Apply now Job no: 500105
Work type: Part-Time
Location: University City - Philadelphia, PA
Categories: Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health

Job Summary

The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Dornsife School of Public Health is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scientist.

The research scientist will contribute to the Housing Environment and Ambient Temperature (HEAT) study. The HEAT study is a nationally representative longitudinal study of age 65 and older Americans, which aims to estimate the mortality impacts of chronic indoor heat exposure, identify person- and neighborhood- level factors that impact vulnerability to indoor heat, and quantify the number of excess deaths from heat that may be prevented through housing interventions, now, and under a range of greenhouse gas emission scenarios. Results will improve understanding of the long-term burden of mortality from heat, inform upper thresholds for safe residential indoor temperatures, and provide critical information to guide region-specific housing intervention strategies for heat adaptation.

Essential Functions

• Identify, download, and clean large environmental databases and measures
• Develop statistical code for time-varying survival analyses
• Develop and test code for executing probabilistic matches between complex survey databases
• Conduct descriptive analyses
• Contribute to or lead manuscript writing for peer-review publications

Required Qualifications

• PhD or Doctorate in Epidemiology of Environmental Health
• 0-2 years of Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Applicants should have a PhD in Epidemiology of Environmental Health and should have strong expertise in quantitative analysis.
• The position requires experience working with environmental measures and large databases.
• The successful candidate will also have expertise using SAS or R, and an interest in environmental health research.

Location

University City-Philadelphia, PA

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

Review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

Advertised: Dec 6 2022 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: Mar 30 2023 Eastern Daylight Time

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