PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Psychology in United States

Yifang WANG’s WHALES Lab in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University is opening multiple Ph.D. positions for Fall 2027. The lab’s research areas include data visualization , artificial intelligence , large language models (AI/LLM) , and data art . The opportunity is suitable for students interested in computer science research and related human-centered visualization topics. The group also welcomes research interns and visiting students and scholars year-round. The post doe...

A postdoctoral position is available in CoRe Safe AI , an artificial intelligence research area focused on safe and responsible AI. The opportunity is announced by Professor Vincent Conitzer, who is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University and leads the FOCAL Lab. The post does not provide details about the specific research project, funding package, eligibility criteria, application deadline, or required documents. Applicants interested in safe AI, artificial intelligence, or related research...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is recruiting Assistant, Associate, Principal, or Senior Staff Scientists for its Department of Neurosurgery Research Staff in the United States. The position supports clinical neurosurgery research by analyzing biological and physiological data, developing reproducible data-processing pipelines, maintaining laboratory computing systems and research infrastructure, and contributing to scientific manuscripts, grants, abstracts, and conference...

The University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry is seeking a full-time Associate Professor of Psychiatry with tenure in Pittsburgh, United States. The successful candidate will lead an independent, nationally recognized research program focused on psychiatric illness, mental health, the neurobiological substrates of complex human cognitive functions, and mechanisms underlying cognitive dysfunction. Responsibilities include developing innovative research initiatives, securing and maintainin...

Sandia National Laboratories is hiring AI researchers in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for staff and postdoctoral positions. The team, led by Chief Scientist for AI Sivasankaran Rajamanickam, works on national-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure, models, and agentic systems supporting national security. The postdoctoral opportunity is titled Postdoctoral Appointee, Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence . A separate onsite staff opening is available as Member/Senior R&D, Artificial Intel...

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Population Wellness Lab, led by Dr. Christy A. Denckla in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The lab studies how adversity affects human potential and well-being, with current emphasis on bereavement, trauma, social disruption, and mental and physical health across the lifespan. Funded by a five-year National Institute of Mental Healt...

Washington University in St. Louis is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Auditory Neuroscience to join the Kumar Lab in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Washington University Medical Campus in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The NIH-funded research program investigates how cortical cellular and circuit mechanisms contribute to hearing difficulties in noisy environments after noise-induced hearing loss. The lab studies how cortical circuits adapt to hearing loss and produce i...

Washington University School of Medicine is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in Radiology for the Multimodal Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Cao Lab in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The researcher will investigate the neural and computational mechanisms underlying visual perception and social cognition . Projects may involve advanced 3T and 7T fMRI, human intracranial electrophysiology, behavioral experimentation, computational modeling, and multimodal analysis ...

Colorado State University Health Network is offering a full-time, in-person Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) through its DAY (Drugs, Alcohol, and You) Programs in Fort Collins, Colorado. The fellowship prepares psychologists for university counseling-service work, with specialized training in assessment and treatment of students experiencing alcohol and other drug concerns. Fellows provide individual and group therapy, psychoeducational workshops, BASICS interv...