Department:
SOM Department of Population Health
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Population Health - Temps

Position Title:
Post Doctoral Fellow

Job Family Group:
Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:
A postdoctoral fellowship is available to support ongoing research on the impact of Medicaid expansion on rural-urban ethnic and racial mortality disparities, as well as the relationship between Medicaid expansion and poverty nationwide. The fellowship will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to engage in mentored research, gaining experience in applied demography, large-scale secondary data analysis, causal inference, the use and application of restricted-access data, manuscript preparation, and grant preparation and management.

The fellow will join a multi-state research team led by Dr. J. Tom Mueller, with collaborators at University of North Carolina and Florida State University. The study, supported via a U01 study funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, utilizes restricted-access census and vital statistics data to assess the differential effects of Medicaid expansion, while also generating new poverty estimates at the county level nationwide.

Based in Kansas City, the fellowship is sponsored by J. Tom Mueller, PhD, Assistant Professor of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) School of Medicine. The Department provides a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment. While our faculty draw from different scholarly disciplines, we share a common goal of remediating health disparities across Kansas and beyond. The Department is the academic home for graduate education leading to the MHSA, MPH, MSCR, and PhD. Opportunities for limited teaching are possible.

Key to this research is KUMC's consortium with the Kansas City Federal Statistical Research Data Center, where the fellow will assist Dr. Mueller in the calculation of novel poverty estimates using restricted-access data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Additional institutional partners include:

• A newly established, NIH-funded Implementation Science for Equity Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) within the Department
• The Kansas Center for Rural Health
• The University of Kansas Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
• NCATS-funded Frontiers Clinical & Translational Institute
• The candidate must be eligible to apply for Special Sworn Status in order to conduct essential research within the Federal Statistical Research Data Cente

Terms of Fellowship. The fellowship is a one-year full-time position, with potential for extension, subject to performance review and budget availability. Salary begins at $65,000 (subject to relevant work experience and/or years post-PhD), with full benefits. Anticipated start date August 1, 2024 (negotiable). Period travel to conferences and meetings is required.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications

Education:

• PhD or equivalent in demography, sociology, epidemiology, public health, or other health research-focused social science within the last 4 years.
• Students currently enrolled in a doctoral program must provide evidence of degree-in-hand prior to being offered the fellowship.

Work Experience:

• Experience using Stata and/or R statistics software to manage datasets and estimate regression models of various forms. The majority of research will be conducted in Stata.

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Experience with applied causal inference and econometric design
• Experience with applied demography and demographic techniques
• Experience working with data on rural populations and other small population groups
• Experience with health policy and policy analysis

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• GIS skills and cartography
• Data visualization

Job Duties Outlined:

• Engage with PI and U01 investigators to conduct the aims of the research award.
• Conduct research using large-scale secondary data analysis.
• Assist PI in the calculation of novel poverty estimates using restricted-access data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Work with PI to tailor the fellowship to an individual development plan ensuring the development of research knowledge and skills, while also establishing their own program of research.
• In addition to experience conducting research and preparing manuscripts supporting the U01, the fellowship will offer opportunities for:
  
  • Mentorship and training
  • Guidance and support in grant writing and budget development
  • The pursuit of research in support of their emerging independent research program
  • Development
  • Campus postdoctoral resources

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Employee Type:
Temporary (Fixed Term)

Time Type:
Full time

Rate Type:
Salary

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range:
$47,476.00 - $80,000.00
Minimum
$47,476.00
Midpoint
$66,000.00
Maximum
$80,000.00

Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Post-Doctoral-Fellow_JR007172-1 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR007172.

Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination

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