Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH

Key Skills

Airline Crew Management-ACM, Analytical Techniques, Biostatistics, Computational Photography, Probability

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

Position Title: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Health & Pediatric Exposomics

Location: New York, NY

Employment Type: Full Time, 2-3 years

We anticipate filling several postdoctoral fellowship positions, including positions supported by two recently funded NIH training grants (TL1 TR004421 and T32 HD049311). Start dates are flexible, ranging from an immediate start to Fall 2023.

Duties: You will work and train with a dedicated team of environmental epidemiologists, exposure scientists, biostatisticians, pediatricians, internists, chemists, and toxicologists to support ongoing investigations involving clinical studies, exposure science, studies using large administrative datasets (e.g. Medicare, state health data) and ongoing longitudinal cohort studies based at Mount Sinai. Opportunities to develop new studies involving exposomic approaches to environmental factors (chemical, physical, nutritional and social) in children, adolescents and adults (including aging) are available. Primary duties may include building programming skills, laboratory skills, study design skills, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. Other activities include attending and presenting your research at workshops, seminars, and conferences and learning grant writing skills. Support for attending data science workshops is provided. This position may include opportunities for domestic and international travel.

Training and research opportunities are available in epidemiology, data science, biostatistics, environmental health, exposure science, and/or child/adult health research. Individuals should be highly motivated to studying environmental health, including learning new methodologies in Climate and Health, exposure science, complex mixtures data analysis, and exposomics, as applied to studies of human health and development. Lab-based research fellowships in exposomics, exposure biomarkers and epigenetics are also available.

Requirements:

Minimum qualifications:

• PhD in epidemiology, biostatistics, or related fields
• Good analytical and computational skills
• Ability to work on concurrent projects
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to meet deadlines
• Strong work ethic

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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EOE including Veterans and Disabled

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $58,661.00 - $60,788.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.