Postdoctoral fellow position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Postdoctoral fellow position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
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Postdoctoral fellow position in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington A postdoctoral fellow position is available in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health under the direction of Dr. Drew Capone. This is a NIH grant-funded position. Two years of funding are available and the position is potentially renewable depending on performance and funding availability. The position includes benefits (e.g. retirement contribution and health insurance). Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis but applications received by September 12th 2025 will be given full consideration and the search will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. The earliest anticipated start date is October 1st 2025. The postdoctoral fellow will join a multi-disciplinary team in Bloomington Indiana of microbiologists virologists environmental engineers entomologists biologists and epidemiologists to work on a unique set of projects. The primary focus will be the DigIndy Study which investigates the environmental and public health impacts of a combined sewer overflow intervention in Indianapolis Indiana. Additional opportunities may include work on domestic and international projects led by the Capone Lab which include: QUEST (Quelimane Urban Environmental Sanitation Transformation) in Quelimane Mozambique PARAR (Patgenos meio Ambiente Resistncia Antimicrobiana e guas Residuais) in Maputo Mozambique Several projects using flies as biomonitors of fecal contamination and antimicrobial resistance About Us Dr. Drew Capones research group ( ) has broad interests in environmental health microbiology. Current projects include public health surveillance using fecal waste streams microbial fate and transport the role of infrastructure in interrupting enteric pathogen transmission and predicting public health outcomes using quantitative microbial risk assessment. Lab members conduct field research in Mozambique and Indiana as well as wet lab work in Bloomington Indiana. We use tool from engineering epidemiology and environmental health microbiology to investigate the problems affecting low-income individuals and aim to improve public health in the communities where these people live. Institutional Environment Located on the flagship campus of the Indiana University System IU School of Public HealthBloomington has over 200 faculty in five departments. Indiana University is classified as an R1-Highest Research Activity university is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities ( AAU ) and boasts numerous resources. IU School of Public HealthBloomington combines aspects of a traditional university campus with a strong teaching focus and the research infrastructure of a research-intensive institution.
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