The Sexual, Reproductive, and Mental Health Disparities Program

 

 

 


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  • Cape Town, South Africa

Program Mission

The Sexual, Reproductive, and Mental (SRM) Health Disparities Program in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University focuses on the intersection of sexual, reproductive, and mental health in minoritized and marginalized populations, both domestically and internationally. We aim to (1) identify  psychological barriers to optimal sexual and reproductive health and (2) develop psychosocial interventions that mitigate the influence of these barriers among populations at risk for poor sexual and reproductive health. We seek to continue and grow our collaborations with international and local research teams to ultimately implement these interventions on a large scale.  

Learn more about preferred qualifications

 

      Our Research                                               Our Research Team
           Learn about our research.                         Learn about our research team.

 

Check out our most recent publication:

HIV, multimorbidity, and health-related quality of life in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based study Linked Article

 

Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow

The BUMC-MGH Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Training Program is seeking a postdoctoral fellow who will receive up to three years of dedicated mentorship from Drs. Conall O’Cleirigh, Christina Psaros, and Amelia Stanton, who currently have several projects in sub-Saharan Africa that are focused on developing and testing psychosocial interventions to support engagement and retention in HIV, TB, and cervical cancer cascades of care. The fellow will also develop an independent research project under the guidance and supervision of these US-based mentors, and in collaboration with other primary mentors who are based in sub-Saharan Africa. The postdoctoral fellow will have access to resources across the institutions that are affiliated with the program and with their mentors, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston University Medical Center, and Boston University. The start date for this position is July 1, 2024.

Required Qualifications:

  • The candidate must be a citizen or noncitizen national of the United States, or they must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment.
  • The candidate must have completed their psychiatry residency, possess a PhD in psychology, possess a PhD from an accredited School of Public Health, or possess a PhD in the health sciences to be eligible to apply for this fellowship.
  • The candidate must have emerging evidence of research scholarship and a strong interest in conducting intervention development work in sub-Saharan Africa.

To apply:

  • Email the following materials to Dr. Conall O’Cleirigh (cocleirigh@mgh.harvard.edu) and Dr. Amelia Stanton (stantona@bu.edu), copying Brianna Estrada (bestrada@mgh.harvard.edu), with the subject line “Applicant for T32 fellowship in global psychiatry”: your current CV (including all publications) and a statement of research interest (maximum of 3 pages).

 

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