Research Scientist, Environmental Health, School of Public Health

Boston University•Boston, MA

50d•$90,000 - $110,000

About The Position

The Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) Center for Climate and Health (CCH) invites applications for a Research Scientist to support interdisciplinary research on the health impacts of extreme weather, with embedded roles in major NIH-funded initiatives including the CAFE Research Coordinating Center (CAFE RCC) and the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC). CCH advances research, training, and translation to reduce climate-related health risks with a focus on actionable science for vulnerable populations. The successful candidate will contribute to research spanning extreme weather, air pollution, built environment, and exposome science, while helping to build shared data infrastructure and collaborative science communities.

Requirements

Advanced geospatial, environmental, and spatiotemporal analytic methods (e.g., GIS, remote sensing, causal inference, statistical modeling)
Management and harmonization of large-scale datasets across climate, environmental, and population health domains
Studies of climate-related exposures and health outcomes, including extreme heat, air pollution, and climate hazards
Contribution to manuscripts, grant proposals, and reports for NIH and other sponsors
Mentoring trainees and supporting team science across BUSPH and partner institutions
Development of the CAFE community of practice, convening researchers, agencies, and partners across disciplines with a focus on data, metadata and ontologies, and data pipelines.
Contribution to data sharing and reproducible science infrastructure, including the CAFE Dataverse and GitHub resources
Engagement in training, workshops, and capacity-building initiatives (e.g., methods training, pilot projects, collaborative networks)
Facilitation of integration and harmonization of environmental and health datasets to accelerate climate-health research
Development and application of exposome frameworks spanning environmental, social, and policy-related exposures
Harmonization, linkage, and dissemination of exposure data and measures across cohorts and studies
Generation of science-ready tools, guidance, and best practices for exposome research
Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to advance research on life-course environmental exposures and health outcomes

Responsibilities

Apply advanced geospatial, environmental, and spatiotemporal analytic methods (e.g., GIS, remote sensing, causal inference, statistical modeling)
Manage and harmonize large-scale datasets across climate, environmental, and population health domains
Lead and contribute to studies of climate-related exposures and health outcomes, including extreme heat, air pollution, and climate hazards
Contribute to manuscripts, grant proposals, and reports for NIH and other sponsors
Mentor trainees and support team science across BUSPH and partner institutions
Support development of the CAFE community of practice, convening researchers, agencies, and partners across disciplines with a focus on data, metadata and ontologies, and data pipelines.
Contribute to data sharing and reproducible science infrastructure, including the CAFE Dataverse and GitHub resources
Engage in training, workshops, and capacity-building initiatives (e.g., methods training, pilot projects, collaborative networks)
Facilitate integration and harmonization of environmental and health datasets to accelerate climate-health research
Contribute to development and application of exposome frameworks spanning environmental, social, and policy-related exposures
Support harmonization, linkage, and dissemination of exposure data and measures across cohorts and studies
Participate in generating science-ready tools, guidance, and best practices for exposome research
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to advance research on life-course environmental exposures and health outcomes