[Iefac.list] Post-doctoral position in Global Health and Equity

[Li Lin]

Colleagues,

Please kindly distribute the enclosed post-doc opening at the University 
at Buffalo.

Thank you very much!

-- 
Li Lin, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Industrial and Systems Engineering
University at Buffalo
indlin at buffalo.edu

*POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN GLOBAL HEALTH AND EQUITY *

*AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY*

*The University at Buffalo invites outstanding candidates to apply for a 
postdoctoral position to join the university-wide *

*Community on Global Health Equity*

*About the position*

*A*pplications are invited for an outstanding postdoctoral scholar to 
join a university-wide interdisciplinary research initiative on *Global 
Health Equity*. Joining an interdisciplinary team of faculty, post-docs, 
graduate students, and research staff across multiple schools, including 
the Schools of Public Health and Health Professions, the School of 
Architecture and Planning, and the School of Engineering and Applied 
Sciences, the selected postdoctoral scholar will focus her/his research 
on addressing global health inequities by harnessing the power of 
_non-health _disciplines including architecture, applied economics, 
engineering, international development, social work, urban, regional and 
rural planning and policy, and related disciplines to address 
challenging global health inequities. The candidate will develop a 
research portfolio working under the guidance of faculty mentors in the 
School of Architecture and Planning, School of Engineering and Applied 
Sciences, and the School of Public Health and health Professions.

*Eligibility requirements*

*C*andidate must hold a doctorate in the following or related fields: 
urban and regional planning, international development, public policy, 
and industrial engineering.An eligible candidate’s dissertation and 
research interests should be related to advancing public health or 
development in a global setting, preferably in low-resource communities.

*Skills and experience*

*E*xperience in teaching or supervision of graduate student research at 
the masters level will be helpful. Applicants from engineering 
disciplines will need to demonstrate capability in modeling complex 
systems; dealing with large quantity of data are a plus.

*Responsibilities*

*S*elected candidate will conduct independent research with guidance 
from Drs. Samina Raja, Li Lin, Korydon Smith, and Pavani Ram. Candidates 
are encouraged to identify a principal mentor among this faculty group. 
Candidate will also collaborate closely with the near-60 faculty aligned 
with the Community of Global Health Equity.


The candidate will be expected to contribute intellectually to the work 
of the UB CGHE through research-related activities, including generating 
original scholarship and contributing to ongoing research through the UB 
CGHE.

*About the UB Community of Excellence in Global Health Equity*

*T*he grand challenge of global health inequity is one of the defining 
issues of the 21^st century, attracting unprecedented levels of interest 
and the attention of thinkers who are concerned about the underlying 
social, economic, political, and environmental factors of this 
challenge, in addition to the biomedical manifestations. The UB 
Community for Global Health Equity (CGHE) was established in *July 2015* 
to bring the strength of UB faculty across many disciplines to bear on 
this most vexing of world problems. The UB CGHE advances global health 
equity by harnessing the power of interdisciplinary scholarship and 
action spanning architecture, planning, engineering, and supportive 
disciplines (APEX disciplines). Read more about UB CGHE here: 
http://www.buffalo.edu/provost/signature-initiatives/communities-of-excellence.html.

*The selected postdoctoral scholar will be from an APEX discipline, and 
will join a team of faculty and researchers across multiple disciplines 
including public health and APEX disciplines. *

The WHO defines health inequity as “unjust differences in health between 
persons of different social groups.”These differences between one 
population (and group) and another are due, in part, to one or more of 
the following systemic barriers:

1.gaps in foundational science (e.g., lack of drug discovery to treat 
neglected tropical diseases)

2.socio-cultural barriers or phenomena (e.g., gender gap in provision 
and utilization of healthcare)

3.ineffectual and/or unjust public policies (e.g., land-use policies 
that (inadvertently) limit people’s access to nutritious foods)

4.ineffective practices or unequal access to best practices (e.g., lack 
of safe construction practices in hard-to-reach rural areas)

Low resources and/or low capacity for change at global, social, and/or 
institutional levels exacerbate these systemic barriers. This 
Community’s aim is to “influence the influencers,” the leaders, 
organizations, and policy makers that can reduce or eliminate barriers 
to improved global health and well-being for all in settings around the 
world:

1.research bodies (e.g., universities or funding agencies)

2.facilitative/dissemination organizations, including international 
organizations (e.g., state agency providing assistance to refugees or 
international organization promoting child health)

3.policy makers and implementers (e.g., ministries of rural development)

4.professional/practitioner organizations (e.g., urban planning 
organizations or organizations providing healthcare)

*Application review, deadlines, and remuneration*

Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. The position is for 
one-year. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with 
experience. The University at Buffalo is an equal opportunity employer.

*About the University at Buffalo*

The University at Buffalo is a premier, research-intensive public 
university dedicated to academic excellence. It is the flagship and the 
largest and most comprehensive campus in the 64-campus State University 
of New York System. With 27,000 students, the University at Buffalo is a 
Carnegie Class I research university and a member of the Association of 
American Universities (AAU). The university offers 83 Ph.D. and 190 
master’s degree programs, and has outstanding supercomputing, library, 
and research facilities, including numerous interdisciplinary centers 
and institutes for faculty collaboration. The University at Buffalo has 
three campuses: UB South campus, UB Downtown campus, and UB North Campus.

*The post-doctoral position will be housed on UB’s South Campus where 
the Community of Excellence in Global Health Equity and the Schools of 
Public Health and Health Professions and the School of Architecture and 
Planning are physically located*.

The UB South Campus is located in the University Heights neighborhood 
with coffee shops, eateries, bookstores, and a full array of commercial 
outlets and services. The campus is highly accessible, situated on a 
subway and other transit lines. Housing opportunities are abundant and 
affordable. With a combined population of 9.7 million, the binational 
Niagara region of Western New York and Southern Ontario offers a high 
quality of life and an exceptional setting for engaging planning issues. 
The region spans an international border, and includes large cities, 
varied suburbs, dramatic landscapes, and quiet villages. For additional 
information about the University at Buffalo and the community, see 
http://www.buffalo.edu/community.

*Contact information*

Dr. Samina Raja, Associate Professor and Community for Global Health 
Equity faculty -sraja at buffalo.edu <mailto:-sraja at buffalo.edu>






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