Postdoctoral Associate

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate in Mobile Health, focusing on interventions for substance use. The Postdoctoral Associate will collaborate with investigators at the Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging Research; and Department of Psychiatry, to conduct research that aims to reduce substance use and to address other health behaviors (e.g., depression, weight management) using mobile health technologies (e.g., smartphone sensors and surveys, wearable device).

The Postdoctoral Associate will be involved in examining how continuously collected data from mobile phones (sensors, survey), wearable device (Fitbit), and brief cognitive tasks (app) can be used to

identify changes in health behaviors (e.g., sleep, activity level) and substance use (alcohol, marijuana), which can ultimately be used to trigger "just-in-time" interventions.

Postdoctoral Associates are expected to develop an innovative, collaborative research program that will advance and apply mobile health technology to reduce substance use and address other health-related conditions (e.g., depression, exercise) at the population level. The Postdoctoral Associate will participate in manuscript writing, preparation and submission of National Institutes of Health and other grant applications, and completion of Institutional Review Board applications. The Postdoctoral Associate will have the opportunity to be involved in on-going research activities (e.g., recruitment, enrollment and consent, data management and analysis), including dissemination activities (e.g., first-author papers).

Please submit:

Letter of interest that includes your qualifications and experience as it relates to the position, and a research statement.

Curriculum vitae, including a list of publications

Contact information for 3 professional references (position, title, e-mail, phone)

PhD or MD within the past 5 years in computer science, computer engineering, biostatistics, informatics, behavioral science, or related field.

Strong writing abilities and data management skills, and prior experience with intensive longitudinal data analyses, including machine learning.

Familiarity with big data frameworks and processing pipelines

Code and test programming for software and mobile apps

Experience using R, and programming skills in Python

Start date no later than June 1, 2020

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research (IFH) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, facilitates vibrant interdisciplinary collaboration among the social and behavioral sciences, clinical disciplines, basic sciences and related fields to promote innovative research on critical population health issues. IFH's members have generated award-winning scholarship, and include faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine. IFH is comprised of three major divisions, four centers, a community health collaborative, a research group, an undergraduate research training program, and a national program office funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:

*The Center for State Health Policy

*The Center for Health Services Research

*The Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Sciences

*The Center for Asian Health

*New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI)

*Chinese Health, Aging, and Policy Program

*Community Health & Aging Outcomes Lab (CHAO)

*Project L/EARN

*The Greater New Brunswick Community Health Collaborative

*The AIDS Policy Research Group