Climate-Health Postdoc: Mortality Analytics for Policy

Zymtronix Catalytic Systems Inc; City of Ithaca (NY); On-site; USD 62,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornell University in Ithaca, NY seeks a postdoctoral associate for epidemiology and data science research on climate-related health impacts. Responsibilities include analyses, manuscript preparation, and grant support.

Based in Ithaca, NY, with mentoring from senior researchers and collaboration across institutions. Required PhD in a relevant field, strong publication record, and experience with R/Python, data visualization, and large datasets.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate should have a PhD in a relevant computational field.
• Demonstrated epidemiological methods experience with national mortality data.
• Publication record and ability to work independently.
• Experience with large datasets, ML, data visualization, and scripting.
• Strong scientific writing and communication skills.
• Experience managing research or academic projects.
• Ability to develop code collaboratively in R and Python.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiological and statistical analyses of large complex datasets
• Develop final publishable-quality tables and figures for manuscripts
• Write and document research code to clean, maintain, and analyze data
• Manage data-related aspects of research projects
• Lead and assist with development of research manuscripts
• Assist with grant applications
• The postdoctoral associate may mentor students and collaborate with institutions

Skills

Epidemiology methods

Statistical analysis

Machine learning

Data visualization

Research coding in R/Python

Scientific writing

Project management

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD in Epidemiology or related field

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Cornell University in Ithaca, NY seeks a postdoctoral associate for epidemiology and data science research on climate-related health impacts. Responsibilities include analyses, manuscript preparation, and grant support.

Based in Ithaca, NY, with mentoring from senior researchers and collaboration across institutions. Required PhD in a relevant field, strong publication record, and experience with R/Python, data visualization, and large datasets.