Postdoctoral Fellow

Our lab's research sits at the intersection of behavioral science, emerging technology, and precision health. We study psychological, behavioral, and clinical processes relevant to the integration of genomics and other health technologies in clinical and community settings, with the goal of supporting effective, equitable, evidence-based approaches to disease prevention, decision-making, and health communication.

Importantly, our lab applies immersive and other emerging technologies to pursue this transdisciplinary work. Research areas of prospective fellows may include:

• Psychological and behavioral responses to genomic and other biomarker-based health information
• Implications of integrating genomics and emerging health technologies into clinical and community environments
• Computational approaches involving physiological data, biospecimens, wearable device data, and other objective or multimodal data sources for prevention and health decision-making
• Evaluation of precision health communication approaches

This fellowship position is designed for individuals who have completed their doctoral training within the last 5 years. Candidates should have strong training in experimental, behavioral, clinical, social, computational, and/or translational research and possess strong quantitative skills. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, are also required.

We welcome applicants with doctoral degrees in a wide range of fields, including psychology, public health, behavioral medicine, clinical science, biomedical informatics, computational social science, neuroscience, health services research, communication, and related disciplines. Experience in the following is desirable, but not required:

• Clinical research methods or clinical trial experience
• Collection and analysis of physiological data, biospecimens, wearable data, or other objective health-related measures
• Computing, AI, machine learning, or related analytic approaches
• Immersive technologies, precision health, and/or translational science

Fellows will be expected to develop expertise across these content areas. Enthusiasm for collaborative, trans-disciplinary research of emerging issues in health and medicine is essential.

Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, with no discrimination for non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, age, or membership or non-membership in an employee organization. The NIH encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities. U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply.