Missions

An 18-month postdoctoral position (with possibility of renewal) in the fields of health impact assessment of environmental health prevention policies and climate policies is announced for early 2026 at the Institute of Biology of ENS-PSL (IBENS), Paris, France.
The candidate will be responsible for:
- Modelling the health impacts of environmental prevention policies, particularly in the areas of air quality, noise, physical activity and/or urban green spaces.
- Modelling the impacts on human health of policies that promote climate and/or biodiversity.
- Participate in team activities, particularly in supervising students (co-supervision), setting up scientific projects and responding to calls for projects.
- Present the results of studies conducted in the form of scientific articles, conference presentations and notes to decision-makers.

Activities

The candidate will be responsible for developing modelling chains and conducting studies to assess the health impacts of environmental prevention strategies and climate policies. The candidate will be expected to familiarise themselves with the work already carried out by the team in various fields (air quality, food, physical activity), and then develop their own line of research in the field of assessing the health impacts of environmental and climate policies. This line of research may focus on advanced assessments (mortality, morbidity, medical costs) of environmental health prevention strategies, based on medical and administrative data ; and/or the impacts of policies that promote climate and/or biodiversity (health implications of the development of urban green spaces, impact of the transition to agricultural systems on antibiotic resistance, etc.).
The candidate will be expected to contribute to the supervision of students within the team (master's, PhD) and participate in responses to various calls for projects.

Skills

- PhD in epidemiology and/or biostatistics,
- At least 2 years of postdoctoral experience, and if possible experience in supervision (master or PhD students),
- Solid background in mathematical modelling and computer programming,
- Proficiency in R and/or Python programming languages,
- Experience working with large medical-administrative databases would be appreciated (SNDS, PMSI),
- Excellent command of scientific English (written and spoken), proficiency in French would be an advantage (frequent exchanges with stakeholders),
- Good interpersonal skills.

Work Context

The candidate will join a young multidisciplinary team working on the links between human health and the environment/climate, and in particular on highlighting the co-benefits for health of climate policies, under the supervision of Kévin Jean (junior professor at IBENS and associate researcher at Cnam Paris) and within PARSEC (Paris Research Health Environment Climate), a new research structure dedicated to producing knowledge at the intersection of climate change and health, supported by the École Normale Supérieure (ENS-PSL) and Inserm (Institut de la santé et de la recherche médicale), and directed by Rémy Slama.

Constraints and risks

None