Alzheimer’s Prevention Research Postdoc — Lead Manuscripts

Keck Medicine of USC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Epstein Family ATRI at USC seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to join the RER Section and advance Alzheimer’s disease prevention and clinical-trial research. You will work with trial-embedded and longitudinal datasets, exploring recruitment, biomarker, cognitive, and longitudinal outcomes, and develop questions leading to first-author manuscripts.

The appointment is 12 months, renewable up to 24 months, with potential for independent research trajectory while collaborating with RER faculty,

Qualifications

• PhD in epidemiology, public health, neuroscience, population health, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting complex longitudinal or trial-embedded datasets in collaboration with statistical teams.
• Strong scientific writing skills, including first-author manuscript drafting.
• Experience integrating biomarker, cognitive, clinical, behavioral, or population-level data into scientific interpretation.
• Ability to structure and advance manuscripts from analytic outputs to submission.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multi-investigator research environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and advance scientific questions using recruitment, screening, biomarker, cognitive, and longitudinal data from Alzheimer’s disease prevention trials and cohorts.
• Lead manuscript development from completed and maturing analyses, including first-author manuscripts and collaborative publications.
• Translate statistical outputs into rigorous scientific interpretation and narrative in collaboration with faculty and statistical teams.
• Integrate relevant literature to frame findings within Alzheimer’s disease prevention and clinical-trial research.
• Participate in multidisciplinary scientific discussions within established Section and statistical governance structures.
• Contribute to abstracts, scientific presentations, and peer-reviewed publications.

Skills

Strong scientific writing

Experience interpreting complex data

Collaborative work style

Education

PhD in epidemiology, public health, neuroscience, population health, or related field

Job description

Epstein Family ATRI at USC seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to join the RER Section and advance Alzheimer’s disease prevention and clinical-trial research. You will work with trial-embedded and longitudinal datasets, exploring recruitment, biomarker, cognitive, and longitudinal outcomes, and develop questions leading to first-author manuscripts.

The appointment is 12 months, renewable up to 24 months, with potential for independent research trajectory while collaborating with RER faculty,