Postdoctoral Scholar: Climate-Related Exposures, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Position Overview School / Campus / College: School of Public Health Organization: Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Title: Postdoctoral Scholar: Climate-Related Exposures, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Position Details Position Description About the Lab/Research Group The Sklar lab in the
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington has an outstanding opportunity for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join their team. We are an interdisciplinary research group focused on policy-relevant environmental and occupational exposure assessment and epidemiology, with an emphasis on mixed-methods approaches. Position Description The Postdoctoral Scholar will support a
state-funded project developing a Climate Change and Natural Hazard Resilience Plan (CCNHRP) aimed at estimating climate related health risks and improving the climate resilience and safety for incarcerated people and carceral workers across Washington State. The Postdoctoral Scholar will contribute to a quantitative assessment of climate related exposures across 27 carceral facilities statewide, including 10 prisons
and a sample of youth, reentry, and other residential facilities. This position offers a unique opportunity to produce work with direct policy impact at the state level. The position involves close collaboration with state agency personnel and community stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. This project operates at the intersection of environmental science, climate science, and health equity. The
Postdoctoral Scholar will work with the rest of the project team on engaging stakeholders, including incarcerated populations and staff from medical, custody, and facilities units in co-designing mitigation strategies and will contribute to cost-benefit and equity analyses that inform capital planning and Washington State hazard mitigation policy. The position offers a unique opportunity to produce work with direct
policy impact at the state level. Anticipated Duties Develop and apply quantitative research methods that integrate data from multiple sources including gridded climate and hazard data, facility infrastructure and operational records, DOC administrative healthcare data, and indoor/outdoor air monitoring data to support facility-level exposure and analysis of climate related health risks Model indoor environmental
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