Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging, Dementia, and Long-Term Care

Thursday, November 20, 2025 |  12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

The Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging, Dementia, and Long-Term Care will nurture scholars with strong substantive expertise and interests in long-term care, healthcare systems and delivery, prevention and management of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs), intervention design and development, systems innovation, health equity, and quality of care and quality of life among older adults and their family and professional caregivers.

Methodological skills in one or more of the following areas are preferred:

1. Experimental and observational designs

2. Intervention research

3. Quantitative methods

4. Qualitative or mixed-methods

5. Community-engaged research methodologies

6. Program or policy evaluation

7. Implementation and dissemination 

   
   

Ample opportunities exist to develop an independent program of research in one or more of the areas above in collaboration with Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD (the Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care & Aging and Professor in the School of Public Health), Tetyana Shippee, PhD (Professor, School of Public Health), Eric Jutkowitz, PhD (Associate Professor, School of Public Health), Manka Nkimbeng, RN, MPH, PhD (Assistant Professor, School of Public Health) and many other faculty with expertise in aging. Fellows will have the opportunity to join and can seek additional mentorship from a diverse and vibrant group of research programs. For more information please click here.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Earned doctorate, or international equivalent

• Evidence of productivity in a defined area of research and scholarship

• Effective written and oral communication skills

• Effective interpersonal and organizational abilities

• Demonstrated commitment to promoting a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace.

Preferred qualifications

• Recognition in an area of scholarship

• Experience securing external research funding or willingness to seek and apply for various research funding

• Substantive research publication record

Applications must be submitted online to be considered.

External Applicant Application

Internal Applicant Application

Required application materials:

• A letter of intent

• An up-to-date NIH Biosketch

• Contact information for 3–5 external references.

Please direct further questions or inquiries to:Ashley Millenbah, MPH, Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair Coordinator, mill8913@umn.edu.

Associate or Senior Doctorate-level Faculty Investigator Position

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle WA

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Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) is seeking a mid-career or senior doctoral-level investigator (equivalent in rank to Associate or Full Professor) with nationally recognized research expertise in aging/geriatrics, brain health, and/or Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) research to join our faculty. This recruitment is part of the Institute’s succession planning and includes taking a visible leadership role within a well-established and successful aging research program, the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) cohort study. ACT is a unique ‘living-laboratory’ of aging focused on finding ways to delay or prevent ADRD. Launched in 1994, ACT enrolls Kaiser Permanente Washington members who are free of ADRD and follows them biannually with in-depth assessments; extensive electronic health record data supplement patient-generated data from surveys and biometric devices. ACT recently received a 5-year NIH U19 grant from the National Institute on Aging to extend this unparalleled long-running cohort study of brain health and dementia. The ACT U19 involves close collaboration with researchers at the University of Washington and across the country, and includes 3 projects, 6 cores, and several ancillary studies. Collectively, ACT research focuses on a wide range of aging topics, including vision, traumatic brain injury, physical activity, sleep, and other health behaviors; life course risk factors, including social determinants of health; pharmacoepidemiology; subtypes of ADRD; neuropathology; and neuroimaging and has provided rich insights to support improved understanding of aging. In addition to serving as a lead investigator for ACT, the successful candidate will maintain an independent program of extramurally funded research.

Questions about the position can be directed to Jessica.Chubak@kp.org, Search Committee Co-Chair, or Stacey.D.Adams@kp.org, Talent Acquisition Consultant. Additional application procedures may be required. For full consideration, submit materials by April 15, 2022; however, review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.

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Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellowship

Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellowships in aging, dementia, and long-term care will nurture scholars with strong substantive expertise/interests in long-term care, healthcare systems and delivery, prevention and management of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs), intervention design/ development, systems innovation, health equity, and/or quality of care/quality of life among older adults and their family/professional caregivers. Methodological skills in one or more of the following areas are preferred:

1. intervention research;

2. quantitative/longitudinal methods;

3. qualitative or mixed-methods;

4. community-engaged research methodologies;

5. program or policy evaluation; and/or

6. implementation and dissemination

Please email applications or direct further queries to: Ashley Millenbah, MPH, Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair Coordinator, email: mill8913@umn.edu; phone: 612-424-1894.

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