Postdoctoral Associate

Duke CareersDurham, NC
Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Surgery is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate with strong clinical research, project management, and data science skills to support a growing portfolio of trauma, critical care, nutrition, ethics, and clinical informatics research. This position will coordinate complex, multi-component studies that include prospective patient enrollment, longitudinal follow-up, biospecimen and clinical data collection, EHR-based cohort development, physiologic data integration, machine learning analysis, and manuscript and grant development.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g. Sc.D., M.D., D.V.M.) in a science related field

Nice To Haves

  • strong clinical research, project management, and data science skills

Responsibilities

  • Support multiple federally funded and institutionally supported projects focused on improving outcomes after trauma and critical care, including studies that use electronic health record data, physiologic measurements, nutrition exposure data, patient-reported outcomes, and omics-based measures.
  • Day-to-day project management, coordination with clinical research staff and collaborators.
  • IRB and regulatory coordination, patient screening and enrollment, REDCap and database management, and data cleaning and analysis.
  • Support for machine learning model development.
  • Preparation of abstracts and manuscripts, and assistance with grant progress reports and future submissions.

Benefits

  • health insurance plans
  • generous paid time off
  • retirement programs with employer contributions
  • tuition assistance for employees and their children

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Entry Level

Education Level

Ph.D. or professional degree

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