Implementation Research Scientist

1 day ago

Richmond, Virginia, United States Commonwealth of Virginia Full time
Job Summary:

The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is seeking a full-time Implementation Research Scientist faculty member to join our Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (CERSE).

This position is a dual appointment between the VCU Department of PM&R/Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (PM&R/CERSE) and the Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System (CVVHS).

The Implementation Research Scientist will initiate, conceptualize, design, execute, and disseminate findings for interdisciplinary health services research (IHSR) projects. Additionally, the researcher will adapt rehabilitation health service findings into new clinical applications that can be tested in diverse real-world practice settings, including acute, post-acute, and community rehabilitation settings.

The successful candidate will provide research design and statistical methods expertise and consultation to interdisciplinary research faculty and subject matter experts/agency officials on a broad range of clinical research programs and grant applications. The researcher will also serve as a mentor for graduate research masters' theses, doctoral dissertations, post-doctoral fellowships, and/or early career research faculty.

The incumbent will be a nationally recognized expert in the fields of health services research, implementation science, biostatistics, or a related field. A record of achievement obtaining NIH R and/or U grant funding is required. The position requires an individual with high-level leadership, communication, and collaboration skills. A passion for improving the lives of civilians and veterans with acquired injury, disease, and/or disability is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement interdisciplinary health services research projects

• Adapt rehabilitation health service findings into new clinical applications

• Provide research design and statistical methods expertise and consultation to interdisciplinary research faculty and subject matter experts/agency officials

• Serve as a mentor for graduate research masters' theses, doctoral dissertations, post-doctoral fellowships, and/or early career research faculty

• Obtain NIH R and/or U grant funding

Requirements:

• Doctoral degree in psychology, neuropsychology, allied health professions, epidemiology, health services, data science, or a closely related field

• Publication history in peer-reviewed journals with a focus on health services research, epidemiology, and/or implementation science applied in rehabilitation populations

• Expertise in grant writing and submissions with a record of achievement obtaining NIH R, U, or P grants

• Experience in team science and leading multi-disciplinary research collaborations on grant submissions, study implementation, and knowledge translation/dissemination

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills working with faculty, trainees, data analysts, and programmers

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Must be independent, conscientious, and demonstrate high initiative in research, teaching, service, and administrative matters

• Must have expertise working with community disability groups and have a genuine passion to improve the lives of persons with disability

• Ability to communicate and work closely as an equal with departmental and center staff at all levels

• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment, and a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU

Preferred Qualifications:

• High-level knowledge of rehabilitation service delivery challenges/problems and expertise defining important clinical questions and the next research development step in a given field

• Broad knowledge of efficacy and effectiveness clinical trial research designs

• High-level skills examining and selecting appropriate statistical approaches to answer clinical research questions

• Advanced knowledge and experience conducting effectiveness clinical trials using appropriate research designs/approaches, e.g., pragmatic, cluster randomized, etc.

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