[Jobs] postdoc at UCSF - population health

[Leora Lawton]

 *UCSF Center for Health and Community Postdoctoral Opportunity*

Evidence for Action (E4A), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
awards grants to support innovative, rigorous research on how systems,
programs, and policies influence population health and health
inequalities.  The E4A National Program Office reviews research proposals
and recommends the most rigorous and high-impact proposals for funding.
Numerous methodological challenges arise in efforts to field rigorous,
cost-effective, and convincing research in E4A’s priority areas. The
National Program Office is launching an internal initiative to identify
these methods issues, provide relevant evidence and tools to overcome these
challenges, and spark attention to these challenges from the broader
community of quantitative researchers.  We seek to hire a post-doctoral
fellow to play a key role in this initiative.  Competitive candidates
should have training and interest in both quantitative research methods
(e.g., epidemiology, sociology, or economics) and multilevel influences on
health and health inequalities, including social, behavioral, and
institutional risk factors. Specific projects will be prioritized on an
ongoing basis by the NPO and National Advisory Committee but may include:
(1) writing manuscripts or developing teaching tools to bridge disciplinary
differences in approach to causal inference; (2) empirical research on
major sources of bias in common approaches to evaluating determinants of
population health and health inequalities; (3) simulation studies to
evaluate the performance of recently proposed methodological advances when
applied to E4A’s priority research areas in population health or health
inequalities. The E4A National Program Office is housed in the Center for
Health and Community at the University of California, San Francisco. The
post-doctoral fellow will work with NPO leadership and most closely with
Maria Glymour, Associate Director for the NPO.



Required:

-       PhD or equivalent training in epidemiology, sociology, or a related
discipline.

-       Experience with quantitative research, including expertise in
statistical software (SAS, Stata, or R)

-       Familiarity with quasi-experimental methods, such as
difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, or instrumental
variables

-       Strong writing skills, ideally for technical, applied, or
non-research audiences.





Applicants may apply to Maria Glymour at evidenceforaction at ucsf.edu.





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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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