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The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (www.libertymutual.com/research), Center for Physical Ergonomics invites applications at the Research Scientist level. The Research Scientist will perform original research to: understand measures of human physiology (e.g. functions related to fatigue, metabolism, cardiovascular or pulmonary functions) that are found relevant to mechanisms of injury and disability; and apply novel recording technologies – such as wearable sensors – for unobtrusive risk assessment in the home, community, or workplace. Particular topics of interest include risk assessment for injury prevention for the aging worker or aging-in-place population and better understanding patterns of activity, level of activity and sedentary work as related to injury and disability. Ultimately, the Research Scientist will identify new and impactful avenues of research that informs effective interventions. The Center for Physical Ergonomics consists of doctoral qualified researchers in fields of biomechanics, biomedical engineering, kinesiology, neuroscience, and tribology.
Applications should include a cover letter, full CV, and copies of two relevant scientific papers. The cover letter should include a narrative of your research interests and goals as related to this job posting.
To apply or learn more, please search job ID 78053 at https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/careers or contact Caroline Neble, Caroline.Neble@LibertyMutual.com.
The Research Institute employs approximately 50 people and engages in multidisciplinary collaborative field and lab research in areas of physical ergonomics, behavioral sciences, epidemiology and return to work/disability. The Institute works with internal and external stakeholders to address real-world issues related to safety. The Institute staff is well published in the open literature and active in many national and international scientific societies and conferences.
Responsibilities
Qualifications:
Applications should include a cover letter, full CV, and copies of two relevant scientific papers. The cover letter should include a narrative of your research interests and goals as related to this job posting.
To apply or learn more, please search job ID 78053 at https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/careers or contact Caroline Neble, Caroline.Neble@LibertyMutual.com.
The Research Institute employs approximately 50 people and engages in multidisciplinary collaborative field and lab research in areas of physical ergonomics, behavioral sciences, epidemiology and return to work/disability. The Institute works with internal and external stakeholders to address real-world issues related to safety. The Institute staff is well published in the open literature and active in many national and international scientific societies and conferences.
Responsibilities
- Conceive, plan, prepare proposals, and conduct original research related to built-environment, driving safety, return to work and disability.
- Conduct studies in human physiology utilizing criterion standards and novel unobtrusive sensor technologies.
- Collaborate with other investigators to create multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research.
- Identify emerging research opportunities and innovative paradigms of research.
- Publish high quality impactful peer-reviewed publications and disseminate knowledge via conferences and other venues.
- Ensure research contributes or impacts beyond scientific community and participates in translating, interpreting or implementing research findings with internal and external customers.
- Mentor research assistants, post-doctoral fellows and visiting scientists.
- Contribute to a climate conducive to sharing and generating ideas through internal seminars.
Qualifications:
- PhD in exercise physiology, occupational physiology, or closely related scientific discipline or Masters degree in scientific discipline with five (5) years of research experience, including peer reviewed publications.
- Scientific accomplishment as evidenced by publications in premier peer-reviewed journals.
- Basic and applied human subjects research experience in human energy expenditure, physiologic fatigue, or other human physiologic function.
- Experience with novel (wearable or non-wearable) sensor technology and standard exercise physiology lab equipment.
- Knowledge and ability to use research equipment and supporting software with corresponding programming skills for the applicant’s discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to develop creative/innovative research through cooperative and collaborative scholarly activity, work in interdisciplinary teams, solve problems, and translate results from scientific publications to business, customer, or other applications.
- Demonstrated ability to produce research across a spectrum of basic high risk studies to applied “business relevant” or “customer focused” research.