Posting Date: November 24, 2025

Title of Position: Postdoctoral Associate

School: Yale School of Public Health

Department: Department of Health Policy and Management

Anticipated Appointment Date: February 1^st, 2026

Fixed Term: One year, Full-time, renewable for an additional year with possibility of promotion thereafter.

A postdoctoral position is available with Professor Abigail Friedman in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Professor Friedman is a health economist whose research focuses on the policy drivers of tobacco and substance use. This postdoctoral fellowship will focus on grant-funded projects related to US cannabis policies? effects, with potential for collaboration on a wider set of projects related to tobacco and substance use. 

The successful candidate will hold a PhD by the start of appointment, be proficient in Stata with strong econometric skills, and have experience executing difference-in-differences analyses using newer methods that address concerns about bias from heterogeneous and/or dynamic treatment effects. Attention to detail as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a larger, multidisciplinary team are critical for this role, as collaborators include health economists, mathematical modelers, and policy experts across several academic institutions. Responsibilities will focus on data preparation, coding and implementation of quasi-experimental analyses under Professor Friedman?s guidance, preparing data tables and figures for presentation and manuscripts, and contribution to manuscript drafting and revisions at a level consistent with co-authorship. The candidate may also contribute to the development of new grant applications.

Yale University will use Interfolio to search for this position. Applicants receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials at no cost.

Please apply online.

Please submit 1) a cover letter describing your research interests and interest in the position, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) contact information for two references, and 4) (preferred but not required) a research or job market paper.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

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