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| Posted | Department | Description | Faculty Mentor | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | Computer Science OR Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | The Learning, AI & Pathway Systems (LAPS) Lab at Vanderbilt is recruiting 1-2 Postdoctoral Scholars. The LAPS Lab develops computational approaches for understanding learning, educational systems, and AI-supported instruction, with a focus on effort, agency, tutoring, and student pathways across K-12 and higher education. | Conrad Borchers | View Details |
| July 8, 2026 | Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology | RNA Processing and Modification in Viral Infection and Innate Immunity | John Karijolich | View Details |
| July 8, 2026 | Anthropology | Seeking highly motivated person for post-doc position in Bioarchaeology & Stable Isotope Research Lab; Dept of Anthropology. Research on ancient human and animal diets and migration in the ancient Americas. Sample prep, collaborating w/ students, data analysis/visualization, writing/co-authoring manuscripts. Full time. | Tiffiny Tung | View Details |
| July 1, 2026 | Biological Sciences | Postdoctoral Position available September 1, 2026, in the Johnson Laboratory at Vanderbilt University | Carl Johnson | View Details |
| June 29, 2026 | School of Nursing | Postdoctoral Fellowship position in the areas of gerontology, dementia care, and dyadic health science under Dr. Lyndsey Anderson. This full-time position will provide a mentored training experience in research and intervention development as part of preparation for an academic position. | Lyndsey Anderson | View Details |
| June 15, 2026 | Biomedical Engineering | Postdoctoral Researcher - Gonzales Lab | Daniel Gonzales | View Details |
| June 11, 2026 | Biomedical Informatics | The Precision Nutrition Lab at VUMC is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to develop innovative AI and machine learning approaches for integrating multi-omics and clinical data to advance computational biomedical research, enable deep phenotyping, and support translational precision health. | Minoo Bagheri | View Details |
| June 8, 2026 | Neurology | The laboratory of Dr. Manus Donahue in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The candidate will play a central role in the development and implementation of novel MRI acquisition and analysis techniques | Manus Donahue | View Details |
| June 2, 2026 | Dermatology | The Ward Lab seeks an independent postdoctoral fellow to develop innovative in vivo and in vitro models of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), integrating mouse genetics, human keratinocyte systems, and translational patient data to study inflammatory skin disease mechanisms. | Nicole Ward | View Details |
| May 27, 2026 | Neurology | Postdoctoral Computational Biologist to analyze and integrate multi-omics data to uncover ALS disease mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets. Role involves developing pipelines, applying AI/statistical models, and collaborating in a translational, multidisciplinary research environment. | Veronique Belzil | View Details |
| May 26, 2026 | Medicine: Genetic Medicine | The Bick Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking a highly motivated and independent postdoctoral fellow to join our team working on the detection and interpretation of acquired DNA mutations as well as interrogation of their downstream biomedical consequences. Special emphasis is paid to translational efforts. | Alexander Bick | View Details |
| May 26, 2026 | Special Education; Hearing & Speech Sciences | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University supporting interdisciplinary research in education, implementation science, and translational research. Fellows will engage in research projects, grant writing, publications, mentoring, and community-based projects. | Jason Chow | View Details |
| May 20, 2026 | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | This is a collaborative position working on a federally funded project to test the efficacy of optimized promising therapeutics in our models of indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON). | Tonia Rex | View Details |
| May 1, 2026 | Neurological Surgery | Neurosurgery Spine Research Fellow | Gabrielle Santangelo | View Details |
| April 23, 2026 | College of Connected Computing | Postdoctoral Researcher in Affective Computing The Affective Computing Group in the CCC seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher in Affective Computing and Multimodal Machine Learning. This is a 2-year, in-person position with flexible start date (target: Fall 2026). Application review will begin immediately & continue until filled | Jonathan Gratch | View Details |
| April 23, 2026 | Biochemistry & Pharmacology | The Blind Lab is looking for an outstanding recent PhD looking to continue their training in structural biology, specifically focusing on crystallographic and/or other structural approaches to studying how small molecule drugs and lipids regulate nuclear receptors. | Raymond Blind | View Details |
| April 22, 2026 | Chemistry | The Plate lab is seeking a talented and motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to join our team. We are a multidisciplinary research group using chemical biology, biochemistry, cell biology and proteomics approaches to understand the coordination of protein interactions. | Lars Plate | View Details |
| April 20, 2026 | Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition | This request is for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work in Dr. Choksi's laboratory. Dr. Choksi's research program is basic/translational and focuses on the effect of oxidative stress on cell-cell communication. This position will focus on independently advancing research projects, analyzing data, and mentoring | Yash Choksi | View Details |
| April 20, 2026 | Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | Postdoctoral researcher in computational biology and deep learning | Carlos Oliver | View Details |
| March 30, 2026 | Radiology and Radiological Sciences | A postdoctoral position is available immediately at the Pham Laboratory, focusing on molecular imaging of biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease. | Wellington Pham | View Details |
| March 20, 2026 | Medicine | Postdoc position studying intestinal injury, IBD, and colorectal cancer using murine models and human organoids. Lead experiments, publish, present, mentor, and aid grants. Requires PhD, strong molecular biology and mouse disease modeling; organoid/CRC expertise preferred. | Chris Williams | View Details |
| March 19, 2026 | Surgery: Colon & Rectal Surgery | The Colorectal Research Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is looking for a research person for a one-year position starting August 2026. We are a group of seven colorectal surgeons actively engaged in a wide range of health services, clinical, and translational research. | Aimal Khan, MD | View Details |
| March 13, 2026 | Biochemistry, Chemistry, & the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology | The Mitchell Laboratory is recruiting postdoctoral fellows to lead high-impact projects at the interface of chemical and synthetic biology. Our research aims to discover and engineer macrocyclic peptides as chemical probes and therapeutic leads. | Douglas Mitchell | View Details |
| January 27, 2026 | Pharmacology | Postdoctoral position, Cigliola Laboratory, Vanderbilt University | Valentina Cigliola | View Details |
| December 18, 2025 | Medicine: Allergy/Pulmonary | A postdoctoral position focused on clinical epidemiology is available in Vanderbilt's Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Group, a multidisciplinary, multi-investigator group of basic, translational and clinical scientists studying the mechanisms and natural history of Pulmonary Fibrosis. | Margaret Salisbury | View Details |
| December 11, 2025 | Medicine: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine | The Center for Asthma Research Group at the Vanderbilt Institute for Population and Public Health is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow. Supervised by Dr. Pingsheng Wu, the project will provide in-depth training in quantitative epidemiology using large administrative datasets and electronic medical records. | Pingsheng Wu | View Details |
| November 19, 2025 | Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security | Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Cybersecurity. This position is in the Wicked Problems Laboratory in the Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security. | Megan Pask | View Details |
| November 14, 2025 | Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security | Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Artificial Intelligence. This position is in the Wicked Problems Laboratory in the Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security | Megan Pask | View Details |
| November 13, 2025 | Physics & Astronomy | Postdoctoral fellowship in gravitational physics at Vanderbilt University | Alex Lupsasca | View Details |
| October 28, 2025 | LGBTQ+ Policy Lab | Vanderbilt University is seeking applications for one or two postdoctoral scholars to join the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab beginning in Summer 2026 or earlier. | Michael Pastrana | View Details |
| October 6, 2025 | Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Vanderbilt Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, located within Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), is accepting applications for the 2026-2027 training year. Two positions are available. | Laura Corona | View Details |
| September 23, 2025 | Physics and Astronomy; Electrical and Computer Engineering | Postdoctoral position in non-equilibrium quantum materials | Matthew Day | View Details |
| September 16, 2025 | Mechanical Engineering | The Bellan Laboratory (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/bellanlab/) at Vanderbilt University seeks an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to work on an NIH-funded vascular tissue engineering project that focuses on establishing a 3D in vitro model of a congenital heart defect affecting newborns. | Leon Bellan | View Details |