Postdoctoral Researcher

2 weeks ago

Northridge, California, United States CSUN -The University Corporation Full time
About the University Corporation

The University Corporation is a non-profit auxiliary organization that provides commercial and administrative services to California State University, Northridge. Our mission is to deliver services and solutions that address the needs of CSUN, support the academic, research, and creative endeavors of its students, faculty, and staff, and enhance the quality of campus life.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly qualified Postdoctoral Scholar to join our research team. The successful candidate will lead the research, development, and deployment of socio-technological solutions for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and underserved patients that identify unmet needs and maximize their trust and access to diabetes technology.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct literature reviews and identify methods to recruit people with diabetes from local community populations
  • Collaborate with the Medtronic team to discern solution strategies and validate them through consultations with subject matter experts and comprehensive participants' feedback
  • Engage in the ideation of potential solutions, execute a precise and detailed design and implementation of these concepts, and subject them to exhaustive testing
  • Lead and supervise a team consisting of graduate and undergraduate students from CSUN
  • Develop research thrusts that can be supported through grant funding and develop funding proposals
Qualifications

Ph.D. in Health Sciences, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Bioengineering, or other relevant field. PhD applicants from other disciplines may also be considered if they can document multidisciplinary backgrounds that include ethnography, data analysis, statistics, research involving human participants, and human factors involving medical issues.

Knowledge, Specialized Skills, and Abilities
  • Experience conducting fieldwork within underserved and under-resourced communities
  • Eagerness to learn and a willingness to accept feedback from peers and supervisors/mentors, and thrive in a collaborative environment
  • Strong written communication, especially as it relates to developing competitive grant proposals
  • Excellent verbal communication, particularly regarding presenting research findings and supervising undergraduates and graduates
  • Ability to work within highly interdisciplinary, technical settings (i.e., among experts within the biomedical engineering community)
  • A genuine desire to advance health equity
Benefits and Work Schedule

This position is employed through The University Corporation (TUC). The selected candidate is required to pass a thorough department background investigation and live scan. The hiring department will contact the best-qualified candidates and invite them to participate in the interview process.

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