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This posting is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to join a research team studying the social determinants of HIV incidence in South Africa. The fellow would help design and conduct social epidemiological analysis using longitudinal data from a cohort of South African girls to understand HIV risk. Duties include data management, statistical analysis, manuscript writing, and career development. Requirements include a PhD in epidemiology or related field and strong skills in statistical programming, data management, and writing. The position is located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and offers a competitive salary for 12 months with potential renewal.

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Post Doctoral Fellow

This posting is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to join a research team studying the social determinants of HIV incidence in South Africa. The fellow would help design and conduct social epidemiological analysis using longitudinal data from a cohort of South African girls to understand HIV risk. Duties include data management, statistical analysis, manuscript writing, and career development. Requirements include a PhD in epidemiology or related field and strong skills in statistical programming, data management, and writing. The position is located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and offers a competitive salary for 12 months with potential renewal.

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PositionTitle PostDoctoralFellow
VacancyID PDS001485
Department CarolinaPopulationCenter631100
PositionType PostdoctoralScholar

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Weseekapostdoctoralfellowtojoinadynamicteamofepidemiologistsandsocialbehavioral
scientistsstudyingimpactsofthesocialenvironmentonHIVincidenceinSouthAfrica.This
positionissupportedbyanNIMHfundedfiveyearstudyconductedinpartnershipwith
investigatorsattheCarolinaPopulationCenteroftheUniversityofNorthCarolina,The
UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFrancisco,UCBerkeley,andtheMRC/WitsRuralPublicHealth
andHealthTransitionsResearchUnit,UniversityoftheWitwatersrand,Johannesburg,South
Africa.

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Thispositionwillhelpdesignandconductsocialepidemiologicalresearchwithinateamof
epidemiologists,physicians,demographers,andsocialscientistsrecentlyfundedtoexplorethe
socialdeterminantsonHIVincidenceamongyoungwomeninthemostseverelyaffected
regionofsubSaharanAfrica.TheprojectaimstoelucidatethecausesofHIVriskand
protectionforyoungwomenastheytransitionfromadolescenceintoadulthood,toquantify
mechanisms/pathwaysofeffect,andtoidentifyoptimalcombinationsofinterventionsthatcan
beusedtoeffectivelyreducenewHIVinfections.Thiswillbeaccomplishedutilizingdatafrom
anongoingcohortof2,400adolescentSouthAfricangirlsfollowedintoearlyadulthood,linked
withtworichdatasetsthatcontainpopulationdemographicandsocialcontextualdataontheir
householdsandvillagesofresidence,tounderstandmechanismsofrisk.
Principalresponsibilitiesincludeperformingdatamanagementandanalysisandmanuscript
developmentandwriting.Analysisandmanuscriptdevelopmentwillbeconductedunderthe
directionofaseniorinvestigativeteam,withstrongemphasisplacedoncareerdevelopment,
interdisciplinaryresearch,andtranslationofscienceintoprogrammingandpolicy.Theinitial
appointmentisforoneyear,withrenewalexpectedforasecondyearifprogressissatisfactory,
withtheexpectationofgrantsubmissionsbytheincumbentafteronetotwoyears.Thefellow
willbebasedattheCarolinaPopulationCenteratUNC,ChapelHill,butmayalsotravelto
Agincourt,SouthAfrica,asneeded.

Educational ThispositionrequiresaPhDinepidemiology,biostatistics,orarelatedscientificdisciplinethat
Requirements requiresstrongquantitativeskills.
Requiredqualificationsinclude(1)astrongpublicationrecord(2)strongskillsindata
managementofcomplexdatasets,includinglongitudinal,nesteddatasets(3)strongskills
statisticalprogrammingandanalysisusingSAS,R,and/orStata,includingtheabilityto
generateunivariateandbivariatedescriptivestatistics,experiencewithfittingcrosssectional
Qualifications linear,logistic,andsurvivalanalysisregressionmodels,andexposuretolongitudinalanalysis
(4)excellentwritingandcommunicationskills.
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Experience

Additionaldesiredqualificationsincludefamiliaritywithsocialepidemiologicalresearch,
analysisofmultilevelandclustereddatasets,analysisoflongitudinaldata,useofadvanced
methodsforaddressingmissingdata(e.g.,multipleimputationfullinformationmaximum
likelihoodestimation),mediationanalysis,causalinferencemethods,andpriorexperiencein
HIVresearch.Researchexperienceinlowresourcesettingsishighlyvalued.
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