The University of California in San Diego calls application for Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Substance Use, HIV, and Related Infections. This postdoctoral fellowship is for modeling of HIV, and hepatitis C virus and overdose prevention among substance, using populations in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California San Diego.

In particular, the goals are to inform public health policy-making through forecasting the future HIV, HCV, and overdose epidemic among people who inject drugs and evaluating the population level impact of combination prevention interventions. Additionally, what is the optimal/most cost-effective portfolios of interventions to achieve specific public health targets.

Role 

This highly interdisciplinary research will involve collaboration with epidemiologists, clinicians, statisticians, policymakers, and public health researchers. The postdoctoral scholar will work under the primary supervision of Dr. Steffanie Strathdee and Dr. Natasha Martin, and use dynamic epidemic models, calibration to surveillance data, and cost-effectiveness evaluation techniques. Scholars will benefit from biweekly seminars and trainee sessions on substance use, HIV and related infections, journal clubs, and grant writing circles.

Eligibilities 

Predoctoral trainees must have received a baccalaureate degree by the beginning date of their NRSA appointment and must be enrolled in a program leading to a Ph.D. in science or in an equivalent research doctoral degree program. Health-professional students who wish to interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their formal training programs are also eligible for this Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of California.

Requirements 

• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research (Optional)
• Statement of Contributions to Diversity – Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity.
• Misc / Additional (Optional)
• Reference Documents: 2-5 required (contact information only)

The University of California San Diego (UC San Diego or, colloquially, UCSD) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the seventh oldest of the 10 University of California campuses and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling approximately 30,800 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students.