Job Opportunity: Research and Program Manager, Disease Ecology in a Changing World
The Disease Ecology in a Changing World (DECO) program at Stanford is housed within the Center for Human and Planetary Health co-directed by Drs. Erin Mordecai (Biology Department) and Giulio De Leo (Oceans and ESS Departments). DECO seeks a full-time Research and Program Manager to with DECO faculty leadership to build and advance a new disease ecology research program that bridges knowledge and action, scales solutions, and engages diverse stakeholders in generating new evidence and recommending solutions. The DECO Research and Program Manager will independently contribute to the research required for DECO’s current three cornerstone projects while identifying and recommending opportunities to advance the scope and scale of the DECO program. In addition to conducting research, the Manager will lead program coordination, management, fundraising and grant management tasks, and work to build strategic partnerships including within and beyond the Stanford disease ecology community.

Reporting to the Human and Planetary Health Managing Director, with close faculty research supervision from DECO Co-Directors Mordecai and De Leo, this is a fantastic opportunity for an adaptable and team-oriented early-career researcher with a PhD in disease ecology or a related field who is looking for experience building a complex, interdisciplinary, solutions-oriented research program in an academic environment.