidate will have a BSc, BA or Masters degree in relevant discipline and experience in conducting literature searches and reviews. They will be a pivotal member of a systematic review team looking at the evidence base for interventions for alcohol-related cognitive impairment and will contribute to the final draft of the protocol and assist with registering it, support the development of a screening guide, and contribute to searching and screening papers. They will be part of the team making decisions on the inclusion of texts as well as extracting, tabulating and synthesizing data. At the end of the internship, the expected outcome will be a draft systematic review paper on which the intern will be a named author.

The ideal candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, in addition to experience of research involving alcohol disorders and conducting research within a health or social care setting.

Please note: The post is for a period of 15 weeks, working 2 days (14.6 hours) per week and the successful candidate will report to Dr Philippa Case, Senior Research Fellow.    

We value diversity and we are committed to recruiting and supporting staff and students from all sectors of society. The University of Hull holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award. We are committed to developing staff and actively encourage and support staff to take development opportunities.

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Philippa Case (Senior Research Fellow) at p [dot] c [dot] case [at] hull [dot] ac [dot] uk for further information.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine invites applications for an open-rank faculty position in the Department of Neurobiology. We are seeking candidates with experience in the area of substance use disorders and addictions, motivated behavior, or the consequences of drug experience on brain function. The Department of Neurobiology (link) is an established and well-funded department with over a quarter century of fundamental neuroscience discoveries. Faculty are housed in custom-designed laboratories and offices in the Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building and nearby Civitan International Research Center. The department has strengths in the molecular mechanisms of neuronal function, synaptic communication and plasticity, and animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders, with technical approaches spanning molecular, genetic, cellular, systems, and behavioral levels of analysis. The Department of Neurobiology provides competitive start-up packages, modern laboratory space, excellent core facilities, a collaborative research environment, and world-class training programs. UAB is strongly committed to neuroscience research, and the department is expanding rapidly under new leadership.

Driven by an intensely collaborative and entrepreneurial character, UAB is one of the leading economic engines in Alabama, with a nearly $4 billion budget and a statewide economic impact exceeding $12.1 billion annually. UAB is Alabama’s largest employer with nearly 28,000 employees, and ranks in the top 10 among public universities for NIH funding, with total research expenditures exceeding $715 million in 2022. With nearly 1,700 faculty, 1,200 medical and graduate students, and 12,000 undergraduate students, UAB pursues the frontiers of education, research, and health care and strives to be one of the most dynamic and productive universities of the 21st century. Birmingham is a cosmopolitan city at the heart of a metropolitan area with a population of 1.1 million people. It is a rich cultural center and progressive community with low cost of living, moderate weather, and ample outdoor activities.

Successful applicants will join one of the strongest neuroscience environments in the country. The UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center (CNC) has more than 450 neuroscience research faculty, clinicians, staff, students & trainees representing 32 UAB departments across 9 UAB schools. The CNC serves as a focal point for basic and applied neuroscience research at UAB. In addition, UAB is home to several other neuroscience-related centers, including the Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention (CAPPI), Civitan International Research Center (CIRC), Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET), an NIH-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, and Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute. UAB is one of 42 institutions with an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award, which supports translational research and promotes junior investigators.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D in a related field and a strong record of research accomplishments. Faculty members are expected to establish or continue active independent research programs and to participate in education of professional, graduate, and undergraduate students. To ensure priority consideration, applications should be submitted by September 15, 2025, but applications will be considered until positions are filled. Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of references, and brief summary of current and proposed research activities as a single PDF file.