Postdoctoral Associate - Institute Social and Health Equity

Location: Albany, NY
Category: Professional
Job Type: Full-time Temporary
Posted On: Thu May 7 2026
Job Description:

This is a temporary position to work with the Director to conduct social and behavioral scientific investigations including analyses of large-scale and longitudinal datasets. A particular focus of these investigations will be to understand and address educational and health disparities that occur during early and middle childhood. The position is affiliated with the University at Albany's Institute for Social and Health Equity (ISHE), a university-wide hub for interdisciplinary research.

• Work collaboratively with the Director to conduct scientific investigations through analyses of large-scale datasets using advanced quantitative methods (e.g., latent class analysis, structural equation modeling, growth modeling, student fixed effects).
• Lead and assist in writing scientific manuscripts for peer‑reviewed journals as well as book chapters, reports, and op‑eds.
• Coordinate data analysis activities with multiple stakeholders including state and federal policymakers and educational personnel.
• Develop research projects that could potentially result in being first author as well as contributions as co‑author to the sections of journal papers and reports.
• Assist with Institutional Review Board and human subject protocols.
• Provide methodological trainings in the lab and to UAlbany faculty on newly developed quantitative methods in psychology, epidemiology, and economics, including causal inferences and empirical examination of intersectionality.
• Lead and assist with the development and revision of external proposals for the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, and relevant private foundations.
• Present analyses and represent the lab at scientific meetings and national conferences.
• Other duties as assigned.

• This position will report directly to the Director and will interact regularly with the Institute for Social and Health Equity's faculty and staff.
• This position may be assigned supervisory duties and direct reports to include postdoctoral scholars.

• Ability to clean, securely manage, and analyze large and complex datasets and maintain documentation ensuring proper archiving and reproducibility.
• Ability to work collaboratively and under the Director's supervision on interdisciplinary projects.
• Ability to work independently to conduct rigorous analyses and produce high-quality papers, reports, and op‑eds, including with the Director and other faculty.
• Ability to complete tasks in a timely, independent, and high-quality manner.
• A high level of professional behavior and initiative.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within the diverse campus community.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.

• A Ph.D. in public health, public policy, psychology, human development, education, quantitative methods, sociology, economics, or a related field from a college or university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or an internationally recognized organization.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and advanced interpersonal and relationship-building skills in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to the role.

• Completed coursework and expertise in advanced quantitative methods to analyze large-scale and longitudinal datasets.
• Prior experience conducting analyses for writing and submitting peer‑reviewed journal articles as a first author.
• Highly proficient in using statistical software including Stata, MPlus, R, and/or SPSS.
• Prior experience submitting grant proposals to federal funding agencies and/or private foundations.
• Evidence of prior peer-reviewed publications, preferably as first author, reporting on analyses of large-scale datasets using…