Postdoctoral Fellow — Environmental Epidemiology & Multi-Omics

Mount Sinai; New York (NY); On-site; USD 73,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai seeks a postdoctoral research fellow focused on environmental epidemiology, multi-omics integration, and bioinformatics. The role joins a multidisciplinary team examining how environmental exposures influence head and neck diseases, combining large epidemiological data with genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics.

Ideal candidates have strong background in environmental epidemiology, bioinformatics, computational biology, or

Qualifications

• PhD in epidemiology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, or related field.
• Strong statistical and computational skills with R and/or Python.
• Experience analyzing high-dimensional epidemiological or multi-omics data.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong scientific writing and peer-reviewed manuscript preparation.
• Ability to lead and manage research projects.
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Collaborative work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct large-scale statistical and bioinformatics analyses of datasets.
• Investigate associations between environmental exposures and diseases using advanced methods.
• Integrate environmental, epidemiological, and multi-omics data.
• Develop new analytical methods for high-dimensional data.
• Lead manuscript preparation for peer-reviewed journals.
• Present findings at national and international conferences.
• Collaborate with researchers across disciplines.
• Contribute to grant applications and proposals.
• Maintain reproducible analytical workflows.

Skills

Statistical analysis

R

Python

Bioinformatics

Biostatistics

Manuscript writing

Independent researcher

Team collaboration

Project management

Education

PhD in epidemiology

PhD in bioinformatics

PhD in biostatistics

Tools

Bioinformatics pipelines

Omics data analysis tools

Computational tools

Job description

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai seeks a postdoctoral research fellow focused on environmental epidemiology, multi-omics integration, and bioinformatics. The role joins a multidisciplinary team examining how environmental exposures influence head and neck diseases, combining large epidemiological data with genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics.

Ideal candidates have strong background in environmental epidemiology, bioinformatics, computational biology, or