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This Biostatistician position with the Durham VA Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation at the Durham VA Health Care System, is in support of research projects conducted by the Center.
ADAPT’s core faculty and staff conduct creative, high-quality health services research in close partnership with VA leadership for the benefit of our nation's Veterans. The Center offers organized research programs that involve cross-functional research teams and community and organizational partners to ensure that research studies are designed to address VA’s highest priorities and that research findings are relevant and actionable. ADAPT has a rich tradition in conducting high-impact health services research and promoting collaborative research and methods partnerships, such as a dedicated Implementation and Improvement Science Lab, as well as a Non-Randomized Designs Lab and a Pragmatic Clinical Trials Lab. https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/centers/durham.cfm
Job Description: The selected individual will serve as co-investigator/lead statistician for a variety of health services studies, such as randomized behavioral intervention studies, pragmatic trials, and observational studies involving VA data in electronic health records.
Major responsibilities will include:
Requirements:
The following skills are considered a bonus:
Position: Statistical Investigator, The Center of Innovation for Accelerating Discovery and Practice Transformation at the VA Durham Healthcare System, Durham, North Carolina. This position is for a GS 13 (begins at $107,906) or GS 14 (begins at $127,512) as commensurate with education and experience. Benefits included. This position is anticipated to be an in-person position, but there may also be teleworking arrangements. This is not a fully remote position.
Contact: Interested applicants can directly submit their cover letter and curriculum vitae to a secure portal here: https://veteransaffairs.ent.box.com/f/800ed73d6965420fae68897265f438cc or may submit indirectly for review by email (HSRDStaffing864@DVAGOV.onmicrosoft.com).
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement:
We aspire to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, equity, and inclusion. We work to recognize and mitigate our own biases. Our collective success depends on a robust exchange of ideas - an exchange that is best when we see rich diversity in our backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To achieve this, we are committed to diversity in the staff and faculty we hire, equity in the policies we create, and justice in the decisions we make. Candidates with backgrounds underrepresented in science are especially encouraged to apply.
The Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) in Durham, NC is seeking one staff biostatistician (GS-11/12) to join our biostatistics core. We are looking for a self-starter with a strong motivation to learn new methods for data analysis and data management, and a desire to be part of a health services research team.
ADAPT’s core faculty and staff conduct creative, high-quality health services research in close partnership with VA leadership for the benefit of our nation's Veterans. The Center offers organized research programs as well as cross-cutting methods labs and community and organizational partners to ensure that research studies are designed to address VA’s highest priorities and that research findings are relevant and actionable. ADAPT has a rich tradition in conducting high-impact health services research, including a dedicated Implementation and Improvement Science Lab, as well as a Non-Randomized Designs Lab and a Pragmatic Clinical Trials Lab.
The selected individual will:
The following skills are considered strongly desirable:
Contact: Interested applicants can directly submit their cover letter and curriculum vitae to a secure portal here: https://veteransaffairs.ent.box.com/f/10138731642f457f9d93a2b417e2e612 or may submit indirectly for review by email (HSRDStaffing864@DVAGOV.onmicrosoft.com).
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
Position: Biostatistician, The Center of Innovation for Accelerating Discovery and Practice Transformation at the VA Durham Healthcare System. Full-time. Candidates must be U.S. citizens. Must have a degree including statistical coursework or a combination of coursework and professional statistical work experience. Salary will be commensurate with education/experience consistent with a GS 11 ($75,708-98,418) or GS 12 ($90,744-$117,963). This position is anticipated to be in-person, but there may also be some teleworking arrangements. This is not a fully remote position.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement:
We aspire to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, equity, and inclusion. We work to recognize and mitigate our own biases. Our collective success depends on a robust exchange of ideas - an exchange that is best when we see rich diversity in our backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To achieve this, we are committed to diversity in the staff and faculty we hire, equity in the policies we create, and justice in the decisions we make. Candidates with backgrounds underrepresented in science are especially encouraged to apply.
The Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) in Durham, NC is seeking one staff biostatistician (GS-7/9) to join our biostatistics core. We are looking for a self-starter with a strong motivation to learn new methods for data analysis and data management, and a desire to be part of a health services research team. This individual will be responsible for pulling data and constructing cohorts from large administrative databases for a range of randomized and non-randomized projects.
ADAPT’s core faculty and staff conduct creative, high-quality health services research in close partnership with VA leadership for the benefit of our nation's Veterans. The Center offers organized research programs as well as cross-cutting methods labs and community and organizational partners to ensure that research studies are designed to address VA’s highest priorities and that research findings are relevant and actionable. ADAPT has a rich tradition in conducting high-impact health services research, including a dedicated Implementation and Improvement Science Lab, as well as a Non-Randomized Designs Lab and a Pragmatic Clinical Trials Lab.
The selected individual will:
Ability to work effectively in a team setting
The following skills are considered strongly desirable:
Contact: Interested applicants can directly submit their cover letter and curriculum vitae to a secure portal here: https://veteransaffairs.ent.box.com/f/54cad244a05b45d494d1cc46ea0b2aa0 or may submit indirectly for review by email (HSRDStaffing864@DVAGOV.onmicrosoft.com).
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
Position: Biostatistician, The Center of Innovation for Accelerating Discovery and Practice Transformation at the VA Durham Healthcare System. Full-time. Candidates must be U.S. citizens. Must have a degree including statistical coursework or a combination of coursework and professional statistical work experience. Salary will be commensurate with education/experience consistent with a GS 7 ($51,157-66,505) or GS 9 ($62,574-$81,345). This position is anticipated to be in-person, but there may also be some teleworking arrangements. This is not a fully remote position.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement:
We aspire to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, equity, and inclusion. We work to recognize and mitigate our own biases. Our collective success depends on a robust exchange of ideas - an exchange that is best when we see rich diversity in our backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To achieve this, we are committed to diversity in the staff and faculty we hire, equity in the policies we create, and justice in the decisions we make. Candidates with backgrounds underrepresented in science are especially encouraged to apply.
Incumbent will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of a highly complex, multifaceted research program supporting both clinician and non-clinician researchers. Duties encompass administrative, professional and technical aspects for comprehensive development and evaluations of research efforts of the Atlanta VAHCS.
Closes: 05/10/2024
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/789718500 for details.
The Director of Research Education and Training serves as a recognized expert and executive leader for VA research education and is responsible for ensuring that VA research personnel are provided continual education and training in accordance with all VA and other Federal requirements, and with all VHA research standards.
Closes: 05/13/2024
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/789837800 for details.
The primary purpose of this position is to manage administrative, personnel and financial programs and a variety of other administrative functions associated with Clinical Sciences R&D Service. The incumbent will have as his/her primary responsibility, the provision of evaluative information to the CSR&D Director/Deputy Director, facilitating effective management of the CSR&D Service, including finance, space, and other administrative program needs.
Closes: 05/09/2024
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/789411500 for details.
The position is located in the Office of Research and Development (ORD), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Central Office (VACO) in the Office of the Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer - Enterprise Support. The policies and guidance created, modified, and maintained by this position have national impacts and the position will require expert communication skills and needs experience with technical writing sufficient to convey ORD policy.
Closes: 05/08/2024
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/789110100 for details.
The position serves as a Chief of Staff for the Chief Research and Development Officer (CRADO).The position reports directly to the CRADO. As Chief of Staff, this individual serves as a special senior advisor and strategist to the CRADO as well as liaison between the CRADO and ORD Senior Executive leaders. The position plays an essential role in shaping the approximately $2 billion research program embedded within the VHA, one of the largest integrated health cares systems in the country.
Closes: 05/09/2024
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/788902700 for details.
SCIRE, a nonprofit corporation associated with the VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALB), is recruiting a full-time Executive Director. The Executive Director serves as the Chief Operating Officer for SCIRE and reports to the SCIRE Board of Directors. SCIRE manages contracts and grants, research personnel, and research funds for investigators at the VALB. Duties includes negotiating contracts/grants, effective oversight and regulatory compliance, hiring and HR of personnel to perform research, financial oversight of investigator accounts, management of SCIRE’s budget and administrative personnel, and working with investigators and administrators in the VALB to ensure the success of SCIRE and VA research. The ideal candidate would be an inspiring and highly organized leader with research and administrative experience who can work collaboratively with VA investigators, other stakeholders and multiple government and private agencies to promote research and ensures the highest standards for integrity, safety, and quality. A bachelor’s degree in healthcare, business administration or related field as well as prior experience with research administration, and a proven record of supervisory and leadership skills are required. Prior work experience in similar non-profit research organizations associated with VA, knowledge of financial accounting and familiarity with federal regulations are desired.
Salary range: $130,000 to $150,000/year, with benefits
For application and/or nominations, please submit CV, letter of interest and names of 3 references to:
Dr. Timothy Morgan (email: timothy.morgan@va.gov) and to Dr. Tony Eissa (email: Tony.Eissa@va.gov)
The Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah is recruiting faculty to lead cutting-edge analytics sciences, artificial intelligence, machine learning and health services informatics research while promoting and facilitating collaboration. Candidates will have strength in one or more of the following areas: able to develop, implement and evaluate health information technologies, process modeling, digital health, analyze sociotechnical systems, patient safety and areas of health services research. Full time faculty may be employed at Assistant/Associate or Full Professor levels. A doctoral degree is required. The opportunities at the University of Utah include research on healthcare quality in a health system that has been rated among the top 10 hospitals in the United States for a decade. Resources include the VA Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Science (IDEAS) Center, a Health Services Research supported center housed at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System.
See https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/154803 for details.
Contact for inquiries: Brian Rood, Administrator: Brian.Rood@hsc.utah.edu
Description:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor with expertise in implementation science and its application to improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes. The selected candidate will join a large and growing group of researchers in VUMC’s Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research (CCQIR), who lead investigator-initiated research and collaborate with academic and operational programs across the medical center in a learning health system.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated methodologic expertise and a track record of funding, either as a principal investigator or as a methodology co-investigator. Both tenure track and non-tenure track candidates will be considered. The faculty appointment will be in the academic department most aligned with the candidate’s background and interests and may include in the Department of Health Policy, Department of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics, or other. This position is based in Nashville, TN. Remote work may be considered for this position.
The CCQIR is part of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, a large interdisciplinary research Center that supports many research and training programs to improve quality, safety, value, and equity in health care delivery and health outcomes. Both Centers are housed within the Vanderbilt Institute for Medicine and Public Health, which provides academic, research, and infrastructure support for a wide array of efforts aimed at improving individual and population health nationally and internationally. More than 250 affiliated faculty across departments in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Arts and Sciences are engaged in a robust array of funded research, making it one of the top funded programs of public health in the nation. The Institute also provides support for multiple junior faculty and postdoctoral training programs and masters and doctoral programs.
Required qualifications:
Desired qualifications:
Deadline: Open until the position is filled; applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
How to apply:
Please submit your CV and a letter of interest here: apply.interfolio.com/138332
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
For questions about this position, please contact robyn.tamboli@vumc.org.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive.
Vanderbilt Health is committed to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.
EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled
The Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS) at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, seeks a full-time, tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant/Associate or Full Professor level with rank and salary commensurate with education and experience. We seek an innovative scholar with a special interest and expertise in health applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). The ideal candidate will have interest and experience that combines the development, validation, implementation, and evaluation of AI/ML applications designed to improve health and health care. A doctoral-level degree (MD, Ph.D., or equivalent) is required. We welcome applications from clinicians who wish to continue providing health care as part of their professorial activities. DLHS is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.
See https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/245171/tenure-track-professor-department-learning-health-sciences for details.
The Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is conducting an open search for 2 epidemiologists. Entry-level PhD and mid-level MS/MPH candidates are encouraged to apply. In collaboration with the Director and other Center scientific staff, the candidate will lead designated Center scientific programs. The Seattle ERIC is based at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and is 1 of 5 epidemiologic research centers in the national VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP). The scientific portfolio of the Center includes 5 CSP studies (https://www.research.va.gov/programs/csp/): (1) Vietnam-Era Twin (VET) Registry, a registry of 14,632 male-male twins with large and expanding data and biospecimen repositories; (2) National Vietnam Veteran Longitudinal Study (NVVLS-R), a longitudinal study of male and female Veterans; (3) Millennium Cohort VA Follow-Up Study, a Department of Defense collaboration of deployment health of those served after 2000; (4) Service and Health Among Deployed Veterans (SHADE), a multi-site cohort study to characterize the impact of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan on the respiratory health of Veterans; and (5) the Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3) within the Veterans Health Administration. Also included in the portfolio are Seattle ERIC investigator-initiated research programs funded by VA and by the National Institutes of Health.
The duties of the 2 epidemiologists are multi-fold and include the following:
Ideal candidates will have the following attributes:
The 2 positions are full-time (1.00 FTE). Candidates must be U.S. citizens. Education and experience will be evaluated by VA Human Resources to determine if the top candidate meets the criteria for GS-11-13 position. The General Schedule (GS) salary table for Seattle can be found on the Office of Personnel Management website at opm.gov.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume (including a full list of publications) to Nicholas L. Smith at nlsmith@u.washington.edu.
For more information about the Seattle ERIC, please see https://www.seattle.eric.research.va.gov/.
Closing date: June 15, 2024
The Portland VA is seeking an experienced Clinical Research Study Coordinator for a full-time position.
This clinical research position is located in the Research and Development Service of the Veterans Administration Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) in Portland, Oregon. The incumbent will support Dr. Ryan Kopp and his Prostate Cancer Research team with the coordination of clinical trials, including the Precision Neoadjuvant Therapy for High Risk Localized Prostate Cancer with PTEN Loss study, a single arm phase II study.
This position entails coordinating, managing and executing multiple elements of human subjects’ research with an emphasis on participant enrollment, regulatory compliance, data quality and other research related efforts.
Expected starting salary: $74,137 (GS-11) + Benefits FTE: 1.0
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume/CV to Laura Onstad at Laura.Onstad@va.gov.
The Medical College of Wisconsin is hiring MD/DO/PhD Faculty for the Division of General Internal Medicine. See flyer for details.
Closing date: 8/1/24
For More Information Contact:
David Dunn, Faculty Recruiter
(414) 839-6541
ddunn@mcw.edu