"Hopkins Housing & Health Collaborative Post-Doctoral Fellowship"

Hopkins Housing & Health Collaborative Post-Doctoral Fellowship

We are pleased to begin accepting applications for the Hopkins Housing & Health Collaborative Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The Hopkins Housing & Health Collaborative brings together researchers from across Johns Hopkins University who seek to identify ways healthy housing can be used as a platform to support health and well-being across the life course (housinghealth.org). In addition to research, the Collaborative is committed to working in conjunction with communities, policymakers, and practitioners. The Collaborative’s Post-Doctoral Fellow will, with support and mentorship, perform cutting edge research designed to improve health by addressing housing-related needs.

The fellow will be based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management and under the primary mentorship of Collaborative Director Dr. Craig Pollack. The fellow will support NIH-funded projects designed to assess the impact of housing mobility and federal housing assistance. Housing mobility programs are designed to address systemic discrimination in the housing market by helping low-income families move from high poverty areas into better resourced neighborhoods. They offer an important natural experiment to study the impacts of neighborhoods on health. Federal housing assistance, in the form of Housing Choice Vouchers, public housing, and multifamily housing has been increasingly linked with a range of health outcomes. Current projects employ causal inference methods, administrative datasets, and examine multiple aspects of health care use. The fellow may also work on a wide range of other housing-related projects, including those evaluating the impacts of federal and state policies.

The Fellow is expected to be highly motivated with a passion for investigating social determinants of health and have strong analytic and writing skills. The Fellow may have a PhD in health policy, social epidemiology, biostatistics, economics, urban planning or a related field, or an MD with research training in observational data. The position offers ample opportunities for mentorship in writing manuscripts and grants, the use of innovative methodological approaches, and participating in seminar series. Possibilities for leadership roles and teaching are also available. This fellowship is a one-year, full-time position, with a possible one-year extension based on progress towards goals. The salary and benefits will be commensurate with NIH standards.

The fellowship is scheduled for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Essential Functions

Research activities and may include:

• Conduct statistical analyses using administrative data
• Produce visualizations and tables with results from statistical analysis
• Draft manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals
• Prepare and present results from analysis in oral presentations
• Contribute to grant writing of proposals
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a PhD, Doctorate, or MD.
• Strong statistical skills (e.g. experience in regression analysis and causal inference methods such as difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, and propensity score matching)
• Good writing skills (e.g. publications)
• Team oriented and experienced working with diverse groups of investigators, trainees, and students

Application Instructions

Applications should include (1) a short cover letter, (2) current CV, (3) research statement, (4) an article-length writing sample, and (5) the names and contact information of three recommenders. All application materials should be submitted online via Interfolio by December 15, 2025 at: https://apply.interfolio.com/177211.

Salary

67,000 to 75,000