Schizophrenia.com Contractor Opportunities and Other Jobs

Schizophrenia.com Contractor Opportunities

  1. Psychiatry or Neuroscience-focused Masters, MD and PHD Students Needed
  2. Freelance Writers
  3. Summer Intern

Medical Students / PHD Students Needed (Focused on Schizophrenia, working on Masters, MD or PHDs)
Schizophrenia.com is currently looking to contract with students (in Masters, MD or PHD or post-doc programs focused on psychiatry, neurobiology or schizophrenia/bipolar disorder) to act as part time writers and reporters for the web site.

You would focus on such things as journal article reviews, special reports on new developments in schizophrenia research, reports on conferences, poster presentations, etc.

If you have a passion for helping people who suffer from schizophrenia, have a strong academic experience base and academic track record (applicants should be in the top 10% of their class), and have good writing writing skills, please submit your resume with a writing sample via email.

Due to problems with Viruses - the resume and writing sample should be sent either in plain text format in the body of the email message (this is preferred), or as PDF file attachments (Adobe Acrobat files).

Send an email to: szwebmaster (at) yahoo.com, Put in "Freelance Writing" as the subject of the email.

Freelance Writers
Schizophrenia.com is currently looking for freelance writers to help us cover the latest developments in schizophrenia, to write success stories about people who have schizophrenia, and to do in-depth reporting on the progress in the science and biology of schizophrenia. Ideally freelancers will have experience writing for consumer science, mental illness or psychiatry publications.

If you have some experience in journalism and writing and are interested in doing some contract work for us, please submit your resume with a writing sample via email.

Due to problems with Viruses - the resume and writing sample should be sent either in plain text format in the body of the email message, or as PDF file attachments (Adobe Acrobat files).

Send an email to: szwebmaster (at) yahoo.com, Put in "Freelance Writing" as the subject of the email.

 

Summer Intern
Schizophrenia.com is currently looking for a university/college student (preferably focused on psychiatry or in sciences and interested in moving toward medical school to study psychiatry).

The applicant should have a good understanding of the challenges faced by individuals and families - either due to past work experience or to close contact with family members or friends who have schizophrenia.

Work Overview: Miscellaneous Web Site Work, Web Page Development, Writing and Editing, email response, etc.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of HTML experience - preferably with a professional web site development software package such as Macromedia Dreamweaver.
  • Strong English writing and editing skills
  • Strong Organizational Skills
  • Ability to work independently in a focused and efficient manner
  • Strong attention to detail (we need the web site as accurate and precise as possible)
  • Maturity, with Good interpersonal skills - the ability to converse with researchers and other partners.
  • Must have full-time (8-hours + per day) access to a good computer (300Mhz for faster Pentium with Windows 98 or newer) with good Internet access - ideally the computer would be located in your own work space (i.e. personal office, bedroom, etc.) for privacy and concentration.
  • Must have access to telephone for occasional co-ordination with other people, etc. during regular business hours.
  • Previous work experience of some type - two personal references that we can contact and interview.
  • The ideal candidate would have a strong science and English skills. Please highlight these strengths in your response - and provide evidence that demonstrates accomplishment in these areas.

Location: Person can be anywhere in the world
Duration: Approximately from May through September, 2005

Terms and Rates: This is a contractor position. Pay will be commensurate with experience, specify rates that you require. Telephone and basic internet access fees related to the work can be covered by schizophrenia.com if required.

If you have relevant work examples (papers written, web pages created by you, etc.) please include them (or links to them) in your application.

Please describe how you have gained your experience with schizophrenia.

Due to problems with Viruses - the resume and writing sample should be sent either in plain text format in the body of the email message, or as PDF file attachments (Adobe Acrobat files).

Email Resume and information to: szwebmaster (at) yahoo.com, Put in "Summer Intern " as the subject of the email.

 

 

 


 

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