Postdoctoral Fellow - Violence Prevention & Health

VCU School of Public Health; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Public Health, invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the research program led by Dr. Nicholas Thomson.

The fellow will contribute to a portfolio of federally funded research on gun violence, suicide, and related behavioral health outcomes. This position offers intensive mentorship, opportunities to lead manuscripts, develop grant applications, and contribute to longitudinal and

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in psychology, public health, behavioral science, developmental science, neuroscience, criminology, or a closely related field by the start date.
• Demonstrated scientific writing expertise with peer-reviewed publications.
• Ability to lead or contribute to scientific manuscripts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to peer-reviewed manuscripts.
• Develop first-author publications from existing and new data.
• Contribute to grant applications and develop independent proposals.
• Conduct analyses using longitudinal and intervention datasets.

Skills

Quantitative methods

Manuscript leadership

Scientific writing

Education

PhD or equivalent

Tools

R

SPSS

SAS

Stata

Mplus

Job description

The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Public Health, invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the research program led by Dr. Nicholas Thomson.

The fellow will contribute to a portfolio of federally funded research on gun violence, suicide, and related behavioral health outcomes. This position offers intensive mentorship, opportunities to lead manuscripts, develop grant applications, and contribute to longitudinal and