Open Postdoctoral Positions

Open Postdoctoral Positions are listed by Department.

Department: Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine

Position with Daniel Tawfik

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: March 17, 2026

An opportunity for a postdoctoral fellow is available in the lab of Dr. Daniel Tawfik in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University. The Tawfik lab studies the use of electronic health record metadata in identifying structures and...

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Department: Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Position with Sohail Husain

Start Date: 8/1/2026
Posted on: January 16, 2026

Position Overview and Scientific Vision
The laboratory of Dr. Sohail Husain in the Stanford Pediatric Exocrine Pancreas Program seeks an exceptional Postdoctoral Scholar to lead hypothesis driven mechanistic research focused on how vitamin A signaling and transport regulate...

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Position with Michael Schumacher, PhD

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: May 26, 2026

The Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and the Schumacher Gut Science Lab are seeking a creative, motivated, and collaborative Post-Doctoral Fellow to join our team and conduct fundamental research studies aimed at better understanding tissue...

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Position with Ruben Colman

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: June 26, 2026

The Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, within the Center for IBD and Celiac Disease, is seeking a creative, collaborative, and highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Colman Lab. Embedded in the fabric of a thriving scientific...

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Department: Pediatrics, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine

Position with David Stevenson

Start Date: July 10, 2026
Posted on: July 09, 2026

This postdoctoral position, newly funded by the Gates Foundation, centers on the molecular and cellular biology of the human placenta, with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms by which low-dose aspirin influences placental trophoblast development and function. Preeclampsia...

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Department: Pediatrics, Pulmonary Asthma and Sleep Medicine

Position with David Cornfield

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: July 09, 2026

The Laboratory of David Cornfield, MD at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics is currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on lung biology focused research. 

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Department: Psychiatry

Position with Leanne Williams

Start Date: Earliest available start date
Posted on: March 24, 2026

We are seeking a well-trained postdoctoral scientist who is motivated to develop and apply expertise in neuroimaging-informed biotype trials for precision medicine in depression. Especially sought are candidates with expertise in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), with a...

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Position with Antonio Hardan

Start Date: Start date will be mutually agreed upon between program leaders and the applicant.
Posted on: April 07, 2026

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Psychometrics in Autism 

The Stanford Autism Center is pleased to announce the availability of a mentored postdoctoral research fellowship in psychometrics and scale development. This position is being offered to well-qualified postdoctoral...

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Position with Kaustubh Supekar

Start Date: 07/01/2026
Posted on: June 22, 2026

We are seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join the laboratory of Dr. Supekar and contribute to two NIH R01-funded projects at the intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and precision psychiatry. The Supekar lab integrates neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI) to...

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Position with Ehsan Adeli

Start Date:
Posted on: July 08, 2026

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Computational Neuroscience and Brain Foundation Models at Stanford University

We are recruiting a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join an interdisciplinary effort at Stanford University focused on building next-generation Brain...

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Department: Psychology

Position with Jason Yeatman

Start Date: Open position
Posted on: April 03, 2026

Rapid Online Assessment of Reading

Postdoc in Operational Psychometrics and Educational Data Science

Advisors: Jason D. Yeatman, Ph.D. and Carrie Townley-...

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Department: Radiation Oncology

Position with Jason Ross

Start Date: As soon as possible (ASAP)
Posted on: February 10, 2026

The Ross laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a postdoc to extend recent findings on rejuvenating aged immune systems through stem cell modulation (Ross et al., Nature 2024).

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Position with Anusha Kalbasi

Start Date: August 1, 2026
Posted on: May 08, 2026

The Kalbasi Laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar to join our interdisciplinary team at the intersection of cancer immunology, T cell immunotherapy, and cytokine biology.

This position offers the opportunity to pursue independent...

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Position with Quynh-Thu Le

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: May 18, 2026

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Quynh-Thu Le to develop inorganic nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics. Our research focuses on integrating nanotechnology, molecular imaging, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy to create translational platforms for...

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Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date:
Posted on: June 24, 2026

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study cancer vulnerabilities and small-molecule therapeutics. Multiple projects are available, broadly focused on understanding how genetic alterations create selective dependencies...

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Department: Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics

Position with Xianjin Dai

Start Date: Flexible, though preferably by August 2026
Posted on: June 30, 2026

The Dai Lab (Intelligent Image-Guided Intervention Lab) in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University is seeking multiple Postdoctoral Scholars to develop next-generation AI and imaging technologies for image-guided interventions and precision radiation oncology.

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Department: Radiation Oncology, Radiation Therapy

Position with Jason Ross

Start Date: As soon as possible (ASAP)
Posted on: February 10, 2026

The Ross laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a postdoc to extend recent findings on rejuvenating aged immune systems through stem cell modulation (Ross et al., Nature 2024).

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Position with Anusha Kalbasi

Start Date: August 1, 2026
Posted on: May 08, 2026

The Kalbasi Laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar to join our interdisciplinary team at the intersection of cancer immunology, T cell immunotherapy, and cytokine biology.

This position offers the opportunity to pursue independent...

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Position with Quynh-Thu Le

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: May 18, 2026

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Quynh-Thu Le to develop inorganic nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics. Our research focuses on integrating nanotechnology, molecular imaging, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy to create translational platforms for...

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Department: Radiology, Pediatrics

Position with Avnesh Thakor

Start Date: Immediate
Posted on: February 20, 2026

The Stanford Division of Pediatric Radiology within the Department of Radiology is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to perform basic functions and activities involved in defined research projects and independently conduct and analyze experiments. 

The work will be carried out in...

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Department: Radiology, RSL

Position with Daniel Ennis

Start Date: 9/1/2026
Posted on: July 10, 2026

Project-1 – Design, engineer, and evaluate a Fontan circulation emulator to study flow and pressure changes resulting from Fontan conduit upsizing.

Project-2 – Design, engineer, and evaluate a Fontan circulation emulator to study hepatic flow distribution.

Both...

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Department: Religious Studies

Position with John Kieschnick

Start Date: 9/1/2026
Posted on: January 15, 2026

2026-2028 Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 

We invite applications from scholars in all areas of Buddhist Studies whose research interests would complement and augment the work of our current faculty and graduate students, and whose work promises to...

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Department: Stanford Cancer Center

Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

Cryo‑EM and Protein Biochemistry (Rogala Lab, Stanford) — https://rogala.stanford.edu.

The Rogala Lab is seeking ambitious, thoughtful postdoctoral scholars who...

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Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date:
Posted on: May 10, 2026

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study cancer vulnerabilities and small-molecule therapeutics. Multiple projects are available, broadly focused on understanding how genetic alterations create selective dependencies...

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Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date:
Posted on: June 24, 2026

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study cancer vulnerabilities and small-molecule therapeutics. Multiple projects are available, broadly focused on understanding how genetic alterations create selective dependencies...

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Department: Structural Biology

Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

Cryo‑EM and Protein Biochemistry (Rogala Lab, Stanford) — https://rogala.stanford.edu.

The Rogala Lab is seeking ambitious, thoughtful postdoctoral scholars who...

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Department: Surgery, Emergency Medicine

Position with Preeti Panda

Start Date: Position available immediately. Start date is flexible; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Posted on: May 27, 2026

The Resilient Futures Research Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with strong quantitative data analysis skills to join our interdisciplinary team of investigators. The fellowship goals include advancing our research program on youth violence and injury prevention, and to develop...

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Position with Christopher Bennett

Start Date: Position available immediately. Start date is flexible; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Posted on: June 03, 2026

The Bennett Lab in the Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our research program. We are focused on generating data to inform how best emergency departments can most effectively contribute to ending multiple infectious disease...

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Department: Surgery, General Surgery

Position with Morad Hameed

Start Date: July 1, 2026
Posted on: February 19, 2026

Postdoctoral Training Position Summary: 
The Stanford Trauma Systems Data Science Postdoctoral Fellowship represents a unique opportunity to advance surgical care through innovative applications of data science and artificial intelligence. This interdisciplinary fellowship is...

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Position with Alma-Martina Cepika

Start Date: June 1st, 2026
Posted on: April 07, 2026

Cepika Lab (Surgical Science Section, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery) is seeking a productive, organized, and self-driven postdoctoral fellow with a strong background in immunology, experience with in vivo models, and an interest in...

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Position with Arden Morris

Start Date: June 1, 2026
Posted on: May 18, 2026

We seek a highly motivated computer scientist for a post-doctoral position in our multi-disciplinary health services research center within the Department of Surgery. The post-doc will have access to unique datasets, and can develop clinical partnerships across departments in Stanford's...

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Position with Electron Kebebew

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: July 06, 2026

The Endocrine Oncology Lab is seeking an ambitious and meticulous postdoctoral scholar who cares deeply about advancing translational science and working on collaborative projects that have the potential to impact patient care. We welcome candidates who are passionate, curious, self-...

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Department: Urology

Position with Guolan Lu

Start Date: The position is available immediately, and the start date is flexible
Posted on: May 22, 2026

The Lu Lab at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Scholar to help define a new frontier at the interface of spatial biology and therapeutics. The scholar will lead spatial-biology driven projects to identify novel spatial biomarkers,...

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