The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in five programs: Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health; Environment and Health over the Lifecourse; General Viral and Bacterial Infections; Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases and Maternal Child and Reproductive Health. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
ISGlobal is seeking a postdoctoral researcher who is interested in taking over and managing activities of the “Exposures to light pollution and heat, and neurodevelopment in adolescents (ELHNA)” project.



The overall goal of the ELHNA is to investigate the association between the exposure to both light pollution and heat, and the cognitive function and the mental health problems in adolescents of 14-16 years old.
The postdoctoral researcher will be integrated in the BrainChild Lab, which is carrying out pioneering research in the field of environmental epidemiology and child health, with a special focus on mental health and brain development. The work of the lab has provided unique insights relating air pollution exposure to impaired executive function and alterations in brain morphology and connectivity in children. Extending this line of research, we uncovered the role of climate-related exposures, namely ambient temperature, in shaping psychiatric symptoms, brain development, and sleep.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Management, processing, and analysis of existing research datasets.
- Application of appropriate statistical methods to address the research questions of the project.
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📌 Postdoctoral researcher for ELHNA Project (Bellprat)
🏢 Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
📍 Bellprat