Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Positions
A postdoctoral fellowship is available in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
Yale University School of Medicine. This position is supported by a training program funded by the
National Institute on Mental Health. The scope of this position includes statistical and epidemiological
research to understand mental health disorders as well as other diseases. Relevant areas of interest
of the candidates include statistics, genetic epidemiology, genomics and bioinformatics, and psychiatric
epidemiology. The successful candidate will join one of the longest active training programs in the
methodology training for mental health research. This program involves a large group of multidisciplinary,
senior faculty in biostatistics, epidemiology, genetics, psychiatry, and psychology. The candidate
will have great flexibility to choose his or her own research projects in the stated areas matched
with appropriate and close mentorship.
The candidate should have a doctoral degree in biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related field,
such as psychology, sociology, and psychiatry. The candidate must be a US citizen or permanent
resident .
A postdoctoral associate position in Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology is available in the
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public, Yale University School of Medicine.
Successful candidates will join a group of faculty, postdoctoral associates and fellows, and graduate students
to develop statistical methods and software to address scientific and biological questions in
epidemiology and genetics, particularly for mental and behavioral disorders, premature birth, and reproductive
medicine.
Interested applicants should send their curriculum vitae and at least two reference letters to:
Dr. Heping Zhang, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
School of Medicine, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8034. Email: Heping.Zhang@yale.edu.
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