Impacts of Climate Extreme Events on Health

The NASA Postdoctoral Program at ORAU seeks a postdoctoral fellow to research the impacts of climate extreme events on health using U.S. hospital data and NASA datasets. Key objectives include identifying health risks related to extreme weather, examining compound effects, and evaluating prediction skills. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in climate science or a related field, strong data analysis skills, and programming experience. The position is based in Greenbelt, MD.
Organization

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Reference Code

0296-NPP-JUL25-GSFC-EarthSci

How To Apply

All applications must be submitted in Zintellect

Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org)

A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:
• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents

Application Deadline

7/1/2025 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

Description

About the NASA Postdoctoral Program

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Description:

The NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the impacts of climate extreme events on human health. This research will utilize health data collected from hospitals across the United States, spanning a broad age range from newborns to adults. The study will also incorporate various NASA datasets, including reanalysis products, satellite observations, and subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasts.

Key research objectives include:
• Identifying extreme weather events strongly associated with health risks.
• Examining the compound effects of different extreme events.
• Investigating spatial and seasonal variability in identified climate-health relationships.
• Exploring large-scale climatic drivers of these extreme events.
• Evaluating the prediction skills for these events.

This opportunity will entail working in the NASA high performance computing environment.

Field of Science: Earth Science

Advisors:

Michael Bosilovich

Michael.G.Bosilovich@nasa.gov

(301) 614-6147

Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp@orau.org

Qualifications

Potential candidates should have a Ph.D. in climate science or a related field, including other desirable qualifications:

Strong data analysis skills, including experience working with large climate datasets.

Programming experience, particularly in Python, and proficiency with Linux platforms.

A proven record of publications, preferably on the climate-public health nexus.

Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques.

Point of Contact

Mikeala

Eligibility Requirements
• Citizenship: LPR or U.S. Citizen
• Degree: Doctoral Degree.