Dr. Sara Hart, Canadian Excellence Research Chair in Developmental Science and Professor at the University of Waterloo Department of Psychology is inviting applications for two post-doctoral fellows.
The postdoctoral researchers hired into this position will have the opportunity to work on collaborative research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The projects both include secondary data analysis, and advanced statistical modeling, on data representing reading and language development, classification of learning related disabilities, and reading intervention efficacy studies. One aspect of these positions will be managing, cleaning, and harmonizing large existing datasets to prepare them for deposit in a domain specific data repository (LDbase). The candidates will be trained in statistical analyses and will be responsible for writing scientific manuscripts. Research opportunities will include data analysis, writing manuscripts related to the research topic and/or metascientific concepts (e.g., data management, data sharing), and travel to present research finding at conferences.
The ideal candidate will be creative and collegial with the ability to work in a team environment and have strong communication skills. We are seeking someone with a background in children’s reading and language development (familiarity with common measures of reading and language), advanced knowledge of statistics, strong scientific writing skills, and experience with data sharing or open science concepts. An ideal candidate would have experience with structural equation models or other advanced statistical techniques. This candidate should be highly motivated to learn new data analytic methods, to apply them to new contexts, to publish first-author papers, and present at conferences. The successful candidate will be based at the University of Waterloo, but will be part of interdisciplinary teams with colleagues across the USA.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in a field of developmental psychology, education, special education, quantitative methods or other related field, experience in the fields of reading and language development, quantitative methods, or metascience, and experience with statistical software (e.g., R, SAS, Mplus). For more information on postdoctoral studies and on the University of Waterloo, see https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies-postdoctoral-affairs/.
Both positions will be a one-year position, and one position will have the possibility of renewal for a second year. Review of applications will begin on March 15th, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled. Preferred start date will be June to August, 2024. To apply, please send your CV and a short interest letter (less than one page) to Sara Hart ([email protected]). Additional materials will be requested from final candidates.
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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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