Wildland Fire and Human Health Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
About the Job
Wildland Fire and Human Health Postdoctoral Fellow
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How to Apply
To apply, please submit the following in a single PDF file to klucinda@umich.edu with ?WFFI Wildland Fire and Human Health postdoc application? in the subject line:
+ Cover letter describing your relevant experience and scholarly interests
+ Curriculum vitae
+ Relevant publications
+ References (to be contacted after an initial interview)
Applications will be considered beginning June 1, 2023, until the position is filled.
Summary
University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to investigate human health, health equity, and environmental justice aspects of wildland fire. The successful candidate will join the Western Forest and Fire Initiative (WFFI). WFFI is an interdisciplinary working group of faculty, students, and postdocs who aim to understand and develop strategies for managing forests, fires, and communities in the western US as an integrated social-environmental system (SES).
The fellow will undertake a one-year focused research project that culminates in a practical policy recommendation and a published manuscript in a scholarly journal. The project will entail an in-depth investigation of one aspect of the relationship between wildland fire, smoke, and human health that also recognizes larger complex system dynamics. The research question and analytical approach will be identified and developed in collaboration with faculty, practitioners and thought leaders convened through the WFFI in spring and summer 2022.
The post-doc will work under the mentorship of Dr. Sue Anne Bell (School of Nursing) with additional mentorship from Dr. Paige Fischer (School for Environment and Sustainability) and Dr. Nancy French, Senior Research Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), and, and a team of other faculty members engaged with the WFFI.
Mission Statement
The School for Environment and Sustainability ( https://seas.umich.edu/ ) is a collaborative and interdisciplinary school. Our mission includes contributing to the protection of environmental resources and the achievement of a sustainable society. We accomplish this by generating and sharing knowledge, contributing to policy and engaging managers and stakeholders. The University of Michigan is a top-ranked public university with excellence in research and teaching. Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan, is a town known for arts, culture, parks and restaurants.
SEAS is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and equitable environment that respects diverse experiences, promotes generous listening and communications, and discourages and restoratively respond to acts of discrimination, harassment, or injustice. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is deeply rooted in our values for a sustainable and just society.
Who We Are
The WFFI is an interdisciplinary working group of faculty, students, and postdocs who aim to understand and develop strategies for managing forests, fires, and communities in the western US as an integrated social-environmental system (SES). The WFFI is made possible with support from Kathy and Steve Berman. The overarching goal of the WFFI is to improve society?s ability to mitigate the risks of large wildfires, exacerbated by climate change, to western forests and communities in forested areas.
The WFFI aims to serve as a research hub and a bridging organization, collaborating closely with practitioners and other researchers in the US West. The goal is to identify research questions and undertake intensive problem analyses to answer those questions. The WFFI will pursue four main objectives:
1. Improve scientific understanding of wildfire risk as a social-environmental system, and how to manage forests and communities as such under changing climate conditions.
2. Support groups of stakeholders in communicating and coordinating their programmatic and policy efforts around forest management, fire risk, community socio-economic development, and climate change.
3. Build the capacity of future scholars to work on fire-prone forest and community issues in the West from a complex adaptive systems perspective.
4. Create a robust agenda and set of strategies for policy and management changes.
For more information, visit
https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/wffi
https://nursing.umich.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/sue-anne-bell
https://seas.umich.edu/research/faculty/alexandra-paige-fischer
https://www.mtu.edu/mtri/about/staff/research-administrative/french/
Required Qualifications*
+ Ph.D. in public health, nursing, social work, sociology, geography, psychology, public policy and planning, emergency management, or another related field, and interest in working on interdisciplinary problems related to wildfire risk in the western US.
+ Formal training and research experience with human and/or public health topics including environmental risk, natural hazard, and emergency management; health services, health policy, disaster and natural hazard response and recovery; protective action and/or coping behavior; qualitative, quantitative, spatial, and/or mixed methods.
+ Experience with interdisciplinary research, stakeholder engagement, knowledge co-production
+ Knowledge about forest, wildfire, climate change, and/or community socio-economic issues in the western US.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Job Detail
Job Opening ID
234515
Working Title
Wildland Fire and Human Health Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Title
RESEARCH FELLOW
Work Location
Ann Arbor Campus
Ann Arbor, MI
Full/Part Time
Full-Time
Regular/Temporary
Regular
FLSA Status
Exempt
Organizational Group
School Nat Res Envir
Department
Sch for Environ and Sustain
Posting Begin/End Date
6/01/2023 - 7/31/2023
Salary
$54,840.00 -
Career Interest
Research Fellows
Apply Now
Apply Now
How to Apply
To apply, please submit the following in a single PDF file to klucinda@umich.edu with ?WFFI Wildland Fire and Human Health postdoc application? in the subject line:
+ Cover letter describing your relevant experience and scholarly interests
+ Curriculum vitae
+ Relevant publications
+ References (to be contacted after an initial interview)
Applications will be considered beginning June 1, 2023, until the position is filled.
Summary
University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to investigate human health, health equity, and environmental justice aspects of wildland fire. The successful candidate will join the Western Forest and Fire Initiative (WFFI). WFFI is an interdisciplinary working group of faculty, students, and postdocs who aim to understand and develop strategies for managing forests, fires, and communities in the western US as an integrated social-environmental system (SES).
The fellow will undertake a one-year focused research project that culminates in a practical policy recommendation and a published manuscript in a scholarly journal. The project will entail an in-depth investigation of one aspect of the relationship between wildland fire, smoke, and human health that also recognizes larger complex system dynamics. The research question and analytical approach will be identified and developed in collaboration with faculty, practitioners and thought leaders convened through the WFFI in spring and summer 2022.
The post-doc will work under the mentorship of Dr. Sue Anne Bell (School of Nursing) with additional mentorship from Dr. Paige Fischer (School for Environment and Sustainability) and Dr. Nancy French, Senior Research Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), and, and a team of other faculty members engaged with the WFFI.
Mission Statement
The School for Environment and Sustainability ( https://seas.umich.edu/ ) is a collaborative and interdisciplinary school. Our mission includes contributing to the protection of environmental resources and the achievement of a sustainable society. We accomplish this by generating and sharing knowledge, contributing to policy and engaging managers and stakeholders. The University of Michigan is a top-ranked public university with excellence in research and teaching. Ann Arbor, home to the University of Michigan, is a town known for arts, culture, parks and restaurants.
SEAS is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and equitable environment that respects diverse experiences, promotes generous listening and communications, and discourages and restoratively respond to acts of discrimination, harassment, or injustice. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is deeply rooted in our values for a sustainable and just society.
Who We Are
The WFFI is an interdisciplinary working group of faculty, students, and postdocs who aim to understand and develop strategies for managing forests, fires, and communities in the western US as an integrated social-environmental system (SES). The WFFI is made possible with support from Kathy and Steve Berman. The overarching goal of the WFFI is to improve society?s ability to mitigate the risks of large wildfires, exacerbated by climate change, to western forests and communities in forested areas.
The WFFI aims to serve as a research hub and a bridging organization, collaborating closely with practitioners and other researchers in the US West. The goal is to identify research questions and undertake intensive problem analyses to answer those questions. The WFFI will pursue four main objectives:
1. Improve scientific understanding of wildfire risk as a social-environmental system, and how to manage forests and communities as such under changing climate conditions.
2. Support groups of stakeholders in communicating and coordinating their programmatic and policy efforts around forest management, fire risk, community socio-economic development, and climate change.
3. Build the capacity of future scholars to work on fire-prone forest and community issues in the West from a complex adaptive systems perspective.
4. Create a robust agenda and set of strategies for policy and management changes.
For more information, visit
https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/wffi
https://nursing.umich.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/sue-anne-bell
https://seas.umich.edu/research/faculty/alexandra-paige-fischer
https://www.mtu.edu/mtri/about/staff/research-administrative/french/
Required Qualifications*
+ Ph.D. in public health, nursing, social work, sociology, geography, psychology, public policy and planning, emergency management, or another related field, and interest in working on interdisciplinary problems related to wildfire risk in the western US.
+ Formal training and research experience with human and/or public health topics including environmental risk, natural hazard, and emergency management; health services, health policy, disaster and natural hazard response and recovery; protective action and/or coping behavior; qualitative, quantitative, spatial, and/or mixed methods.
+ Experience with interdisciplinary research, stakeholder engagement, knowledge co-production
+ Knowledge about forest, wildfire, climate change, and/or community socio-economic issues in the western US.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Job Detail
Job Opening ID
234515
Working Title
Wildland Fire and Human Health Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Title
RESEARCH FELLOW
Work Location
Ann Arbor Campus
Ann Arbor, MI
Full/Part Time
Full-Time
Regular/Temporary
Regular
FLSA Status
Exempt
Organizational Group
School Nat Res Envir
Department
Sch for Environ and Sustain
Posting Begin/End Date
6/01/2023 - 7/31/2023
Salary
$54,840.00 -
Career Interest
Research Fellows
Apply Now
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