Postdoctoral Trainee

Careerwebsite; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

The Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position under the NICHD-funded T32 training program. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary training across social and biological/health sciences, with mentorship from a home discipline and an interdisciplinary co-preceptor team.

The initial term is one year, starting around January 2027, with potential renewal contingent on funding.

Job description

The Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position with the NICHD-funded T32 training program, ‘From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research’. This program aims to promote and support interdisciplinary training of PhD students and postdoctoral scholars from both the social sciences and biological/health sciences.

The goal of this program is to train scientists to move across disciplinary boundaries and employ creative and integrative approaches to understanding the complex factors that influence health and health disparities across the life course. Trainees will have the opportunity to receive interdisciplinary mentorship and training in a wide array of methods and content areas, ranging from social inequalities to biological processes. Trainees will identify a co-preceptor team comprised of a mentor from their home discipline and another representing their new interdisciplinary interest area from among the current training faculty.

The initial term of appointment is one year, with a preferred start date in January 2027 (negotiable). Reappointment for a second year is possible with continued funding.

Postdoctoral scholars must have received their PhD or earned doctoral degree before the start date of the traineeship. This position requires successful applicants to be US Citizens/Permanent residents at the time of appointment. Experience and interest in biosocial research on human health and wellbeing is preferred.