Postdoctoral Fellow

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (CSWSPHTM) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join an NIH R01-funded research program investigating the effects of prenatal exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke on autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The successful candidate will work with a team, including Dr. Md Mostafijur Rahman at Tulane, with support from Drs. Rob McConnell (at USC) and Anny Xiang (Kaiser Permanente Southern California) and other investigators on a multidisciplinary project integrating environmental exposure assessment, epidemiologic methods, geospatial analysis, and high quality electronic health record to assess the role of climate-related exposures in early-life neurodevelopment in a large pregnancy cohort.

This position provides an exceptional opportunity for an early-career scientist interested in environmental epidemiology, climate and health, neurodevelopment, and advanced quantitative methods. 

Required Applicant Materials:

Interested candidates should submit the following materials:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover letter describing research interests and career goals
• One representative publication
• Contact information for at least three professional references

For further inquiries about this position, please email Dr. Mostafijur Rahman, at [email protected]

The successful candidate will:

• Conduct epidemiologic analyses using large pregnancy cohort and electronic health datasets. 
• Select and apply advanced statistical methods for environmental health research. 
• Conduct analyses of prenatal exposure to extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and related environmental hazards. 
• Lead first-author and collaborative manuscripts for publication in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. 
• Present research findings at national and international scientific meetings. 
• Opportunities exist to mentor graduate and undergraduate students and to obtain teaching experience. 
• Contribute to the development of future NIH grant applications. 
• Have opportunities for career development and mentorship from an experienced team and the NIH-supported Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Program

Required

• PhD in Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, Geography, Data Science, or a closely related field. 
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills. 
• Experience with statistical programming using R or Python. 
• Good written and verbal communication skills. 

Preferred

Additional helpful skills that are not a requirement include experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Environmental epidemiology 
• Health and extreme weather
• Air pollution or wildfire smoke health effects
• Neurodevelopmental epidemiology 
• Spatial epidemiology
• Machine learning or advanced statistical methods