The Meehan Lab in the Department of Anthropology at Washington State University (WSU) has a Postdoctoral Research Associate position available for a full-time, twelve-month fixed-term appointment located in Pullman, WA with the potential for remote work. At the intersection of social and biological sciences, the Meehan Lab is studying human milk composition and its associations with mother-infant environments, including the relationship between and among cannabis use during lactation and holistic human milk composition and infant development.
This postdoctoral fellow will join with an interdisciplinary team at Washington State University, University of Idaho, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to study human milk, cannabis, and multi-omics!
This is a one-year position. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on January 1, 2025. Renewal depends on satisfactory performance, the continued need for the position, and funding continuation.
The successful candidate is expected to:
Conduct analysis for an NIH-funded project focused on characterizing and comparing multi-omics human milk data and investigate associations between and among milk cannabinoid concentrations, substance use patterns, selected maternal characteristics, and milk proteome, metabolome, and lipidome profiles;
Contribute to and lead co-authored papers;
Present work at a national and/or international meeting;
Assist with managing a research team;
Mentor undergraduate and graduate students working on the project.
PhD at time of hire;
Demonstrable skills in oral and written communication (including a publication record). A background in at least two of the following is required: 1) multi-omics approaches, 2) milk composition; 3) quantitative analyses, and 4) cannabis/cannabinoids.
Apply online through WSU Jobs.