Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Areas
- Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, including LATE and other neurodegenerative disorders
- Cognitive aging and cognitive decline
- Neuroepidemiology and risk prediction
- Longitudinal cohort studies and clinical trial datasets
- Neuroimaging, biomarkers, cognition, and multimodal data integration
- Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive modeling
- Digital health, remote assessment, and clinical research informatics
- Development and validation of tools to support diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical trial enrichment
Responsibilities
- Analyze large-scale clinical, cognitive, imaging, biomarker, and longitudinal datasets
- Develop, validate, and interpret statistical and machine learning models
- Lead and contribute to peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and conference presentations
- Participate in grant writing and the development of new research proposals
- Collaborate with investigators across neurology, epidemiology, biostatistics, data science, cognitive neuroscience, and related fields
- Contribute to study design, data harmonization, reproducible workflows, data collection and research dissemination
- Mentor students and junior researchers, as appropriate
Qualifications
- Recent or anticipated PhD, MD/PhD, DrPH, ScD, or equivalent doctoral degree in a relevant field
- Strong quantitative skills and proficiency in programming and biostatistics
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including evidence of scholarly productivity through publications, presentations, or related research outputs
- Experience with longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, mixed-effects models, or causal inference
- Experience with machine learning, predictive modeling, or AI methods
- Familiarity with Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, cognitive aging, or neurodegenerative disease research
- Experience working with cohort studies, clinical trials, electronic health records, neuroimaging, biomarkers, or cognitive data
- Interest in clinical and translational neuroscience, digital health, neuroinformatics, or dementia-focused research
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative, multidisciplinary team
Location
This is an in-person position based at the University of California, Irvine campus in Irvine, California.
Salary
The salary range for this position is $69,073–$82,836, based on the UC Postdoctoral Scholar salary scale and commensurate with experience. Off-scale salaries may be offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
Application Requirements
- Document requirements: Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Reference requirements: 3 required (contact information only)
- Apply link: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10162
About UC Irvine
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.
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