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Explore Postdoc & Research Jobs at Ohio State University offering competitive salaries and vast career development opportunities.
The Ohio State University (OSU) remains a powerhouse of interdisciplinary research, consistently ranking among the top public research universities in the United States. The university has announced over 50 new Ohio State University Postdoc Jobs, reflecting its commitment to high-impact discovery across its Columbus and regional campuses.
Moving into a postdoctoral role at OSU offers more than just a research appointment; it provides a gateway to a massive academic network supported by the Office of Postdoctoral Research. This office facilitates professional development through specialized travel awards and career grants, ensuring that scholars are competitive for tenure-track positions or leadership roles in industry.
Transitioning between diverse fields of study—from advanced MRI development in the College of Medicine to sustainable agriculture in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences—is made seamless by OSU’s unified "Ohio State University Postdoc Jobs. This structure guarantees equitable benefits and a consistent minimum salary, which was recently adjusted to $61,008 to align with national inflation and NIH standards.
Ohio State University Postdoc Jobs
Research Senior Technician - Physiology & Cell BiologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted Today
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Research Associate - Physiology & Cell BiologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted Today
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Post Doctoral Scholar (College of Public Health Biostatistics)remote typeHybridlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted Today
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Research Senior Technician- OphthalmologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted Today
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Post Doctoral Scholar - Quantum NetworkinglocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted Today
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Research Senior Technician - Comprehensive Cancer CenterlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 2 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar - Physiology & Cell BiologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 2 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator - CancerlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 2 Days Ago
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Research Senior Associate - Cancer ResearchlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 2 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar - Biomedical InformaticslocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 2 Days Ago
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Researcher 1- Neurological SurgerylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 3 Days Ago
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Researcher 2locationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator - Radiologyremote typeHybridlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Research Senior Associate- NeurologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant - Physical Medicine and RehabilitationlocationsDodd Rehabilitation Hospitalposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant-Medical OncologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Research Senior Associate - Surgery Critical Care, Trauma and BurnlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 4 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar, Clinical Psychology - Cancer ResearchlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Research Scientist - Cancer ResearchlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician - Cancer ResearchlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant - Cancer TrialslocationsJames Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Instituteposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator - Cancer TrialslocationsJames Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Instituteposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Nurse - Cancer TrialslocationsJames Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Instituteposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant 2 - PsychiatrylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator-Cardiovascular MedicinelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 7 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 8 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Researcher-Medical OncologylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral-Cardiovascular MedicinelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ResearcherlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Research Scientist - PathologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar in AI for Geophysics/GeosciencelocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician- Plastic SurgerylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator - PsychiatrylocationsHarding Hospitalposted onPosted 9 Days Ago
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Research Technician 2 - SociologylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 10 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Specialist (Nuclear Medicine)remote typeHybridlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 10 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 10 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar - Biomedical InformaticslocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 11 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant - Emergency MedicinelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 11 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 14 Days Ago
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Post-Doctoral Scholar - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitationremote typeHybridlocationsDodd Rehabilitation Hospitalposted onPosted 14 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 16 Days Ago
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Postdoctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 16 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar- NeurologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 16 Days Ago
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Research Senior TechnicianlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 16 Days Ago
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Postdoctoral Scholar to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Digital Visual Cultures of the Middle East and North AfricalocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 17 Days Ago
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Laboratory AssistantlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 18 Days Ago
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Researcher 1locationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 18 Days Ago
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Research Technician 3-Comprehensive Cancer CenterlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 21 Days Ago
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Post-Doctoral Scholar - Women's Health - Behavioral HealthlocationsOutpatient Care/Ambulatoryposted onPosted 21 Days Ago
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Post-Doctoral Scholar-NRSAlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 21 Days Ago
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Postdoctoral Scholar to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - AI, Second Language Acquisition, and Applied LinguisticslocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 21 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant-AnesthesiologylocationsUniversity Hospitalposted onPosted 21 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant 2-HematologylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 21 Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician – Molecular Biology and NeurogeneticslocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Postdoctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician- Microbial Infection and ImmunitylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar- NeurologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar- NeurologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Post Doc Scholar- OphthalmologylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 22 Days Ago
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Research Senior Associate- Neurological SurgerylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 23 Days Ago
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Postdoctoral Scholar to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Medical and Health Humanities in the Francophone WorldlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 24 Days Ago
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability EducationlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 28 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant-HematologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 29 Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator-HematologylocationsJames Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Instituteposted onPosted 29 Days Ago
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MSE Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 29 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 29 Days Ago
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Research Associate- NeurosciencelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30 Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician- NeurosciencelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30 Days Ago
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Research Technician-Medical OncologylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30 Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar-Surgical OncologylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar - Advanced CharacterizationlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar- Microbial Infection and ImmunitylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research TechnicianlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator - Emergency MedicinelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician - Comprehensive Cancer CenterlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Associate- Neurological InstitutelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ResearcherlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Associate- NeurosciencelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Clinical Research Assistant II-PsychiatrylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Aide and InterviewerlocationsOutpatient Care/Ambulatoryposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar- NeurosciencelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Scientist- Neurological InstitutelocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator- Pulmonary Critical Care and SleeplocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholarremote typeHybridlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Researcherremote typeRemotelocationsRemote Locationposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Researcher 1 - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitationremote typeHybridlocationsDodd Rehabilitation Hospitalposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Technician 2locationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Senior TechnicianlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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NIH D43 Program AdministratorlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar - SurgerylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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CCAPP Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research AssistantlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Dean’s Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Biology and Drug DiscoverylocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Postdoc ScholarlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral Scholar - AnesthesiologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Researcher 2 - Comprehensive Cancer CenterlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research TechnicianlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Research Senior Technician - PathologylocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ResearcherlocationsColumbus Campusposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Clinical Research Coordinator - RadiologylocationsOutpatient Care/Ambulatoryposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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Post Doctoral ScholarlocationsCollege of Medicine/Office of Health Sciencesposted onPosted 30+ Days Ago
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High-Demand Postdoc Vacancies (April 2026)
Current openings are diverse, with a heavy concentration in the Medical Center and STEM departments:
- Medicine & Health Sciences:
- Advanced MRI Methods: Focused on clinical translation and women’s imaging (Radiology).
- Comprehensive Cancer Center: Multiple roles in oncology research and molecular therapeutics.
- Pharmacoepidemiology: Researching drug safety and population health.
- STEM & Agriculture:
- Plant Systems Immunology: Investigating plant-microbe interactions and genomics.
- Agricultural & Ecological Engineering: Roles focused on hydrologic modeling and climate change impact.
- Social Sciences & Humanities:
- Economics: Positions specializing in Labor, Innovation, and STEM Education.
- Psychology & Behavioral Health: Clinical and research tracks at Harding Hospital.
How to Apply
Applications at Ohio State are primarily processed through the Workday Careers portal. To maximize your chances:
- Search the Portal: Use the job code 8806 to find all "Postdoctoral Scholar" listings.
- Contact the PI: In academic research, reaching out directly to the Principal Investigator (PI) listed in the vacancy often leads to a more successful application.
- Required Documents: Prepare a Research Statement, a full CV, and a list of at least three references. For medical roles, evidence of grant writing or junior mentorship is highly valued.