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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.


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.

 
 
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