I am posting this to several lists for maximum coverage. My apologies if you receive more than one copy. The Division of Developmental Pediatrics is accepting applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in quantitative methods with emphasis or interest in psychometric issues. The successful candidate will work with a diverse team of psychologists, physicians, and other health care professionals on a wide variety of behavioral science projects related mainly to development in children. One such project is the creation of a Center to study psychometric issues in the assessment of children particularly for longitudinal research. Methodological areas of focus are psychometric models of growth, particularly Rasch models, longitudinal data analysis, mixed models, and structural equation modeling. Requirements include a Doctoral degree in quantitative methods, psychometrics, or statistics and experience with SAS. The successful candidate will collaborate with investigators on existing projects and may develop an independent research program in a related area. Salary for the position will be $39,500 with excellent fringe benefits. Accepting applications immediately with position to begin no later than September 1. Send vita and three letters of reference to: Dr. Susan Landry Department of Pediatrics University of Texas Houston Health Science Center 7000 Fannin, Suite 2401 Houston, Texas 77030 Or e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul R. Swank, Ph.D. Professor Developmental Pediatrics UT Houston Health Science Center ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================