Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow – Quantitative Analysis & Systems Science

Department: Population Health Science & Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Position Summary/Overview:

The Department of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Dr. Katharine McCarthy on the NIH-funded ASPIRE (Adolescent School Policy Interventions for caRdiovascular Equity) study. The project examines how school environments and policies shape adolescent cardiovascular health and future maternal health outcomes.

Working with Dr. McCarthy and a multidisciplinary team—including systems science investigators, epidemiologists, qualitative researchers, community stakeholders, and collaborators at the New York City Office of School Health—the fellow will conduct longitudinal analyses of school environmental features, adolescent cardiovascular health trajectories, and later maternal health outcomes. The fellow will integrate these findings with published evidence and participatory group model-building results to develop, implement, calibrate, validate, and apply empirically grounded agent-based models. These models will estimate the long-term population health and health equity effects of school-based interventions and help identify strategies to improve cardiovascular health across the life course.

This position offers opportunities for manuscript publication, conference presentations, interdisciplinary collaboration, and mentorship in systems science, adolescent cardiovascular health, maternal health, implementation science.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The ideal candidate will be: 1) highly motivated and intellectually curious; 2) experienced in computational or simulation modeling; 3) an effective scientific communicator; 4) organized and detail-oriented; 5) able to work independently while collaborating within a multidisciplinary team; and 6) committed to reproducible, policy-relevant population health research.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement agent-based models of adolescent cardiovascular health trajectories and later maternal health outcomes using NetLogo or a comparable simulation platform.
• Translate findings from longitudinal epidemiologic analyses, qualitative research, participatory group model building, and the scientific literature into model structure, assumptions, decision rules, and policy scenarios.
• Simulate intervention and counterfactual scenarios to estimate the effects of school-based policies on adolescent cardiovascular health, maternal morbidity, and racial/ethnic disparities.
• Conduct model calibration, verification, validation, uncertainty analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
• Document model assumptions, structure, and implementation using established reporting frameworks such as ODD and TRACE and relevant ISPOR/SMDM guidance.
• Develop reproducible workflows, maintain well-documented code, and use version control platforms such as GitHub.
• Contribute to collaborative manuscripts, abstracts, conference presentations, and policy-facing products.
• Participate in meetings with investigators, advisory board members, adolescents, school stakeholders, and community partners to refine model assumptions and interpret results.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Systems Science, Computational Social Science, Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience developing agent-based models, microsimulation models, system dynamics models, or other complex simulation models.
• Strong programming skills in NetLogo and/or another relevant language or platform, such as R or Python.
• Strong quantitative, analytic, scientific writing, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work proactively and independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary research team.
• Interest in adolescent health, cardiovascular disease prevention, maternal and child health, school policy, implementation science, or health equity.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working with longitudinal, multilevel, administrative, electronic health record, or other large population-based datasets.
• Familiarity with causal inference, multilevel modeling, life-course epidemiology, or health policy evaluation.
• Experience integrating qualitative or stakeholder-engaged findings into computational models.
• Peer-reviewed publication record demonstrating independent scientific productivity.
• Experience with collaborative software development, code review, and open or reproducible science practices.

Education and Experience:

PhD, ScD, DrPH, or equivalent doctoral degree in a relevant quantitative or population health discipline. Candidates who are completing their doctoral degree may be considered if all degree requirements will be completed before the start date.

Work Environment:

This position operates in a professional academic research environment and requires routine use of computers, statistical and simulation software, videoconferencing platforms, and standard office equipment. The role may include hybrid work arrangements consistent with institutional and departmental policies, as well as occasional in-person meetings with research and community partners.

Compensation Statement

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $74,692.00 - $80,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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