This postdoctoral position will supervise and perform human epidemiological, clinical intervention, and observational studies related to circadian rhythms and eating patterns in Satchin Panda's lab at the Salk Institute.
1) Supervisory
The postdoc will directly supervise clinical coordinators, research assistants, programmers, data scientists, and trainees in RBIO-P lab working on human circadian rhythms and nutrition timing related studies. S/he will also manage ongoing collaborations and set up new collaborations with other national and international labs. S/he will be responsible for hiring new staff to account for staff turnover, train new staff, manage data and samples, oversee knowledge transfer between staff and prepare manuals of operations for applicable projects.
2) Regulatory compliance
The postdoc will maintain and design clinical and observational research projects and protocols to be carried out from Salk or in collaboration with other labs. They will ensure these protocols comply with international, national and state laws, submit protocols to the respective institutional review boards at Salk and at collaborating institutes and synchronize these protocols with the ClinicalTrials.gov website. They will ensure annual renewal and compliance of these protocols.
3) Experimental
The postdoc will oversee sample and data collection from human subjects in various studies, tabulate and analyze data from vitals, clinical samples, wearables, apps and surveys. They will analyze data, interpret outcomes and prepare reports.
4) Grant and manuscript preparation
The postdoc will assist the PI and collaborators in preparing grant applications for federal and non-federal funding agencies. They will play a large role in manuscript preparation including writing full drafts, editing, or writing sections of manuscripts depending on the project. They are also expected to write independent fellowship applications.
EXPERIENCE
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Preferred:
EDUCATION
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SKILLS AND ABILITIES
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The full postdoctoral salary range for wet lab opportunities is $70,000-$77,500 (see below). This range covers the entire postdoctoral training period; recent Ph.D. graduates should expect an offer at or close to $70,000 (minimum of the salary range). Salk Institute provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the institute reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
Experience Level/Tier | Salk Postdoc Salary |
0 | $70,000 |
1 | $71,500 |
2 | $73,000 |
3 | $74,500 |
4 | $76,000 |
5 | $77,500 |
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