Postdoctoral Fellow
About The Position
The Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane University’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for an NIH R01-funded program investigating the effects of prenatal exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The fellow will join a multidisciplinary team led at Tulane by Dr. Md Mostafijur Rahman, with support from investigators at USC and Kaiser Permanente Southern California. The project integrates environmental exposure assessment, epidemiologic methods, geospatial analysis, and electronic health records to assess climate-related exposures and early-life neurodevelopment in a large pregnancy cohort. This position offers an opportunity for an early-career scientist interested in environmental epidemiology, climate and health, neurodevelopment, and advanced quantitative methods. The fellow may also mentor graduate and undergraduate students, gain teaching experience, contribute to future NIH grant applications, and receive career development and mentorship through an experienced team and the NIH-supported Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Program. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter describing research interests and career goals, one representative publication, and contact information for at least three professional references. Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Mostafijur Rahman at [email protected].
Requirements
- PhD in Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, Geography, Data Science, or a closely related field.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Experience with statistical programming using R or Python.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in environmental epidemiology.
- Experience related to health and extreme weather.
- Experience with air pollution or wildfire smoke health effects.
- Experience in neurodevelopmental epidemiology.
- Experience in spatial epidemiology.
- Experience with machine learning or advanced statistical methods.
Responsibilities
- Conduct epidemiologic analyses using large pregnancy cohort and electronic health datasets.
- Select and apply advanced statistical methods for environmental health research.
- Analyze prenatal exposure to extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and related environmental hazards.
- Lead first-author and collaborative manuscripts for publication in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.
- Present research findings at national and international scientific meetings.
- Potentially mentor graduate and undergraduate students and obtain teaching experience.
- Contribute to the development of future NIH grant applications.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
