Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Description
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Fellow for the Department of Health, Behavior, Society and Policy, located in Piscataway, NJ. We seek exceptional candidates to collaborate on research projects related to the social determinants of health among health disparity populations, including men who have sex with men, people who use drugs, and Latino immigrants.
For this position, the candidate will work under the direct supervision of Dr. Cui Yang on the observational and intervention studies of population health.
For this position, the candidate will work under the direct supervision of Dr. Cui Yang on the observational and intervention studies of population health.
The postdoc will lead data management and analysis of large, complex, and longitudinal datasets, as well as the application of quasi-experimental and causal inference methods. The postdoc will also be encouraged to develop their own independent research program. There will be opportunities for authorship on publications, presentations at local and national conferences, teaching, and collaboration on grant proposal development. The position has an expected start date of Spring/Summer 2024; however, the start date is flexible. Initial-term of appointment is two years.
Position Status
Full Time
Hours Per Week
37.50
Daily Work Shift
Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA
Exempt
Grade
99S
Position Salary
$61,805
Annual Minimum Salary
0.000
Annual Mid Range Salary
0.000
Annual Maximum Salary
0.000
Standard Hours
37.50
Union Description
AAUP
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment
Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility
ABP
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Doctorate or terminal degree (e.g., PhD, ScD) in a quantitative field relevant to population health, including but not limited to Public Health, Epidemiology, Sociology, Psychology, Demography, Biostatistics, Statistics.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of, and interest in, literature on the social determinants of health and health disparity.
- Excellent data management and quantitative analysis skills, such as longitudinal and multilevel data analysis, structural equation modeling, social network analysis, and GIS.
- Experience with quasi-experimental and causal inference methods.
- Advanced proficiency in Stata (preferred) or R, and ability to work with large complex data sets.
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