SEH - Research Fellow - Weatherization
SEH - Research Fellow - Weatherization
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Background Information
The Social Environment and Health Program (SEH) (www.seh.isr.umich) in the Survey Research Center (SRC) at the University of Michigans Institute for Social Research (ISR) is a pioneer and leader in forging linkages across disciplinary perspectives. Our program seeks to understand the intersections between social and environmental context and their impacts on population health and health inequalities including research on the health impacts of neighborhood built environment structural racism climate change infectious disease cognitive aging and immune health across the life course.
The Institute for Social Research is the largest academic social science research institution in the world. This interdisciplinary community includes researchers from sociology anthropology economics psychology information and computer science statistics geography public policy public health and medicine among others. SRC is a unique worldrenowned social science research center that conducts investigatorinitiated surveybased research on theoretical and applied problems of both social and scientific importance (see www.src.isr.umich). Scholars have exceptional resources to facilitate research including access to administrative research and computer support staff.
Job Summary
The SEH Program is seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to work on characterizing the health effects of home weatherization and other housing features. Through active collaborations with government and community partners our findings are addressing key policy and funding decisions related to housing and climate change adaptation. The candidate will work closely with Dr. Carina Gronlund and her staff and perform primary and secondary data analyses and health impact assessments. Successful candidates will have opportunities to address new study questions; assist with manuscript and grant writing; prepare participantfacing and nonacademic reports; supervise students; and present research activities within the group at scientific meetings and in workshops for the general public.
Required Qualifications
- PhD degree or equivalent in epidemiology or a related field
- Experience with analysis of health data linked to contextual and environmental information
- Analysis experience in R SAS STATA or a similar statistical programming language
- Interest in learning new data management and analytic techniques in R
- Interest in communityengaged and communitybased participatory research
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and oral and written communication
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Commitment to diversity equity and inclusion
Employment Type
Grant
