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The Survey Research Center invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship. Housed at the Institute for Social Research, one of the world's largest social science research organizations, the Survey Research Center is a community of faculty, staff and students that serves the public interest by conducting research integrated with state-of-the-art data collection and analysis, developing social and behavioral research methods, and training leaders in survey and data science.
The postdoctoral fellow will be a central collaborator in a beginning project titled "Improving Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Population-Based Research Data Capacity for All through Nationally Representative Hybrid Sampling", funded by the National Institute on Aging. This study aims to improve Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) research data infrastructure by introducing Hybrid Sampling (HybS) for building a nationally representative panel of middle-age and older adults where all subpopulations are represented with an oversample of seven granular subpopulations: Afro Latino, non-Afro Latino, Chinese, Asian Indians, Filipinos, Koreans and Vietnamese adults. Data will be collected in five languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese) using a push-to-Web method.
The postdoctoral fellow will work directly with the investigator team by assisting their overseeing the progress of the entire project, including day-to-day operations of the data collection preparation and fieldwork and finances related to respondent payment processing. This position will assist with the development of technical systems and manage research assistants and data dissemination activities; participate in peer-review manuscripts; and present research activities within the team, at scientific meetings, and in workshops for the general public.
The preferred start date is mid Fall of 2026. The initial appointment is for one year, with possibility of extension for up to 2 more year(s), dependent upon funding and satisfactory performance.
Assist the investigator team with overseeing the overall data collection and managing the project personnel through monitoring
Day-to-day operations of data collection preparation and fieldwork by monitoring technical system development and data collection progress
Managing and co-supervising research assistants under the direction of the PI
Assisting with the development and implementation of software development and data dissemination activities
Performing data analysis, including summarizing key findings from different data collection activities and writing up reports of findings
