Postdoctoral Associate, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
About The Position
The Department of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate Research Fellow to conduct NIH-funded epidemiologic research on the effects of environmental chemical exposures on reproductive health. The Postdoc will work with data from the Study of Environment, Lifestyle, and Fibroids (SELF), a prospective cohort study of Black women designed to investigate environmental, lifestyle, and reproductive factors associated with gynecologic and reproductive outcomes. They will lead and collaborate on analyses evaluating associations between environmental chemical exposures, including exposure to mixtures of chemicals, and reproductive outcomes, with a particular emphasis on fertility outcomes. This position provides an opportunity to develop expertise at the intersection of reproductive epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, and advanced statistical methods. The Postdoc will be expected to work independently and take intellectual leadership in statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, and dissemination of findings, while collaborating with investigators across epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, and reproductive health. A particular focus of the fellowship will be the application of mixtures modeling approaches to characterize the reproductive effects of correlated and co-occurring environmental chemical exposures.
Requirements
- PhD in Epidemiology or related field
- Experience with epidemiologic research
- Experience with advanced statistical methods
- Ability to communicate quantitative findings to different audiences
- Methodological rigor
- Intellectual initiative
Nice To Haves
- Experience with mixtures modeling approaches
- Experience with prospective cohort data
- Experience with reproductive health research
- Experience with environmental epidemiology
Responsibilities
- Design and conduct epidemiologic analyses using data from the Study of Environment, Lifestyle, and Fibroids (SELF) cohort.
- Evaluate associations between environmental chemical exposures and reproductive outcomes.
- Apply and extend advanced statistical methods for evaluating the health effects of chemical mixtures and correlated environmental exposures.
- Develop analytic approaches that address exposure correlation, nonlinearity, interactions, and potential confounding in environmental epidemiologic studies.
- Lead the preparation and submission of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.
- Present research findings at national and international scientific conferences.
- Contribute to the development of grant applications focused on environmental and reproductive health.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary investigators in epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, and reproductive health.
- Contribute to data management, quality control, analytic planning, and interpretation of findings.
- Mentor and support students in epidemiologic methods, statistical programming, and scientific writing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
