[Jobs] Postdoc at UCSF

[Leora Lawton]

*UCSF Institute for Health and Aging
<https://www.researchgate.net/institution/University_of_California_San_Francisco/department/Institute_for_Health_and_Aging>Postdoctoral
Fellowship*

*Lifestyle Interventions to prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Type-2
Diabetes*



For a complete job description and requirements, please visit:

https://www.researchgate.net/job/872581_Postdoctoral_Fellowship-Lifestyle_
Interventions_to_prevent_Cardiovascular_Disease_and_Type-2_Diabetes



*Job description*

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Institute for Health &
Aging is recruiting a motivated and talented full-time postdoctoral fellow
to join an interdisciplinary team to analyze large data sets from lifestyle
intervention studies and National Databases (i.e. National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey) and develop behavioral algorithms to design
personalized lifestyle interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease and
type-2 diabetes.

The types of information to be analyzed include time series data from
wearable sensors (i.e. accelerometer), physical activity and weight loss
mobile apps, questionnaires, laboratory and physical exam data, process
evaluation and interview data. As part of an interdisciplinary team, this
postdoctoral fellow will closely work with the PI (Dr.Yoshimi Fukuoka),
statisticians, co-investigators at UC Berkeley and Stanford University,
research staff, and graduate students. The candidate is expected to attend
weekly team meetings and disseminate findings through oral presentations
and written original manuscripts from project data.  In addition,
opportunities to develop research proposals under direct mentorship from
Dr. Fukuoka may be provided. This fulltime position is for one year, but
can be renewed for one additional year.



*How to apply*

Interested and qualified persons are invited to submit a cover letter and
résumé to Yana.Peterson at ucsf.edu.

Please use your last name and the job title “UCSF mHealth Postdoc” in the
subject line.



-- 
Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
360 Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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