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Postdoctoral Scholar

Penn State University (Academic)Penn State University ParkPosted Mar 18, 2025
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

  • CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Center for Healthy Aging within the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to join an interdisciplinary team focusing on mobile health phenotyping and environmental influences. This position will be directly involved in a diverse range of participant, lab, and university-facing activities across multiple teams to support success amongst projects.
 

The primary job functions and responsibilities may include:

  • Project throughput and data monitoring.

  • Data processing, analyses, and documentation.

  • Contribute and lead team meetings to evaluate the progress of writing projects.

  • Project closeout and dissemination, including dataset preparation and manuscript submission procedures.

Eligible candidates are those with a Ph.D. in the behavioral and/or social sciences. The successful candidate must evidence interest and commitment to a research career focused on aging. The candidate must be able to work independently as well as contribute to research labs in the center consisting of graduate students as well as other postdoctoral researchers and faculty.

This position is funded for one year from the start date, with the possibility of renewal. Salary and benefits follow NIH guidelines; more information on benefits for postdoctoral scholars can be found at https://www.research.psu.edu/opa/benefits.


The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its forms. We embrace individual uniqueness, foster a culture of inclusive excellence that supports both broad and specific diversity initiatives, leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity, and engage all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusive excellence as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission.

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Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. 

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