[Forum SIS] Post-Doc: Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University

[Maura Mezzetti]

Care/i colleghi,
inoltro un email per una PostDoc position presso il Department of  
Biostatistics at Columbia
University Mailman School of Public Health:

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research position, see  
the attached file:

Company Information:
The Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University is one of the
premier biostatistics departments in United States. The Department has  
strong collaborative
connections within the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH), the  
Columbia University
Medical Center and the Department of Statistics at Columbia University.

Position Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Duties and Responsibilities: Dr. Linda Valeri in the Department of  
Biostatistics at Columbia
University Mailman School of Public Health is seeking a Postdoctoral  
Research Fellow. The
position is available starting February 1, 2020. Earlier starting date  
can also be considered. The
one-year position could be extended to one additional year on the  
basis of performance,
evaluated at the end of the first year. This position will provide the  
opportunity to carry out
causal inference research in either or both of two collaborative avenues:

1) The analysis of mobile passive (GPS, call/text logs, sleep data)  
and active (surveys) data
streams in collaboration with the New York Psychiatric Institute, NY,  
the Departments of
Psychiatry at Columbia University and Harvard University, and McLean Hospital.

2) The investigation of environmental mixtures health effects in the  
context of Bangladeshi
and American perinatal and adult intergenerational cohorts in  
collaboration with the
Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University and Harvard
University.

The broad goal of the successful candidate will be the development and  
application of blended
causal inference and machine learning approaches and automated  
software tools. The approaches
will be applied to harness exposomic data and mobile health data to  
investigate the joint causal
effects of environmental and behavioral factors over time to inform  
policy on environmental
mixtures and to discover behavioral targets of treatment in psychosis.
The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with  
scientists across fields and
across domestic and international research institutions.

Basic Qualifications: Doctoral degree in Biostatistics, Computer  
Science, or Statistics;
experience and proficiency in Linux/Unix command line and research  
environments; working
knowledge of R, in addition to other scripting environments  
appropriate for scientific data
management (Python, shell, etc.); excellence in research,  
communication, and collaboration
skills, as evidenced by publication record. Experience in causal  
inference, machine learning
(both Bayesian and frequentist paradigms), and software development is  
highly considered.

Salary Range: Competitive

Benefits: https://research.columbia.edu/content/office-postdoctoral-affairs

Application Procedures: To apply for this position, please send  
application materials (CV and
cover letter) and names of two references to Dr. Linda Valeri  
lv2424 at cumc.columbia.edu
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