Post-Doctoral Associate - Veterinary Population Medicine

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 56,008 - 68,455; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Paid holidays

Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans

HSA contributions

Employee wellbeing program

Job summary

The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities invites applications for a post-doctoral position with the Morrison Swine HealthMonitoring Project (MSHMP) team. The role focuses on infectious disease epidemiology, sequence comparison, virus evolution, study design, data management and analysis related to swine disease control.

The successful candidate will work with Dr. Cesar ACorzo and collaborators, contribute to data-driven research outputs, participate in meetings, and prepare presentations and

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in a relevant field with expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and molecular biology.
• Ability to design, analyze, and interpret infectious disease data for swine health.
• Experience with research collaboration and scientific communication.

Responsibilities

• 50% Research and Technical Support in Molecular Epidemiology: conduct analyses on data related to swine disease epidemiology.
• 10% Research Data Management: generate and organize research data for future projects.
• 10% Research Collaboration and Scientific Communication: assist in hypothesis testing, data analysis, and preparation of papers and grants.
• 10% Professional Development and Scientific Engagement: participate in meetings, seminars, and conferences.
• 10% Administrative and Project Coordination: organize meetings and coordinate projects.
• 10% Collaboration and Partnership Development: communicate with collaborators and travel as needed.

Skills

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Diagnostic test interpretation

Molecular biology understanding

Education

Ph.D.

Job description

The individual in this position will work mainly with Dr. Cesar ACorzo and the MSHMP team with the goal of contributing to continueto make MSHMP a large national and relevant project in the US swineindustry.

We plan to select and hire one post-doc to perform needed researchon infectious disease epidemiology on specific pathogens at thefarm level but also conduct research using data collected orgenerated in relation to activities of the Morrison Swine HealthMonitoring Project. This position will focus research efforts onsequence comparison, virus evolution, study design, data managementand analysis for different projects focused on swine diseasecontrol and prevention.

Job Responsibilities

No job description available

• 50%- Research and Technical Support in Molecular Epidemiology: Conduct research and provide technical assistance to the PI, students, and trainees on data analyses related to food animal disease molecular epidemiology.
• 10%- Research Data Management: Generate and organize research data for future projects.
• 10%- Research Collaboration and Scientific Communication: Collaborate with the PI in the generation and testing of research hypotheses and data analysis, writing of papers, grants, reports, and preparation of presentations and lectures.
• 10%- Professional Development and Scientific Engagement: Attend, participate, or present at laboratory meetings, seminars, graduate and undergraduate lectures, and conferences as needed.
• 10%- Administrative and Project Coordination: Perform miscellaneous office duties as assigned by the PI including, but not limited to, the organization and coordination of meetings and projects.
• 10%- Collaboration and Partnership Development: Build and maintain frequent communication with collaborating faculty members and non-UMN collaborators and if required travelingto domestic/international destinations to meet with collaborators and collect data.

Location and Work Environment

• This is an in-person position. 385 AnSc Vet Med, 1988 FitchAve, St Paul, MN

Work Schedule

• Regular schedule would be 830 to 430 on weekdays.
• Occasionally there may be a Saturday/Sunday in which the candidate may be presenting research output at a scientific conference or travelling to a farm to collect samples.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D
• Expert knowledge in the following areas:
  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Diagnostic test interpretation and molecular biologyunderstanding

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in the following areas would be preferred:
  • Swine health and production knowledge
  • Veterinarian

The Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM) department specializes in population and individual animal medicine focusing on large animals’ health and production, biomedical science, and ecosystemand public health. Our faculty members conduct animal and public-health-focused research to better diagnose, treat, and prevent animal disease, as well as diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans. Faculty provide clinical instruction in medicine, diseases, surgery, production medicine, public health and reproduction of domestic large-animal species and are home to faculty in clinics, epidemiology, veterinary public health, and pathology. Faculty members provide clinical services for animals, diagnostic services to animal owners, and continuing education and extension programs for veterinarians and animal owners.

Teaching

The Veterinary Population Medicine Department provides clinical instruction in medicine, surgery, production medicine, diagnostics and reproduction of domestic large-animal species and is home to faculty in epidemiology, veterinary public health, and pathology. The department provides residency training in large animal medicine, surgery, pathology, and veterinary public health and preventive veterinary medicine and works with students in the Veterinary Sciences, and Comparative and Molecular Biosciences graduate programs.

Research

Faculty members conduct animal and public-health-focused research to better diagnose, treat, eliminate and prevent animal disease, as well as diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans.

Service

Faculty members provide clinical services for animals in the Leatherdale Equine Center and Large Animal Hospital, as well as diagnostic services to animal owners through the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. They consult with producers and veterinarians in the community, provide continuing education and extension programs for veterinarians and animal owners, and play an active role in the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, John Fetrow Dairy Education Center, Equine Center, and the Swine Disease Eradication Center.

Pay Rate:

$62,232.00 annually

• Competitive wages, paid holidays, and generous time off
• Continuous learning opportunities through professional training
• Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• University HSA contributions
• Disability and life insurance
• Employee wellbeing program
• Financial counseling services
• Employee Assistance Program with eight sessions of counseling at no cost

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