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University of Arizona · 1 week ago

Postdoctoral Research Associate I, Psychology (Genetically Informed Studies of Social Connectedness)

positionTucson, AZ
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level

The University of Arizona's Department of Psychology is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate I position. This role focuses on NIH-funded research in behavior genetics, particularly related to social connectedness and health, involving data management, analysis, and collaboration with students.

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Responsibilities

Contribute to NIH-funded research, including but not limited to assisting in data management, data curation and pre-registrations, data analysis, and manuscript drafting
Contributing to activities in the PI's laboratory that support the parent project, including but not limited to maintaining and developing a bioinformatics pipeline for the quantification of epigenetic aging metrics
Contribute to collaborating on the supervision of graduate and undergraduate students working on the parent project

Qualification

Behavior geneticsAdvanced statistical methodsStatistical software RCausal inferenceBioinformaticsData analysisCommitment to open scienceEffective communicationLeadership skills

Required

Ph.D. in a relevant field completed or expected to be completed at the time of hire
Experience in advanced data analysis
Familiarity with the computational methods for the analysis of methylation-based array data, including epigenetic clocks, and/or familiarity with co-twin behavior genetic methods
Demonstrated strengths as a data analyst, especially with complex biometric twin or bioinformatics, or molecular genetic data
Advanced knowledge of the statistical software package R
Interest in statistical methods for causal inference
Knowledge of research findings in epigenetic aging
Collaborative, generous, curious, and humble scientific spirit
Effective communication in and around lab environments
A commitment to open and reproducible science
Strong and demonstrated leadership skills

Benefits

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
Paid vacation
Sick leave
Holidays
U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members
Access to U of A recreation and cultural activities
And more!

Company

University of Arizona

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University of Arizona is a public research university that offers bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degree courses.
dateFounded in 1885
location
Tucson, Arizona, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.arizona.edu

H1B Sponsorship

University of Arizona has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (119)
2023 (146)
2022 (135)
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2020 (93)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$88.9M
Key Investors
US Department of EnergyGoogle.orgNational Science Foundation
2024-12-10Grant· $0.61M
2024-06-04Grant· $1M
2023-09-07Grant· $30M

Leadership Team

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Chad Herzog
Associate Vice President, Arizona Arts
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Lanita Collette
Acting CIO, Deputy CIO
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