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Requisition Details
GENERAL REQUISITION INFORMATION
| EEO Statement: | UNMC is an Affirmative Action Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, including an equal opportunity employer of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. |
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| Location | Omaha, NE |
| Requisition Number: | 2023-074 |
| Department | COPH Health Promotion 50005431 |
| Business Unit(College/Institute) | College of Public Health |
| FTE: | 1.0 |
| Reg-Temp | Full-Time Regular |
| Work Schedule | M-F, flexible |
| Requisition Category | Research - Academic |
| Requisition Title | Postdoctoral Research Associate – Rural Community Diabetes Care and Prevention |
| Job Title/Academic Rank | Postdoctoral Research Associate – Rural Community Diabetes Care and Prevention |
| Additional Requisition Title | Postdoctoral Research Associate – Rural Community Diabetes Care and Prevention |
| Appointment Type | A1 - REG OTHER ACAD SAL |
| Salary Range | Salary Commensurate with Experience |
| Job/EEO Category | Professional Non-Faculty (Includes Other Academic) |
| Job Requisition Begin Date | 02/24/2023 |
Position Qualification
| Position Summary | The Postdoctoral Research Associate will work in the research group at the College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and work with collaborators at the College of Medicine. This role will contribute to a privately funded, rural whole-of-community project to improve diabetes care, education, and prevention over the next two years. The project is focused on building the capacity of two rural community systems in Nebraska to integrate clinic-to-community evidence-based diabetes services, education and community-engaged physical activity, nutrition, and obesity prevention efforts. A multidisciplinary team is working in collaboration with rural healthcare systems, public health departments and other community-based organizations. This position will report to Dr. David Dzewaltowski, Professor, Community Chair for Activity, Nutrition, Obesity Prevention at UNMC/College of Public Health. This is a full-time position with possibility for remote work. The Dzewaltowski lab takes a team science approach to the work conducted. Duties of this position include preparation of scholarly products, including peer-reviewed publications, conference abstracts, and grant applications. Additional opportunities to contribute to creation and implementation of research study design, evaluation and data analyses. The postdoctoral research associate is expected to have strong scientific writing skills, data analysis skills, and a good early track record of submitted or published peer-reviewed articles. Preference will be given to individuals pursuing a scientific career who have a strong desire to lead independent projects and publish. This position allows for opportunities to develop and hone skills around community and health systems integration, and may include helping to facilitate community coalition work, data collection and analysis, data visualization, and report writing. |
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| Required Qualifications | Ph.D. completed in an appropriate scientific field contributing to interdisciplinary population health research (e.g., public health, bioinformatics, social sciences, physical activity, nutrition) |
| Supplemental Qualifications | · Experience identifying grant funding opportunities and preparing well-targeted grant applications. · Proficiency in community and/or health systems theory. · Experience with rural community populations including: children, youth, adults and families with diabetes. · Experience with physical activity, nutrition, obesity, and diabetes as outcome measures. · Experience with development, implementation, and management of community and/or clinic research protocols. · Broad population health research technical competence; for example, capacity to troubleshoot data collection, processing and analysis errors. · Experience in community engaged health promotion (e.g., CHNAs, CHIPs, MAPP) · Proficiency in comparative effectiveness-implementation study design and methods. · Proficiency in community case study design and methods. · Proficiency in applied statistics. · Experience writing, good communication skills, and ability to work as part of a team |
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