Post-Doc Research Associate
1 week ago
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability.
We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine.
We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding.
Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care:
We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education:
We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education.
We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research:
We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
Full-time post-doctoral position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The position is part of UNC's new NIH/FDA-funded Center for Tobacco Regulatory Science and Health Equity. We are looking for candidates interested in developing expertise in tobacco control policy research.
The broad theme of the UNC Center is building the science for effective FDA regulation of and communication about tobacco products disproportionately used by priority populations.
The specific project the postdoc will work on uses systems science methods including causal loop diagramming to integrate evidence and expert insights about factors that impact the effectiveness of a flavored cigar ban and simulation modeling to estimate the public health impact of such a ban in a variety of plausible post-ban scenarios among priority populations and the overall US population.
This mixed-methods project includes use of nationally representative surveys, literature reviews, causal loop diagramming, an expert elicitation process, and simulation modeling.
The postdoc will also develop their own research questions regarding tobacco regulatory science and will receive multidisciplinary training and mentorship from senior researchers.
Along with other tobacco control trainees at UNC, postdocs will be able to participate in a journal club, a speaker series, and various webinars.
Initial appointment is for one year with additional one-year appointments for up to a total of 3 years.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Doctoral degree in social or behavioral sciences, statistics, industrial and systems engineering, computer science or related fields (e.g., health behavior, health services research, health policy, psychology).
Doctoral degree in social or behavioral sciences, statistics, industrial and systems engineering, computer science or related fields (e.g., health behavior, health services research, health policy, psychology).
Excellent written and verbal communication. Experience with writing and publishing scientific research papers. Experience with qualitative methods or quantitative research methods, including statistical analyses and stakeholder engagement. Experience with systems science methods such as simulation modeling is preferred.
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