Impacts of Climate Extreme Events on Health

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Description

This opportunity is closed to applicants who are Senior Fellows (5-years or more past PhD).

The NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the impacts of climate extreme events on human health. This research will utilize health data collected from hospitals across the United States, spanning a broad age range from newborns to adults. The study will also incorporate various NASA datasets, including reanalysis products, satellite observations, and subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasts.

• Identifying extreme weather events strongly associated with health risks.
• Examining the compound effects of different extreme events.
• Investigating spatial and seasonal variability in identified climate-health relationships.
• Exploring large-scale climatic drivers of these extreme events.
• Evaluating the prediction skills for these events.

Requirements

This opportunity requires a Ph.D. in climate science or a related field, citizenship: LPR or U.S. Citizen, and a Doctoral Degree.

Qualifications

• Strong data analysis skills, including experience working with large climate datasets.
• Programming experience, particularly in Python, and proficiency with Linux platforms.
• A proven record of publications, preferably on the climate-public health nexus.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques.

Skills

Strong data analysis skills, programming experience in Python, Linux proficiency, publications on climate-public health nexus, and experience with AI and ML techniques.

Benefits

NASA Postdoctoral Program offers unique research opportunities and competitive fellowships to advance NASA's missions in various scientific fields.

Pay

The salary range for this position is not specified.

Schedule

The fellowship duration is one to three years.

Contact Information

Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp@orau.org

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