Post-Doctoral Scholar - Department of Epidemiology
Virginia Commonwealth University · Posted Nov 9, 2026
- Hybrid
- Associate
- $70K–$70K per year
Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing on metabolomics and lipidomics within the Department of Epidemiology at VCU School of Public Health.
Compensation
Salary Range: 70,000
Responsibilities
- Lead and conduct analyses of metabolomics and lipidomics data to investigate associations between molecular profiles, menopause-related changes, and vascular health outcomes.
- Apply advanced analytical approaches for high-dimensional omics data, including data preprocessing, quality control, normalization, multiple-testing correction, and statistical modeling.
- Utilize multivariable and longitudinal statistical methods to examine associations between metabolomic and lipidomic signatures and changes in vascular health across the menopause transition.
- Apply and evaluate approaches for identifying metabolomic and lipidomic patterns, molecular pathways, and potential biomarkers associated with vascular aging and subclinical CVD.
- Integrate omics data with detailed epidemiologic, clinical, hormonal, and cardiovascular phenotyping data.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, computational biology, or a closely related field.
- Nice to have: untargeted metabolomics
- Nice to have: targeted metabolomics
- Nice to have: mass spectrometry-based omics data
- Nice to have: pathway enrichment analysis
Skills
Benefits
- All VCU employee types are eligible for a wide array of benefits to support you during your employment at VCU. Consult the benefits website for information on benefits eligibility according to employee type.