Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Description Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University, associated with a project funded by NSF “Using socioeconomic, behavioral and environmental data to understand disease dynamics: exploring COVID-19 outcomes in Oklahoma.” Statistical Modeling of Large-Scale Disease Dynamics : The successful candidate will build statistical models capturing how large-scale environmental and socioeconomic factors affect disease dynamics, particularly past disease outbreaks in Oklahoma. However, there will also be room to develop analyses of disease systems in other regions, particularly of respiratory diseases. Duties will include participating in database development (developing existing resources and new ones as needed) and developing project workflows in R. Knowledge of statistical modelling, machine learning (such as boosted regression trees, ridge regression), GIS, proficiency with R and experience either with macroecological analyses or statistical analyses of disease dynamics are required. Additional related skills such as knowledge of disease ecology, COVID-19, respiratory diseases in general, python...