Volunteer Grant Writer for the University of Washington Stress and Coping Project

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We are looking for an experienced volunteer grant writer with a passion for public health, physiology and behavioral/social sciences. We research the effects and correlates of stress (acute and chronic) on physiology, health and aging. We are applying to community grant programs to fund small-scale research studies.

Thanks for your interest, but please do not respond unless you have most of the skills mentioned below:

• A background in public health, psychophysiology, or psychometrics
• Grant writing experience
• Ability to help craft clear and concise funding proposals
• Writing and research skills
• Ability to work independently and in teams

• Contribute to research that has an impact
• Receive letters of recommendation from leaders in the field
• Potentially obtain authorship on publications

Our research is at the interface between stress, psychosocial distress, risky behaviors, physiology, cognition and disease/illness. We have examined many types of stressors. These include work (Medical School, Air Traffic Controllers, Counselors), Family (Caregiving, Interpersonal Violence), Health (Cancer, Coronary Disease, Hypertension, Gum Disease, Psychiatric Disorders), and Finances.

We have developed models that help explain and predict physiological, physical, psychological and cognitive outcomes. We have examined physiological measures (inflammation, metabolic, cardiovascular and immune function) in addition to personality, cognition, and risky behaviors.

We have developed psychological measures that have been translated into several languages to examine the stressors noted above. These measures have been used in clinical trials, primary care, research projects and have been featured on national television.

Visit our website to learn more. https://sites.uw.edu/pvital

• Psychosocial and physiological factors related to cognitive decline
• Synergystic effects of chronic stress and illness, with emphasis on psychological and physiological outcomes that exacerbate chronic illness.
• Risk of dementia in persons who are widowed
• Links between psychosocial and physiological predictors of Gum Disease

• Predicting health and cognitive outcomes in spousal caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s Disease
• Examining the physiological links between anger and diabetes
• Applying psychoepidemiologic models to the study of disaster
• Examining anger and dyscontrol problems in violent men.
• Examining coping in Air Traffic Controllers.