Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Company: Columbia University
Location: New York
Posted on: April 15, 2025
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Job Description:
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Advanced Training in Environmental
Health and Data Science
Departments for Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia UniversityThe
Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology at
Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health are looking to appoint
multiple postdoctoral fellows to a newly founded NIH-funded program
for Advanced Training in Environmental Health and Data Science:
Molecules to Populations. These two-year appointments will start as
early as May 1, 2022. Applicants must propose a plan of research in
the broader fields of environmental health sciences and mechanisms
of disease, environmental epidemiology, or climate and health.
Interdisciplinary proposals incorporating features related to the
exposome, health and wellness across the lifecourse and/or data
science are particularly welcome. This is a broad announcement. We
expect to appoint multiple fellows pursuing topics that span
different components of the program.Fellows in the program will be
expected to obtain core competencies in environmental health,
epidemiology, and data science, to conduct independent research of
high impact, and to undertake further interdisciplinary training.
All fellows will be appointed in either the Department of
Environmental Health Sciences or the Department of Epidemiology and
will be affiliated with the Data Science Institute (DSI) of
Columbia University. Fellows will participate in seminars and
workshops offered through the program, the departments and DSI in
order to enhance their domain knowledge and advance their training.
Further, fellows will receive training in team science and grant
writing and will help coordinate interdisciplinary teams comprised
of pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in the program that
support the integration of data science methods in research.The
Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology at
the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health foster
innovative scholarship in toxicology, epigenetics, environmental
epidemiology, lifecourse epidemiology and the effects of climate
change on human health. Current faculty research spans topics
including cancer, neurodegeneration and aging, the exposome,
nutrition and food security, children's health, air pollution,
extreme weather events, molecular epidemiology and epigenetics,
endocrine disruptors and metals and health research. We welcome
applicants with interests in these areas or in other topics within
environmental health science, environmental epidemiology and
climate and health.
Minimum Degree Required: Doctoral degree in Environmental Health,
Epidemiology, or related field.
Minimum Qualifications: Fellows in the program will be expected to
obtain core competencies in environmental health, epidemiology, and
data science, to conduct independent research of high impact, and
to undertake further interdisciplinary training.Columbia University
is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / VeteranPay
Transparency DisclosureThe salary of the finalist selected for this
role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not
limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience,
education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring
range represents the University's good faith and reasonable
estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of
posting.Required
Keywords: Columbia University, Lower Merion , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Other , New York, Pennsylvania
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