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The position serves as the primary contact for human research protection and human research projects. The position is responsible for the management of the Human Research Protection Program, including general administration, planning, and oversight of matters related to research involving human subjects. Duties include compliance oversight for the Research Information Protection Program and leading committee administrative support staff for the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Closes: 03/06/2026
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/859170000 for details.
The Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) of Research & Development works at Louis A. Johnson VAMC and is responsible for providing oversight for all research studies at Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center (LAJVAMC). He/she has senior leadership responsibility for administrative and budgetary operations of the R & D department.
Closes: 09/30/2026
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/854213900 for details.
The Center for Care Delivery & Outcomes Research (CCDOR) within the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System is seeking a highly qualified family or general internal medicine physician health services researcher for a full-time Physician Investigator position. CCDOR’s mission is to improve Veterans’ health and well-being by designing, evaluating, and implementing healthcare interventions in collaboration with Veterans and healthcare system partners. CCDOR is a collaborative, multidisciplinary center that includes investigators focused on trauma recovery and posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, opioid use disorder, other chronic conditions, implementation science, and preventative health. It houses Health Services Research and VA Quality Scholars advanced fellowships. The Minneapolis VA is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Minnesota; candidates will be eligible for a faculty appointment commensurate with their qualifications.
The position includes substantial protected time for research. Responsibilities include obtaining grant funding as PI, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, conducting center and national service, and mentoring as appropriate to career stage. Physicians are expected to provide 20% clinical effort (primary care clinic or inpatient). At the Minneapolis VA, primary care physicians care for a panel of patients in a team-based environment that offers integrated mental health, pharmacy, and physical therapy services.
This position offers a competitive VA salary, annual performance bonuses, regular salary increases, and support for work/life balance with 11 federal holidays, 26 days of vacation/year, and excellent federal benefits, including the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), Thrift Savings Plan (401K), and federal health/vision/dental insurance.
Please contact Dr. Wei Duan-Porter with questions: wei.duanporter@va.gov. Please submit CV and letter of interest to Drs. Duan-Porter & Laura Meis (laura.meis@va.gov) for consideration.
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VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) is searching for a Director of the HSR-funded Portland Center of Innovation (COIN), Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC).
The overall mission of CIVIC is to support high quality research on patient-centered approaches that promote Veteran engagement and active participation in VA and non-VA healthcare and other resources to improve Veteran health and well-being. CIVIC‘s first impact goal is to develop and implement interventions and other approaches that improve the healthcare, health, and safety of Veterans who have elevated suicide risk and mental health conditions including pain. CIVIC’s second impact goal is to develop innovative strategies that increase access and improve care coordination within VHA and across VHA and community settings. CIVIC Investigators have broad content and methodological experience across numerous fields within health services research including suicide prevention, chronic pain and opioids, substance abuse, traumatic brain injury, Veteran engagement, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, sleep apnea, health disparities, clinician-patient communication, access and care coordination, social media, and working with large datasets and health informatics. More information about the center can be found at: https://www.portlandcoin.research.va.gov/.
The CIVIC Director will work closely with the CIVIC Associate Director, Administrative Officer, Executive Committee, Principal Investigators, Fellows and other trainees, and staff in the Research & Development Office, and be responsible for administration of a health systems research program that has an extensive portfolio of more than 28 active VA HSR/QUERI research projects, 37 non-HSR projects, and a total FY2026 budget (from all funding sources) of approximately $17 million. CIVIC includes a multidisciplinary group of investigators who represent different academic departments within medicine and the social sciences at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU, our primary affiliate), including Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Public Health, Cultural Anthropology, Health Policy and Administration, Mathematics, and Sociology. CIVIC Investigators produce numerous papers, chapters, reviews, and reports for clinician decision makers, and contribute to a large, post-doctoral training program for both MD and PhD researchers. In FY25, CIVIC Investigators generated more than 130 peer-reviewed publications.
Working in close collaboration with the CIVIC Leadership team, the Director will have primary responsibility for scientific leadership and strategic plan progress, including alignment of center goals and objectives with those of VHA partners, supporting and championing CIVIC investigators, serving as PI of CIVIC and leading center grant renewal applications, developing and monitoring research activity, recruiting new analysts and investigators, facilitating cross-medical center collaborations, mentoring early career investigators, working closely with the VAPORHCS R&D Office, and facilitating communications with other partners. Success will require an understanding of VA policies, procedures, and funding mechanisms.
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Interested candidates should send a letter of inquiry and CV to Avery Laliberte at avery.laliberte@va.gov, preferably by Monday, March 2, 2026.