Job Details

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist

Position Number: 6858942
Location: New York, NY
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist

Fordham University

About Fordham
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Department: Psychology RH

Campus/Location:

Position Summary
Reporting to multiple Principal Investigators, the Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist works on work on the 3E Study, investigating how economic stressors and educational protective factors affect cardiometabolic and oral health outcomes among emerging adult college students. Responsibilities include data analysis (including cardiometabolic, self-report, and smartphone data). The candidate will assist in preparing manuscripts and conference presentations, oversee and mentor undergraduate/graduate research assistants, and complete other tasks as necessary.

The position is renewable, contingent on funding.

Essential Functions
Analyzes data.

Prepares publications and conference presentations.

Applies for additional funding.

Mentors graduate and undergraduate research assistants.

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Required Qualifications:
Ph.D. or other relevant graduate degree plus equivalent years of experience in Psychology, Public Health, Sociology, Education, or relevant quantitative social science.

Minimum of one year of experience analyzing quantitative data from at least one large, longitudinal cohort dataset.

Experience conducting quantitative data management and data analyses using statistical software

Experience working in a collaborative, hybrid research laboratory environment.

Experience with advanced statistics, including multi-level models, latent profile analysis, and/or causal mediation.

Experience with academic writing and submitting manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals.

Excellent at communicating quantitative research findings in writing and in presentations (e.g., written, verbal).

Strengths in organization, time management, and attention to detail.

Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications
Expertise in conducting quantitative data analysis in Stata and/or R.

Experience with survey data, anthropometric data, daily diary data, and/or accelerometer/other wearable data.

Experience writing successful Institutional Review Board applications and protocols.

Experience writing manuscripts for academic journals.

Special Instructions
Please submit the following: CV One-page cover letter explaining your qualifications and specificinterests in the 3E Study Writing sample demonstrating how you led and reported on quantitativeanalyses (e.g., peer-reviewed manuscript, dissertation chapter). Ifthere are multiple authors (e.g., on a peer-reviewed manuscript),describe your role

To apply, please visit: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/10461

Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.

Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories