Post-Doctoral Fellow, Data Science for Brain Aging

UNSW; Princeton (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

17% Superannuation contributions and 2

10 days cultural leave per year

Additional leave over Christmas period

Discounts and entitlements (retail,教育,

Job summary

The Post-Doctoral Fellow (Data) contributes to high-quality research within the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health at UNSW, with a focus on neuroepidemiology, dementia and cognitive ageing.

The role provides advanced statistical and analytical expertise to support epidemiological research across international research consortia, longitudinal studies, administrative datasets and collaborative research projects.

Qualifications

• A PhD in Biostatistics, Data Science, Psychology, or a related discipline, with demonstrated relevant work experience in epidemiology, medical and health research or a related field.
• An excellent academic track record with demonstrated and proven experience in the use of statistical packages such as R, STATA, SAS, SPSS in performing statistical procedures commonly used in the analysis of epidemiological or medical data such as imputation of missing data, data harmonisation, linear mixed modelling, structural equation modelling, or twin data analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills together with excellent writing skills with demonstrated experience in writing high-quality scientific papers and technical reports.
• Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced statistical analyses, data preparation, harmonisation and interpretation to support epidemiological research across international consortia and datasets.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers and international collaborators on complex projects.
• Contribute to research design, scholarly publications, conference presentations, grant applications and methodological development.
• Develop and refine statistical methodologies and research capabilities within CHeBA.
• Work both independently and as part of a team on multidisciplinary research projects.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data harmonisation

Academic writing

Collaboration

Education

PhD in Biostatistics, Data Science, Psychology, or related discipline

Tools

R

STATA

SAS

SPSS

Job description

The Post-Doctoral Fellow (Data) contributes to high-quality research within the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health at UNSW, with a focus on neuroepidemiology, dementia and cognitive ageing.

The role provides advanced statistical and analytical expertise to support epidemiological research across international research consortia, longitudinal studies, administrative datasets and collaborative research projects.