Description
Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding postdoctoral fellowship in pain science, substance use disorders (SUD), data science, or their intersection. Join the next generation of pain and SUD researchers at Stanford’s Pain Division and translate research discoveries into safe, real-world treatments. Stanford is internationally recognized for its cutting-edge research, world-class resources, and collaborative culture. The Division of Pain Medicine is at the forefront of innovation in pain research, education, and patient care.
Our postdoctoral program has successfully transitioned fellows into independent research careers; many have achieved their own NIH K/R grants and faculty positions. We offer elective coursework, mentorship, seminars, an individual integrated research project, and training in grant proposals and manuscript writing. This program is supported by an NIH T32 postdoctoral training grant.
In addition to those with degree in the social sciences, we are especially interested in applicants who wish to apply data science principles and techniques to biomedical datasets. Experience and interests may include designing machine learning pipelines, building web applications or tools, and creating and maintaining visualization dashboards.
Trainees should be comfortable with:
- SQL, R, and Python
- database extraction
- data cleaning
- analysis
- algorithm development and implementation
- data visualization
The postdoctoral fellow may work with one of 23 primary mentors, spanning 7 departments: Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Medicine, Psychiatry, Biology, Radiology, and Psychology.
Our T32 may provide tuition support to obtain Stanford Master's in Epidemiology and Clinical Research for those who would benefit from additional training in clinical research.
You will:
- Obtain broad knowledge about the fields of pain and SUD neurobiology.
- Acquire depth and expertise in an area of specialization within pain and SUD.
- Develop proficiency in research methodology and skills.
- Develop skills to identify key research questions and to formulate testable hypotheses.
- Design and execute studies that test those hypotheses.
- Present findings at national conferences.
- Develop proficiency in manuscript writing and publishing.
- Become skilled in writing funded grant applications.
- Develop proficiency in team science concepts and the responsible conduct of collaborative research.
- Work with primary mentors and co-mentors to develop challenging yet realistic career plans.
Disciplines in which we offer training
- Molecular and cellular biology
- Optogenetics
- Electrophysiology
- Genetics
- Cognitive neurosciences
- Psychology
- Neuroimaging
- Data sciences
- Epidemiology
- Health policy
- Economics of pain and SUDs
Requirements
Trainees must have received, as of the beginning date of the appointment, an MD/PhD, MD, PhD, or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Written certification by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met, prior to the date training is to begin, is acceptable. MDs must have been conferred within six years and PhDs within three years of appointment.
We especially encourage applications from members of under-represented minority groups. Stanford is a non-discriminatory/affirmative action equal opportunity employer.
To be appointed to a T32 research training grant, an individual must be a citizen, a non-citizen national of the United States, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a current, valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or must be in possession of other legal verification of such status) and not be supported by any other NIH grant at the time of the T32 appointment. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
