Postdoctoral Scientist - Program on Internet, Health, and Society
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Posted: 17-Sep-25
Location: Beverly Hills, California
Internal Number: 12181
Job Description
The Cedars-Sinai Center for the Arts and Humanities in Medicineis looking for a Postdoctoral Scientist to join the team!
When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion, and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it?s just one of the many reasons why we rank as one of the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
The Cedars-Sinai Center for the Arts and Humanities in Medicine principal goal is to provide creative outlets in the arts and humanities for Cedars-Sinai faculty, staff, and extended community, which extend beyond the traditional clinical and research interests of the institution. to learn more, please visit Center for the Arts and Humanities in Medicine | Cedars-Sinai. Under the center, the Program on Internet, Health, and Society explores the myriad ways in which internet-related technologies have reconfigured our social lives and overall well-being.
The position is aimed at studying the intersection of new technologies and psychology. Topics of interest include smartphone "addiction," video game violence, cyberbullying, the psychological effects of privacy violations and facial recognition, video-mediated psychotherapy, and digital therapeutics within mental health. The candidate will already have a track record of productivity in the field and a well-formed project idea to pursue. This position is for one-year aimed at studying the intersection of new technologies and psychology. The position is potentially renewable for one additional year based on scholarly productivity and funds availability.
Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?
The Postdoc will work independently, but in close cooperation with the Principal Investigator and other research personnel, to perform routine and complex research and scholarly work throughout their appointment. The Fellow can expect to develop, adapt, and implement new research protocols; analyze and interpret data; assist in the preparation of grant proposals; and participate in publications and presentations as author or co-author. The Fellow is not responsible for generating grant funds.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Designs and performs experiments. Will securely keep appropriate experimental records and documentation and analyze the results with the Principal Investigator.
May develop, adapt, and implement new research techniques and protocols.
Analyzes, interprets, summarizes, compiles, and writes up data.
Performs routine and complex research and scholarly work throughout the appointment period.
Utilizes and maintains standard databases of research data.
Qualifications
Education:
Doctorate (MD, PhD, VMD, or DDS) in area directly related to field of research specialization, required.
Experience and Skills:
Highly motivated and works independently on research projects designed by a mentor (typically the PI) within area of specialization.
Acquires thorough technical and theoretical knowledge of research project and objectives during one to five (1-5) year post-doctoral appointment.
Demonstrates aptitude to perform experimental protocols and procedures, including detailed data collection, and analysis, and the operation and maintenance of specialized equipment.
Knowledge of safety standards and must have the technical ability to operate mechanical/medical devices and/or equipment.
Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.