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National Academy of Medicine - Washington, DC
The NAM Leadership Consortium is seeking a Program Officer to help conduct projects and research on pressing health policy problems. The NAM seeks an individual with a master's degree and at least five years of experience in the field of health policy, or with a master’s degree in a related field, who is interested in working in a fast-paced health policy environment to foster collaboration across perspectives. The Program Officer must have a keen sense of strategic decision-making, excellent interpersonal skills, exceptional writing abilities, and knowledge of the current issues in the field of health policy in general. The Program Officer will work closely with the Director, Deputy Director, and staff within the Leadership Consortium. Incumbent applies in-depth professional level knowledge to independently solve a full range of complex problems. The job's primary focus may be either leading studies or convening activities or managing organization programs (e.g., research programs, art programs). The work is primarily intellectual or analytical in character, requiring advanced knowledge. Assignments are broadly defined and require judgment and creativity to complete. To view the complete position description and application process, visit the National Academies career hub.
National Academy of Medicine - Washington, DC
The NAM Leadership Consortium is seeking a Senior Program Assistant who will work closely with the executive director, senior program officers, and other staff to organize, develop and facilitate ongoing Consortium activities and meetings. The Senior Program Assistant must have a keen strategic sense, excellent interpersonal instincts, exceptional writing skills, knowledge of the current issues in the field of health policy in general, including strong related analytic and organizational capabilities and experience. The successful candidate will have a passion for the National Academy of Medicine’s mission and strong sense of commitment to the Leadership Consortium's vision, an appreciation that all tasks are crucial to an organization's success, and the ability to operate under limited supervision and with teams. Successful candidates will bring attributes including strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize work with minimal oversight, and the flexibility to change directions as the job dictates. Learn more and apply via the National Academies career portal.
Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University, a Catholic, Jesuit institution dedicated to student learning, research, healthcare and service, is seeking applicants for a full-time faculty position in Family and Community Medicine, beginning as soon as the position is filled. Appointment at the rank of Associate Professor is preferred, though candidates at the Assistant Professor level or Professor level will be accepted for review.
We seek a full-time researcher with a strong record of research and scholarship in family medicine or primary care with research interests in one or more of the following: behavioral health, substance use and abuse, pain management, social determinants of health, trauma, access to care, comparative effectiveness, collaborative care, clinical epidemiology, or patient centered outcomes research. The faculty member will be expected to develop an independent research program with external grant funding, to lecture in the School of Medicine, to mentor junior faculty, residents and students, and to support other activities in the Division of Research as needed. A strong publication record and experience as a funded principal investigator is strongly desired. Current funded projects representing partial salary support is desired but not required at time of application. Family and Community Medicine is a vibrant, growing Department at Saint Louis University. We are among the top 20 most NIH funded family medicine departments in the country and maintain outstanding support staff for all investigators.
Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience. Please submit application at http://jobs.slu.edu. Application must include a curriculum vita, example of scholarly work, and cover letter describing research areas of interest and any plans for the future. In addition to applying online, applicants may send these materials to Jeffrey Scherrer, PhD, Professor and Director, Research Division, Department of Family and Community Medicine, 1008 S. Spring Ave., 3rd Floor, St. Louis, MO 63110 or via email to jeffrey.scherrer@health.slu.edu. Phone calls with questions are welcome, 314-977-8486. Saint Louis University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, and encourages nominations of and applications from women and minorities.
HealthPartners Institute is seeking a Research Scientist with a focus in any of the following areas:
Health equity/social determinants of health.
Cardiometabolic disease (including diabetes, hypertension, and obesity).
Maternal/child health (including childhood development, adolescent health, obstetrics, vaccine safety).
Mental health (including depression, serious mental illness, suicide prevention, substance use, child/adolescent mental health).
Oral/dental health.
Applied quantitative methods (multi-site data coordination, machine learning).
Researchers may specialize in a broad range of approaches, from qualitative to quantitative, observational to interventional, and discovery science to implementation science. Investigators may obtain or maintain external academic appointments commensurate with their qualifications.
Research scientists are expected to support and develop externally funded research programs; conduct nationally and internationally recognized scholarly clinical and health services research to advance knowledge in their field; and collaborate with other HealthPartners investigators, clinicians and leaders to improve health outcomes and health care delivery. Successful candidate(s) will be accountable for conceptualizing and designing research projects, leading and collaborating on such projects, and disseminating research results through presentations and publication in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Participation in the ongoing life of the Institute through service on committees as well as participation in external, scientific peer-review processes are also expected activities.
As part of HealthPartners, HealthPartners Institute is focused on improving health and well-being through research, education, and practice. HealthPartners Institute investigators are embedded in an integrated health system, and have the opportunity to have an immediate and lasting impact on our patients’ and members’ health. Our research draws on rich clinical data derived from a comprehensive state-of-the-art electronic medical record and claims data from over a million HealthPartners patients and members. The Institute has well-developed research programs that feature clinical decision support, patient-reported outcomes, and remote monitoring/telehealth. Institute investigators are primarily supported by grant and contract funding from federal and other external sources, especially the National Institutes of Health and Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
At HealthPartners you’ll find an inclusive environment that encourages new ways of thinking and celebrates differences. We’re committed to living our values of excellence, compassion, integrity and partnership. By working together, we will improve health and well-being, create exceptional experiences for those we serve and make care and coverage more affordable.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement is recruiting an experienced health services /social sciences researcher to serve as a Staff Fellow (Social Science) in the Division of Healthcare Delivery and Systems Research (DHDSR).
Staff Fellow (Social Science)
AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement is recruiting an experienced health services /social sciences researcher to serve as a Staff Fellow (Social Science) in the Division of Healthcare Delivery and Systems Research (DHDSR).
DHDSR develops new evidence, tools and measures to understand how health care is delivered in the U.S., emphasizing the roles that physicians, physician practices, hospitals, health systems, other medical professionals, and organizations play in the provision of health care services.
The Staff Fellow (Social Science) serves as a technical expert working primarily with AHRQ's Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) dissemination and implementation work. DHDSR develops, disseminates, and implements evidence and tools to measure and enhance the efficiency of health systems - the capacity to produce better quality and outcomes while avoiding overutilization, or to maintain quality and outcomes with lower resource use. In addition to analyzing variations in quality and resource use, this work involves identifying the factors that differentiate higher-performing (more efficient and higher quality) from lower-performing systems, with special emphasis on understanding the policy-relevant effects of variations in forms of delivery system integration, market consolidation, workforce configurations, organizational strategies, and compensation methods. Other related projects involve developing and testing system-level interventions to improve the update of new PCOR findings and improve the quality of health care delivery, with the goal of providing promising models to federal partners, states, and private payers and systems.
The position is a two-year renewable Staff Fellow appointment, at a level equivalent to a civil service GS-13, depending on qualifications and experience. AHRQ welcomes candidates with an advanced degree in an appropriate health services research/social sciences field; knowledge of current developments and research on health care systems; and experience related to dissemination and implementation of PCOR evidence in health care delivery organizations and systems.
To apply, please send a C.V., brief statement of research interests and accomplishments, and three references to Mike Furukawa at michael.furukawa@ahrq.hhs.gov.
This position is located in Rockville, MD.
AHRQ is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The MAPRI Research Biostatistician position provides analytic support and acts as a strategic partner on various types of research projects involving clinical data.
Kaiser Permanente Northern CA – Oakland, CA
The Division of Research (DOR) of Kaiser Permanente Northern California seeks a senior researcher to become its Associate Director for Cancer Research. This individual will lead one of DOR’s six scientific sections and will participate in department-wide leadership activities. S/he will also maintain an independently funded research program and conduct scholarly research that is recognized nationally and internationally. A key part of this leadership role is to foster collaboration with Kaiser Permanente's program, clinical trial, clinical and operational leaders on studies that evaluate ways to improve our understanding of the risk factors, mechanisms, outcomes and effective preventative and therapeutic strategies across the spectrum of different malignancies in children and adults. The Associate Director may be appointed at the Associate Professor or Professor-equivalent level.
This Associate Director position calls for a strong understanding and expertise related to cancer research, which can include epidemiology, evaluation of clinical and patient-centered care, outcomes assessment, and clinical trials. In general, DOR associate directors spend approximately 20% of their effort on leadership activities with their section faculty and for the department, and the remainder of their effort on their own research. The successful candidate is expected to maintain their own externally-funded research portfolio including NIH or other federal funding, collaborate with physicians and program leaders within Kaiser Permanente, work with other DOR researchers on content and methodological issues, and develop national and international collaborations to advance research, quality of care and outcomes related to cancer. Required qualifications include an MD or PhD and research experience equivalent to a DOR Research
Scientist II or III (similar to an Associate Professor or Professor in a university-based setting). If interested, submit a cover letter and CV to Suzanne.Furuya@kp.org.
Kaiser Permanente Northern CA – Oakland, CA
The Division of Research (DOR) of Kaiser Permanente Northern California seeks a senior researcher to become its Associate Director for Health Care Delivery and Policy. This individual will lead one of DOR’s six scientific sections and will participate in department-wide leadership activities. S/he will also maintain an independently funded research program and conduct scholarly research that is recognized nationally and internationally. In addition to supporting research programs and collaborations among section researchers and with external institutions, a key part of this leadership role is to foster collaboration with Kaiser Permanente's clinical leaders to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care delivered at scale by a learning health system.
This Associate Director position calls for a strong understanding and expertise in health care delivery and policy research. Research scientists in this section study a range of health conditions and have a variety of expertise, including epidemiology, health services and implementation science. In addition, they have many collaborations with clinical leaders within Kaiser Permanente on operationally relevant studies. In general, DOR associate directors spend approximately 20% of their effort on leadership activities with their section faculty and for the department, and the remainder of their effort on their own research. The successful candidate is expected to maintain their own externally-funded research portfolio including NIH or other federal funding, collaborate with program leaders and other researchers within Kaiser Permanente, and develop national and international collaborations to advance research, quality of care and outcomes. Required qualifications include a PhD or MD and research experience equivalent to a DOR Research Scientist II or III (similar to an Associate Professor or Professor in a university-based setting). If interested, submit a cover letter and CV to Suzanne.Furuya@kp.org.
Kaiser Permanente Northern California – Oakland, CA
The Division of Research of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California (DOR KPNC), seeks a research scientist with strong background and experience in genetic epidemiology and/or statistical genetics to build and contribute to the Division’s research program in genetic epidemiology and precision medicine. Investigators in DOR draw on rich clinical data derived from a comprehensive state-of-the-art electronic medical record and enjoy direct access to a diverse population of ~4.5 million members afforded by its location within KPNC. This Oakland-based group has nearly 60 research scientists who lead well-developed programs in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, health care delivery and policy, behavioral health and aging, cancer, infectious diseases, and women’s and children’s health. The successful candidate will have access to one of the largest genetic epidemiology research resources in the U.S., the Kaiser Permanente Research Bank, which currently comprises a diverse national cohort of 400,000 Kaiser Permanente members with biospecimens and demographic and behavioral surveys that are linked with the longitudinal Kaiser Permanente EHR data.
The candidate is expected to develop their own externally funded research portfolio, collaborate with physicians and program leaders within Kaiser Permanente, work with other DOR researchers, and develop national and international collaborations to advance research in genetic epidemiology. Preferred qualifications include a PhD or equivalent and postdoctoral research fellowship with prior training and experience in human genetics, epidemiology, and statistical methods used in genetic epidemiology. Knowledge of state-of-the-art study design and methodology for conducting and analyzing studies of complex traits, including disease susceptibility and pharmacogenetics, is required. Prior experience in conducting genetic epidemiologic studies, a strong record of productivity, and evidence of good collaborative skills are highly desirable. A medical or other clinical degree along with a master’s degree in a research field may also be appropriate. The successful candidate should have a proven track record of independent scholarly publications in the peer-reviewed medical literature, demonstrated history of successful collaboration in research, strong methodologic expertise, and experience working with large electronic health record databases. If interested, submit a cover letter and CV to Suzanne.Furuya@kp.org.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii - Honolulu, HI
The Kaiser Permanente Center for Integrated Health Care Research (CIHR) is a nonprofit organization that is strategically focused on advancing knowledge to improve the health of diverse populations through world-leading, innovative, interdisciplinary and translational research. CIHR is recruiting an experienced investigator with a solid record of scholarly publication, demonstrated ability to obtain national funding, and project management experience. The successful candidate will develop and implement a program of research from concept to conclusion, including grant submission, project conduct, and dissemination in peer-reviewed literature. She/he will also participate in the overall development of the Center's research agenda.
A Doctoral degree in social sciences, medicine, healthcare or related field and a minimum two years experience as a principal investigator is required. To view the complete position description and preferred qualifications, visit the KP Careers website. Position reference number: 888731.
Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Pasadena, CA
The Department of Research and Evaluation at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) is recruiting candidates for the Director of the Division of Health Services Research and Implementation Science (Department chair equivalent). This position is an ideal opportunity for a visionary and dynamic leader to work with the Department and Leadership at KPSC to promote, conduct, and lead high-quality health services research that results in improvements to patient care.
Qualifications include a Doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, DrPH or similar degree designation) in epidemiology, behavioral science, health services research, or related field or doctoral degree in medicine (MD, DO or similar degree designation) with additional research education (MPH, MS, or similar degree designation) and training. ompetent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in health services research, implementation science, epidemiology, behavioral research, economics or related fields. At least 13 years of experience in health services research are required. Proven success in the academic environment with an established track record in extramural grant funding, scientific publications and mentoring junior investigators required. Experience partnering with operational leadership in a learning health system preferred.
To review the full position and apply, visit this link.
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute - Seattle, WA
The Pre-Award Research Administrator II (RAII) is a key member of the Financial Research Administration team at KP Washington Health Research Institute. S/he will collaborate with and provide guidance to teams of scientific faculty and research operations staff in the submission of grant and contract proposals developed by the KP Washington region. The RAII interprets funder application procedures, requirements and regulations and advises research faculty and support staff on the implications to the application. A minimum of two years of experience in pre-award and/or post-award grant/contract work in a research environment or related field with relevant experience is required. View full description.
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore, MD
The University of Maryland School of Medicine seeks an associate or full professor to lead the Division of Gerontology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health to advance ground-breaking research in gerontology. The Division Director will draw on outstanding campus resources to accelerate growth of an interdisciplinary, translational gerontology research program of excellence. Depending on the applicant’s interests, background and medical training, there also is opportunity to provide leadership in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Gerontology and Clinical Geriatrics as a sister division, and the Center for Research on Aging, an umbrella organization for all aging-related research in the School of Medicine.
The director will be expected to bring national vision and leadership to the Division of Gerontology, and mobilize and coordinate scientists whose interdisciplinary research benefits older people and attracts funding to build the division. The successful candidate for the position will be a national leader with a PhD and/or MD and significant experience conducting and fostering interdisciplinary research, a record of extramural research funding, and demonstrated leadership capabilities.
To learn more or apply to the position, visit this link.
