PostDoctoral Fellow – Public Health Focus

About the role

The Postdoctoral Fellow will support work performed via a National Institute for Health P50 funded research award titled, “Community Team Lifestyle Immersion Program for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control”. This position affords the candidate experience in conducting health behavior modification intervention and translational research under PI mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with our MDHA community partners and assist clinicians to identify, recruit and consent eligible patients for the research study
• Schedule study visits at various time intervals
• Instrument the study survey in hard copy or REDCap
• Urinalysis and blood specimen collection, processing and storage
• Education and practical demonstration of blood pressure self-management, nutrition, and physical fitness to participants
• Absorb and assist investigators in completing follow-up of participants at 1-month, 3-months, and 6-months post intervention
• Complete research data entry into the study database, manage the database, and analyze research data
• Prepare monthly reports and present same at the TLIP monthly seminar
• Develop and submit a scientific poster and a pilot grant proposal or an NIH Career Development Grant proposal

Qualifications

• Must have the ability to express self clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, and to establish and maintain effective rapport and effective working relations with participants and research team members
• Must have the ability to operate personal computer, other office equipment, and a variety of audio-visual equipment, and proficiency using Microsoft Work, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft, PowerPoint, etc.
• Should have proficiency in biosample collection and handling, including phlebotomy
• Must be familiar with entering and managing research study data via SPSS database or electronic database such as REDCap, with willingness to learn same within 2 weeks
• Must have basic physical fitness and nutrition recommendation knowledge, and the ability to demonstrate physical fitness and healthy plate activities
• Express readiness to learn research skills required to successfully develop a scientific poster and a pilot project for the purpose of submitting a career development grant

Required Education And Experience

• Doctoral Degree in Public Health related specialty, Nutrition, Health Education, Health administration and Planning, social work, behavioral science from an accredited college or university with at least one-year related work experience required