Mount Sinai Health System
Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-12909-041
MOUNT SINAI SLEEP AND RESPIRATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM, 420 LEXINGTON AVE, SUITE 656 (Loading Dock - Located on Depew Place; Entrance on 45th St b/w Lex and Vanderbilt Ave. Use last bay on left), New York, NY 10170
Full-time
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Salary: The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City
Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $7692 - $80000 Annually.
Department: Medicine
Physical work location: 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 656, New York, NY - 10170
Name PI or Supervisor: Ankit Parekh; Email: ankit.parekh@mssm.edu; Phone: (212) 870-9803
Web link to Lab: https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/departments/medicine/pulmonary/research/sleep-analysis-group
Web link to Department: https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/departments/medicine
Administrative Contact: Daniel Bunger (212-241-6500)
Details of Research Project:
The postdoctoral fellow will embark on a comprehensive research initiative aimed at exploring the relationships between sleep disorders and health outcomes. This project will leverage a rich dataset that includes both clinical and sleep-related information, providing a robust foundation for analysis. The primary focus of this research will be to investigate how sleep disorders impact clinical comorbidities, which are co-existing health conditions that may complicate patient management and outcomes. By examining these connections, the postdoctoral fellow will seek to uncover potential patterns and mechanisms through which sleep disorders contribute to or exacerbate other health issues.
Technical Duties: (include any protocols)
Designs and executes scientific experiments.
Regular presentation of data in lab meetings, seminars, and national/international meetings
Provides data for grant submissions and progress reports for NIH and foundations.
Analyzes and interprets research results and the scientific literature in connection with writing or editing high-quality grant fellowship applications, manuscripts, etc.
Helps other researchers translate data results into a manuscript format and propel them to publication.
Educational and other Requirements for the position:
PhD degree
Advance knowledge of sleep medicine
Experience Required:
Experience in sleep research
Experience in clinical studies
Experience in data cleansing, statistical analysis, manuscript writing.
Goals/Outcomes of the Research Project:
The goal of this research is to deepen our understanding of how sleep disorders interact with various clinical comorbidities, including cardiovascular disorders, mortality, dementia, and others. The outcomes of this research will include the dissemination of findings to the scientific community, which may pave the way for novel approaches to disease intervention and therapy.
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