Post Doc Research Associate

Details

• Open Date: 02/09/2026
• Requisition Number: PRN
  44232B
• Job Title: Post Doctoral Research Associate
• Career Progression Track: A00
• FLSA Code: Administrative
• Patient Sensitive Job Code: No
• Standard Hours per Week: 40
• Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
• Shift: Day
• Work Schedule
  
  Summary:
  
  This program requires a full-time commitment with residence in Utah. It requires multiple days on campus each week during standard business hours, but can accommodate remote work as well.
• VP Area: U of U Health - Academics
• Department: 00272 - CON Nursing
• Location: Campus
• City: Salt Lake City, UT
• Type of Recruitment: External Posting
• Pay Rate Range: $68,484-$85,000
• Close Date: 07/31/2026

The University of Utah College of Nursing (CON) is seeking post‑doctoral candidates to continue their doctoral training as part of a mentored program and to participate in collaborative team science with faculty, students, and other post‑doctoral trainees. This program requires a full‑time commitment with residence in Utah.

These trainee ships will focus on understanding how conditions of daily life influence health outcomes across clinical and real‑world settings. Training will build on the program’s strengths in social, behavioral, and contextual determinants of health and will leverage the breadth of College of Nursing faculty expertise and University of Utah research centers. Trainees will have opportunities to develop and test health interventions using data science approaches, pragmatic trial designs, and partnerships across healthcare and community‑based settings, including rural contexts.

Trainees will work with interdisciplinary faculty to advance research that is innovative, methodologically rigorous, and responsive to current and emerging health challenges. The training experience supports discovery and intervention development aimed at improving health outcomes and care delivery across clinical, community, and policy environments.

Each trainee will participate in a two-year program (year two is contingent upon performance) consisting of a combination of mentored research and career development, seminars, a journal club, trainee interest groups, visiting scholars, conference-based learning, grant writing club, and coursework. These scientists will gain the knowledge, expertise, and leadership skills to lead innovative programs of research.

In addition to an annual salary based on experience, each fellow will have $1,500 available for travel to a conference related to their research focus and $1,500 for research‑related expenses.

Review of applications will begin in February 2026 and will continue until positions are filled. Applicants are expected to start training in Summer or Fall 2026. Please apply at

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in Nursing from an accredited domestic or foreign organization, received as of the beginning date of the traineeship appointment.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for these positions.

• Intensive individual mentoring
• Interdisciplinary team mentoring
• Grant writing training
• Career development
• Research development
• Journal club
• Fellows’ writing group
• Visiting scholars
• Conference-based learning

In addition, post‑doctoral fellows will become an active member of an extramurally funded research team.

Eligible for university…