Postdoctoral position in social environments, genomics, and aging
Vanderbilt University · Department of Biological Sciences · Lea Lab
Reviewing as applications arrive
Postdoc
The role
Asks why social adversity (isolation, low status, a hard start in life) brings more age-related disease and earlier death, by linking the macaques' long-term social data to DNA methylation, gene expression, proteomic and other molecular data. Mostly computational, with chances to join fieldwork on Cayo Santiago.
What the work covers
- How current and early-life social environments predict aging across tissues
- When in life individuals are most vulnerable to social adversity
- Integrating behavioural and social data with the project's molecular data
What they're looking for
- PhD in evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, genomics, behavioural ecology or a related field by the start date
- Strong quantitative skills: any of longitudinal analysis, causal inference, high-dimensional molecular data, R or Python
- No experience with primate data needed
How to apply
Through Vanderbilt's posting, send:
- One-page cover letter: experience, interests, fit and career goals
- CV
- Contact details for 2–3 references
All three as one PDF with your name in the file name, through the upload link on the posting.
Applying from outside the US? Visa sponsorship is up to Vanderbilt University: the posting or Amanda Lea can say what's possible.