Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH

Key Skills

Data Analysis, Data science techniques, Design, Environmental, Planning and organization, Writing

Job Description

Faculty: Our faculty have diverse interests including (but not limited to) exposure science, novel tooth biomarkers, exposomic untargeted assays, spatial statistics, Environmental Pediatrics, Oral Health, Respiratory health, Community Based Participatory Research, neurobehavior, Neuroimaging, and environmental statistics. Social determinants of health, health equity and environmental justice are areas of particular interest. EMR data mining and wearables is a new area, as we have strong ties to our Institutional Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) including a new Exposomics Core, the only one of its kind in the NIH CTSA program. 

Research: Our program hosts an NIEHS P30 Core Center, 2 NIH Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR) Lab Hubs and the HHEAR data center. We are home to two Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) grants, the World Trade Center Responders Cohort, a vibrant geospatial analysis program and strong ties to the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Rosalind Wright was also awarded the inaugural K12 program for Scholars in Environmental Pediatrics, Reproductive Health, and Life Course Science by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Several international cohorts are based at Mount Sinai, and our faculty collaborate with researchers across the U.S. and internationally on studies involving cancer, uterine fibroma, lung growth, autism, ALS, and in clinical trials. 

Participants: Our grant-writing program has led to 18 successful NIH K awards among program participants in the past 10 years, including 14 K99 awards, 2 K25s, and 2 K23s. Graduates of our program now work as faculty at U Chicago, U Illinois-Chicago, U Cincinnati, Hofstra, U Pittsburgh, Penn State, U Minnesota, Florida State, NYU, Yale, Columbia, and Mount Sinai, among other institutions. Others hold positions in government (e.g. CDC, NY Health Dept.), foundations (e.g. Health Effects Institute), and industry (e.g. Tempus Inc., Estee Lauder, Google). 

Responsibilities

Training: 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. 

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 in the Perinatal Environment and Development Studies (PEDS) which include longitudinal cohort studies based in Boston, MA and New York, NY led by Dr. Rosalind J. Wright, MD MPH. 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, study design skills, data collection, sophisticated environmental data analysis (e.g., complex mixtures, distributed lag modeling), and manuscript preparation. Other activities include attending and presenting your research at workshops, seminars, and conferences and developing grant writing skills with the goal of submitting a Career Development Award to support transition to independence. Support for attending data science workshops is provided. This position may include opportunities for field research as well as domestic and international travel. 

Qualifications

Salary: Salaries are based on the NIH stipend rate for each year of experience https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-22-132.html plus an additional $18,500 annual stipendfor a total annual salary of $73,000+. Work-related experience will be considered in determining salary level. 

Benefits: Standard benefits include health insurance (including dental and vision), paid time off, employee health and wellness resources, and postdoc housing (located within walking distance of the Mount Sinai Hospital in upper Manhattan). Fringe benefits include access to resources, activities, and events specifically designed to support our vibrant and growing community of postdoctoral fellows. Our labs and offices are located across the street from Central Park, with easy access to New York City’s world-class museums, restaurants, and more. Mount Sinai also offers discounted tickets to plays, sporting events, and local attractions.

Application process: Both International and U.S. based applications are accepted. Please send a curriculum vitae, including qualifications and a description of your research interests to lisa.cole@mssm.edu. 

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 this 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.

Non-Bargaining Unit, 822 - Environmental Medicine and Public Health - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine

Employer Description

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.