The Department of Work Environment, School of Health & Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML), seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow in Occupational Injury and Disability Research.
This is a full-time, benefited position, with funding for an initial period of one year. Pending satisfactory performance, the position is typically extended to two years.
The primary goal of the Program is to develop the research careers of recent doctoral graduates with a focus on workplace injury and disability, through a program that encourages creativity and independent discovery, in a collaboration between two research institutions with extensive records of accomplishment in these fields.
The Postdoctoral Researcher will conduct ergonomics, occupational safety, occupational injury epidemiology or disability and return to work research, in close collaboration with research scientists at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (LMRIS), in Hopkinton, MA, as well as with Faculty in the School of Health and Environment (SHE).
Duties will include original research, publishing in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, participating in seminars and work groups and collaborating on research grant applications.
He/she will spend roughly equal amounts of time in residence at each institution.
The successful applicant will have a doctoral degree in Epidemiology, Occupational Health, Safety or Disability Research or a related field.
The candidate will have less than five years of postdoctoral experience, a demonstrated record of individual initiative and originality in research, strong analytic skills and potential to become an independent academic researcher within two to three years.
Preference will be given to applicants whose training, skills and research interests match the research interests of mentors at LMRIS and SHE.
Potential applicants are encouraged to view the SHE and LMRIS web sites and contact Faculty/Researchers with common interests:
http://www.uml.edu/SHE
and:
http://www.libertymutualgroup.com/researchinstitute
The annual salary is $50,000, plus a generous benefits package.
This position is contingent upon funding.
Applications, including resumes, statements of research interests and the names of three references, will be accepted until November 1, 2009.
To apply online, go to:
https://jobs.uml.edu/
and search for job Reference Number 0080056.
For questions on the application process, please contact UMass, Lowell Human Resources, at:
careers@uml.edu 
