Open Postdoctoral Positions

Open Postdoctoral Positions are listed by Department.

Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Position with Stephen Hinshaw

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: April 07, 2026

The Hinshaw Lab at Stanford is recruiting postdoctoral fellows. We operate at the interface between structural and chemical biology. Our mission is to understand and reprogram protein assemblies that control chromosome segregation and behavior. Applicants with expertise in structural...

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Position with Merritt Maduke

Start Date: any time
Posted on: August 28, 2026

Interested in molecular biophysics of ion channels and transporters? The Maduke laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar who is curious about the molecular mechanisms of ion channels and transporters. The position involves studies on the CLC family of chloride...

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Department: Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

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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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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Department: Ophthalmology

Position with Michael Kapiloff

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: August 13, 2026

Astrocyte Signal Transduction Research: There is an open postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Michael S. Kapiloff, MD, PhD, Reinhard Family Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Medicine. We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated retinal physiologist with experience in...

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Position with Wendy Liu

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Posted on: June 08, 2026

We have an opening for a full-time postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Wendy Liu, MD, PhD in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University to conduct collaborative projects in vision research.

Position Description: Our laboratory is...

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Department: Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Position with Tulio Valdez

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: August 05, 2026

The Valdez Lab at Stanford University is seeking a motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to develop liposome-based drug delivery platforms for the treatment and imaging of infectious and inflammatory diseases. The project will focus on...

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Department: Radiation Oncology

Position with Max Diehn

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: September 07, 2026

The Diehn Laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar to join our interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of liquid biopsy, cancer genomics, and computational biology.

Multiple projects are available in the area of liquid...

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Department: Stanford Cancer Center

Position with Max Diehn

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: September 07, 2026

The Diehn Laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar to join our interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of liquid biopsy, cancer genomics, and computational biology.

Multiple projects are available in the area of liquid...

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Department: Medicine, Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR)

Position with Tina Hernandez-Boussard

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: September 01, 2026

The postdoctoral researcher will conduct methodological research at the intersection of AI reasoning, biomedical informatics, and clinical medicine. Our work focuses on understanding how AI systems reason over complex...

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Position with Vivek Charu

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: August 27, 2026

Vivek Charu and Manisha Desai invite applications for a postdoctoral position focused on clinical trial design and advanced causal inference methods. The successful candidate will contribute to potentially several studies, working collaboratively on methodological...

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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Institute for Immunity Transplantation and Infection

Position with Taia Wang

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: August 19, 2026

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wang Laboratory

The laboratory of Dr. Taia Wang at Stanford University is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study human antibody biology. 

We are an experimental, mechanism-driven discovery lab focused on identifying the organizing principles...

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Department: Psychiatry

Position with Emmanuel Mignot

Start Date: As soon as possible, but later starting date also considered
Posted on: August 04, 2026

The Mignot Lab (https://www.mignotlab.com) is seeking several postdoctoral fellows or staff to join our group studying brain autoimmunity. We are seeking motivated individuals wanting to make a difference in understanding brain autoimmunity and...

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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: Medicine, Center for Digital Health

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Biomedical Data Science

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Neuroscience Institute

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Med: PCOR

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Health Policy

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Epidemiology and Population Health

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Medicine, Primary Care and Population Health

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 25, 2026

We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia...

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Department: Pediatrics, Hematology Oncology Stem Cell Tranplantation and Regenerative Medicine

Position with Tanja Gruber

Start Date: As Soon As Possible
Posted on: August 03, 2026

Immunotherapies Targeting Pediatric AML
Laboratory of Tanja Andrea Gruber, M.D., Ph.D. (Pediatrics, Stanford Cancer Institute)
Division of Hematology Oncology Stem Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

An opportunity is...

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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: Surgery, General Surgery

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: Bioengineering

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: 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: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Position with Ngan Huang

Start Date: 09/2026
Posted on: July 05, 2026

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Ngan F Huang, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.  We are interested in studying the role of cell-biomaterial interactions that 1) mediate differentiation...

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Department: Medicine, Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism

Position with Wenfei Sun

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Posted on: June 09, 2026

Postdoctoral Scholar: neural control of adipose tissue and systemic metabolism

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The Sun Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate how neural circuits regulate adipose tissue function and systemic metabolism....

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Department: Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Position with Laren Becker

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Posted on: September 08, 2026

The Becker Lab at Palo Alto VA and Stanford University invites applications for a NIH-sponsored postdoctoral position.  We seek highly creative and motivated scientists with a background in immunology, metabolism and/or neuroscience.  The laboratory studies the gut-liver and gut-brain axis...

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Department: Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Position with Sean Mackey

Start Date:
Posted on: September 08, 2026

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Research Training in Pain and/or Substance Use Disorders

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding postdoctoral fellowship in pain science, substance use disorders (SUD), data science, or their intersection. Join the next ...

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