Campus

OSU-Center for Health Sciences

Contact Name & Email

Jamie Childers, Jamie.Childers@okstate.edu

Work Schedule

Typically Monday - Friday 8 hour shifts, Work hours must be flexible to include evenings and weekends when necessary.

Appointment Length

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Hiring Range

$ Salary

Priority Application Date

While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by to ensure full consideration.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Resume and Cover letter are required to apply

About this Position

THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED ROLE

The Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy (CIHRP) at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences is a leading research center for Indigenous health nationally. Our research budget totals more than $10 million and focuses on improving the health of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities through innovative health promotion and disease prevention efforts. We also house the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Excellence, funded by the Office of Minority Health, and the newly-funded Indigenous Food and Health Initiative. These efforts support community based participatory research in the areas of food sovereignty and food security, nutrition, mental health, cardiometabolic disease, and culturally-centered intervention science.

We are seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in health promotion and disease prevention in Indigenous communities. The fellow will have the opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of interventions to reduce cardiometabolic disease risks including food system and food sovereignty interventions, nutrition, stress management, and culturally-centered Indigenous health and wellness initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have familiarity with community-based participatory research, conducting data collection and analysis, and writing manuscripts. The candidate will work directly with Indigenous communities in Oklahoma and across the United States. The candidate will be well supported in manuscript writing and presentations at national conferences. If interested, the fellow will also have support and opportunities for mentored grantsmanship (e.g., K-series applications). 

University, and Environment: Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Muskogee Creek Nation lands. Tulsa is a bustling small city, with an extensive trail and park system, and extensive dining and shopping opportunities. As an academic medical system, training and research are integrated with provision of clinical care through specialty clinics and in our hospital setting. 

Responsibilities:
Postdoctoral fellow will assist with the following duties:
a) engaging with Indigenous communities in community-based participatory research
b) recruiting and retaining study participants in research trials
c) manuscript preparation and submission
d) data collection activities with Indigenous adults and children
e) data analysis

The fellow will have opportunities to work within a broad national network of Indigenous scholars and communities.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D./Ed.D.
  • DrPH or Ph.D. in Public Health, Psychology, Nutrition, Sociology, or a related discipline

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

• Applicants must have good scientific writing skills with a solid publication record, clinical research experience, and strong quantitative data analytic skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Applicants with experience working in the fields of intervention science, cardiometabolic disease risk reduction, nutrition, health promotion, and/or previous study coordination experience on Federally-funded studies will be given preference.