RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORAL GENETICS
Center for Developmental and Health Genetics
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinated by the Center for Developmental and Health Genetics, the
research training program funded by the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development aims to train students and post-doctoral
researchers at the intersection of development and genetics. Ongoing
genetic research focuses on biobehavioral development throughout the
lifespan, using both human designs and animal models and both
quantitative genetic and molecular genetic approaches. The program
integrates disparate research perspectives and strategies needed
to investigate the complexities of biobehavioral development:
quantitative and molecular genetics, human and animal research,
behavior and biology, change and continuity, dimensions and
disorders, and environment and genetics.
Programs for postdoctoral fellows are individually designed to
complement their specialty training in order to prepare them for
effective independent and collaborative study in developmental
behavioral genetics. Facilities and resources include several
large-scale longitudinal twin and adoption studies; resources for
quantitative genetic model-fitting analyses and excellent
computational resources and facilities; laboratories for molecular
genetics, pharmacology, and neurophysiology; and production and
testing facilities for strains of mice and Drosophila of special
pertinence for research in developmental behavioral genetics.
Participating faculty members on the training program represent
a broad interdisciplinary group from the Center for Developmental
and Health Genetics, Center for Special Populations and Health,
Departments of Biobehavioral Health, Human Development and Family
Studies, Poultry Science, Pediatrics, and the Intercollege Graduate
Program in Genetics at Pennsylvania State University; Institute
of Psychiatry in London; and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Faculty include Gerald McClearn, Robert Plomin, Guy Barbato,
David Blizard, Michael Chorney, Judith Dunn, Craig Edelbrock,
Byron Jones, Toni Miles, George Vogler, and Keith Whitfield.
One postdoctoral appointment is available immediately. Within
the next two weeks, send a statement describing research training
and relevant research interests, curriculum vitae, and two letters
of reference to Gerald E. McClearn, Center for Developmental and
Health Genetics, 101 Amy Gardner House, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA 16802. For additional information,
you can also contact George Vogler at gpv@zygote.csph.psu.edu.
The Pennsylvania State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.