Posted: 27-Jun-23

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Salary: 50,290.00 - 70,000.00

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Internal Number: 356225

The Postdoc will work closely with the UofM PIs and Researcher 5 in the design and implementation of the study in coordination with 4 collaborating universities. The purpose of the study is to understand how human behaviors, human-white-tailed deer (WTD) interactions, land use, and ecological context contribute to SARS-CoV-2 (SCV2) infection dynamics in WTD populations.  There are 4 objectives: 1) Determine the predictive relationship between (a) human values, attitudes, and beliefs and (b) human behaviors at the human-WTD interface; 2) Identify human behaviors and land-use characteristics that may lead to spillover or spillback of SCV2 from humans to WTD; 3) Determine the likely response of individuals to different management interventions (e.g., provision of information about risk and prevention); and 4) Improve risk assessment and forecasting capabilities of SCV2 hotspots in WTD. 

This position is renewable for up to 2 years. 

(20% Designs and implements a multi-method qualitative and quantitative study to collect data to understand interactions of white-tailed deer and people to develop a model to better understand the potential for disease spread between deer and people).
(20% Conducts quantitative/qualitative analyses of data)
(20% Writes project reports, and develops outreach products for the project)
(20% Conducts literature reviews and develops manuscripts)
(10% Other duties including preparing and delivering presentations)

Preferred candidates will have completed a PhD related to wildlife disease ecology, epidemiology, or conservation social sciences and have experience or interests in the conservation social science related to human wildlife management and interdisciplinary research on wildlife disease management. They should have experience in conducting research and an interest in developing additional research experience and skills with a focus on the conservation social science of disease management in deer or other wildlife species. Preferred candidates also will have interests in developing interdisciplinary theory and in the context of disease ecology and management. Candidates should have an interest in qualitative and quantitative social science methods and analytical skills with a preference towards those with demonstrating experience and interest in developing both qualitative and quantitative analytical skills including the use of statistical packages (e.g., STATA, R) as well as GIS and spatial statistics.

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