The posting
Job Description
The Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (CSWSPHTM) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join an NIH R01-funded research program investigating the effects of prenatal exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke on autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The successful candidate will work with a team, including Dr. Md Mostafijur Rahman at Tulane, with support from Drs. Rob McConnell (at USC) and Anny Xiang (Kaiser Permanente Southern California) and other investigators on a multidisciplinary project integrating environmental exposure assessment, epidemiologic methods, geospatial analysis, and high quality electronic health record to assess the role of climate-related exposures in early-life neurodevelopment in a large pregnancy cohort.
This position provides an exceptional opportunity for an early-career scientist interested in environmental epidemiology, climate and health, neurodevelopment, and advanced quantitative methods.
Required Applicant Materials:
Interested candidates should submit the following materials:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover letter describing research interests and career goals
- One representative publication
- Contact information for at least three professional references
For further inquiries about this position, please email Dr. Mostafijur Rahman, at [email protected]
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
- Conduct epidemiologic analyses using large pregnancy cohort and electronic health datasets.
- Select and apply advanced statistical methods for environmental health research.
- Conduct analyses of prenatal exposure to extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and related environmental hazards.
- Lead first-author and collaborative manuscripts for publication in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.
- Present research findings at national and international scientific meetings.
- Opportunities exist to mentor graduate and undergraduate students and to obtain teaching experience.
- Contribute to the development of future NIH grant applications.
- Have opportunities for career development and mentorship from an experienced team and the NIH-supported Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Program
Qualifications
Required
- PhD in Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, Geography, Data Science, or a closely related field.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Experience with statistical programming using R or Python.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred
Additional helpful skills that are not a requirement include experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Environmental epidemiology
- Health and extreme weather
- Air pollution or wildfire smoke health effects
- Neurodevelopmental epidemiology
- Spatial epidemiology
- Machine learning or advanced statistical methods
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