The Department of Health Services at the University of Washington seeks to fill one full-time faculty position with a focus on Health Disparities and Inequities as an Assistant Professor (WOT*) on a 12 month service period, with an anticipated start date in fall 2018.

We are looking for individuals with a PhD degree or equivalent terminal degree in public health or a related discipline, including but not limited to health services, health behavior, health policy, demography, economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, social work, social epidemiology, geography, gender studies, ethnic studies and cultural studies.  We are especially interested in candidates with experience in health care disparities, social determinants of health, health informatics, implementation science, or health policy.

Faculty members in our department are expected to: (a) conduct an independent research program that complements department, School, and University research initiatives and programs, (b) participate in collaborative research programs as appropriate to his/her interests, (c) teach in the department’s educational programs, and (d) mentor undergraduate, Masters and PhD students.

Applicants for this position should have research interests focused on populations in the United States whose health status is impacted by social and structural inequities, such as racial and ethnic minorities, immigrant populations, people with lower socioeconomic status, rural communities, and sexual or gender minorities.  More specifically, we are interested in candidates with the following skills:

• Strong methodologic skills, including quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods research approaches.
• Experience working in collaborative interdisciplinary research teams.
• Ability to establish and maintain research ties to underserved communities.
• Potential to generate external funding for research over time.
• Experience in teaching, mentoring, and diversity and equity issues in higher education. This includes the ability or potential to involve undergraduate and graduate students in faculty-directed research and/or mentor diverse undergraduate and graduate students in independent research.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please submit the following:

• A letter of interest describing your research interests and teaching experience
• A diversity statement that describes your experience related to diversity, inclusion and equity, as well as your potential to contribute to our diversity mission and commitment to being an anti-racist institution
• Curriculum Vitae
• Four references or four letters of recommendation

Review of applications will begin March 31, 2018. The position is open until filled.

Send application materials via email to:

Holly Bergstrom, Manager of Faculty Human Resource:  hb2@uw.edu

Department of Health Services, University of Washington

The Department of Economics at the University of Virginia seeks applications to fill an important non-tenure-track teaching position, with responsibilities for teaching five to six courses in some of the following areas: introductory and intermediate courses in micro and macro; and introductory econometrics. This full- or part-time salaried position, at the rank of Assistant Professor, General Faculty or other non-track title appropriate to experience, starts in the fall term of 2018 for a term of no more than three years and is renewable based on performance and continued availability of funding. We seek candidates dedicated to our mission and passionate about teaching in a world class institution. Applicants must have a PhD in Economics or a related field at the time of application.

Review of applications will begin April 30, 2018, and this posting will remain open until filled. To apply, please complete a Candidate Profile online through JOBS@UVA (https://jobs.virginia.edu), and include the following: a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a brief reflective teaching statement, evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. teaching evaluations) attached as Other1, and complete contact information for three professional references. Search on Posting number 0622680.

For questions regarding this position, contact Joe Earhart at jie4b@virginia.edu.

Brown University announces a search for the position of Associate Director of the research initiative on Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences.  More information on the program is available at https://www.brown.edu/academics/spatial-structures-in-social-sciences/.  This is a 10-month per year position, with potential for salary during summer from external grants, beginning September 1, 2018.

 The Associate Director will participate in scholarly program development and training across multiple disciplines.  The individual will have primary responsibility for coordination of a series of colloquia, workshops and clinics designed to introduce faculty and students to tools of spatial analysis.  The Associate Director will teach two courses per year including Introduction to GIS and will lead the S4 Fellows program for doctoral students.  Candidates should have a PhD in hand or firmly expected by September 2018 and should show promise of significant scholarship and ability to provide instruction in methods of spatial analysis. 

The Associate Director will be appointed as Assistant Professor (Research) in the Population Studies and Training Center, and will have access to the considerable PSTC research infrastructure.  Salary will be commensurate with experience and credentials. 

 Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a copy of up to three publications or working papers, and names/contact information for three persons who can comment on qualifications for this position.  Materials should be posted to Interfolio at: https://apply.interfolio.com/49059

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled but to guarantee full consideration a candidate should apply by April 10, 2018.

Contact Tom Alarie (thomas_alarie@brown.edu) with any questions.

The new Center for Public Policy Research (CPPR) at Universidad Mayor is seeking candidates for four open-rank full-time tenure track positions. Screening of applications will begin immediately and will remain open until all four positions are filled. 

 The goals of the CPPR are to conduct high-quality, interdisciplinary, and collaborative policy-relevant research, as well as to train new researchers in a context of global change. Demographic, epidemiological, technological, and environmental changes are taking place around the globe, raising new questions and challenges for public policies in a number of areas across the life course, including redesigning work and retirement, preventing and treating chronic diseases, supporting families and caregivers, addressing immigration and multiculturalism, promoting sustainable urban environments, among many others. 

 The CPPR will use mixed methods and embrace the new role that policy-relevant research must adopt in an era of big “cells to society” data. We seek candidates with a strong publication record that is appropriate to their rank, proven capacities to establish successful research collaborations, the ability to offer graduate courses and direct doctoral dissertations, and fluent in English. Above the rank of Assistant Professor, a record of funded research is also desirable. 

 Applicants must have a PhD by the time of appointment. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including population, behavioral, and statistical sciences (sociology, economics, demography, gerontology, geography, epidemiology, sociomedical sciences, global health, health policy and management, psychology, biostatistics, statistical engineering, information statistics, applied statistics, among others). Priority will be given to candidates with the ability to conduct research using advanced statistics and to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary setting. The substantive areas of research and teaching are open. The average teaching load ranges from 4 to 8 hours per week, depending on rank. The official instruction language is Spanish, although particular class modules and graduate classes can be taught in English. Candidates with basic knowledge of Spanish are welcomed, but need to achieve proficiency after an initial period of induction. Salaries are competitive and standardized depending on rank. 

Applicants should submit by email: (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) letter of application, and (3) one or two samples of written work. Please also arrange for three references to email letters separately. All application materials should be emailed at both politicaspublicasumayor@gmail.com and cipp@umayor.cl.

The U.S. Census Bureau is interested in meeting with qualified U.S. citizens with education and expertise in demography, sociology, economics, geography, and related social sciences.  Training in demographic analysis, survey research, geographic information systems, and/or quantitative data analysis of large datasets is preferred.  U.S. Census Bureau employees work on topics such as: population distribution; population estimates and projections; race and ethnicity; international technical assistance; housing; socio-economic characteristics; employment; disability; health insurance coverage; and migration.

Representatives will meet with those interested in careers at the U.S. Census Bureau during the Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting in Denver, CO.  We will conduct half hour informational sessions on April 26 and April 27 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Tower Court B.  Please email David Zaslow (David.C.Zaslow@census.gov) to sign up prior to the conference or visit the Census Bureau’s exhibition booth during the conference for any remaining time slots.  Please share this invitation with all interested individuals.

Applicants should apply for employment opportunities at www.usajobs.gov.  It is helpful to set up an account on the site, then to create a saved search on the word “Census”, to receive an email notification the day after a job opportunity appears.

Two job announcements on USAJobs.gov will coincide with the conference.  A job announcement will appear for Recent Graduates (who graduated in the last two years).  Those with whom we meet in Tower Court B will be able to apply with assistance from Census representatives.  Others will be able to apply on USAJobs.gov on the following Monday and Tuesday, April 30 and May 1.  There also will be a job announcement for career-conditional job opportunities that will appear on USAJobs.gov in late April.

The Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau are Equal Opportunity Employers and encourage applicants from all sources.

Purpose

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to invite comments and suggestions on the first National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan for Data Science. The NIH is publishing this Notice to solicit input on topics under consideration for the strategic plan from its stakeholders, including members of the scientific community, academic institutions, the private sector, health professionals, professional societies, advocacy groups, patient communities, as well as other interested members of the public.

Background

Data science is an integral component of modern biomedical research. It is the interdisciplinary field of inquiry in which quantitative and analytical approaches, processes, and systems are developed and used to extract knowledge and insights from increasingly large and/or complex sets of data. Data science has increased in importance for biomedical research over the past decade and NIH expects that trend to continue. In order to capitalize on the opportunities presented by advances in data science, and overcome key challenges, the NIH is developing a Strategic Plan for Data Science. This plan describes NIH’s overarching goals, strategic objectives, and implementation tactics for promoting the modernization of the NIH-funded biomedical data science ecosystem. The complete draft plan is available at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/NIH-Strategic-Plan-for-Data-Science.pdf.

Information Requested

This RFI seeks input from stakeholders throughout the scientific research community and the general public regarding the above draft NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science.

The NIH seeks comments on any of the following topics:

• The appropriateness of the goals of the plan and of the strategies and implementation tactics proposed to achieve them;
• Opportunities for NIH to partner in achieving these goals;
• Additional concepts that should be included in the plan;
• Performance measures and milestones that could be used to gauge the success of elements of the plan and inform course corrections;
• Any other topic the respondent feels is relevant for NIH to consider in developing this strategic plan.

How to Submit a Response

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=73 .

Responses must be received by April 2, 2018.

Responses to this RFI are voluntary. Do not include any proprietary, classified, confidential, trade secret, or sensitive information in your response. The responses will be reviewed by NIH staff, and individual feedback will not be provided to any responder. The Government will use the information submitted in response to this RFI at its discretion. The Government reserves the right to use any submitted information on public NIH websites, in reports, in summaries of the state of the science, in any possible resultant solicitation(s), grant(s), or cooperative agreement(s), or in the development of future funding opportunity announcements.

This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation, grant, or cooperative agreement, or as an obligation on the part of the Federal Government, the NIH, or individual NIH Institutes and Centers to provide support for any ideas identified in response to it. The Government will not pay for the preparation of any information submitted or for the Government’s use of such information. No basis for claims against the U.S. Government shall arise as a result of a response to this request for information or from the Government’s use of such information.

NIH looks forward to your input and we hope that you will share this RFI document with your colleagues.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Cindy Caughman. M.P.H.
Scientific Data Council
Telephone: 301-496-8190
Email: DataScienceRFI@mail.nih.gov

The University of Washington School of Public Health invites you to join us for the SPH Open House on Thursday, April 5, 2018, from 11 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Husky Union Building (HUB) 250. Learn more about the 62+ undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the UW School of Public Health. This event is open to all! That said, all current UW students, prospective students from all over Washington State, and anyone interested in learning about the different pathways to public health at the UW are welcome!

This is a free event. Please RSVP here, and share this event with your students.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information, please visit the link, or email sphosa@uw.edu.

The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) is a center in the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health that works in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco. I-TECH has projects in more than 20 countries, and its worldwide staff work with local ministries of health, universities, non-governmental organizations, medical facilities, and other partners to support efficient, well-ordered health care systems that provide high quality care to all citizens.

I-TECH Malawi provides technical assistance to the Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) and partners to support health systems strengthening initiatives. I-TECH Malawi is partnering with the Lighthouse Trust, a Malawian Public Trust, in order to strengthen staff capacity to consistently monitor and evaluate program implementation, and conduct collaborative operations research and epidemiologic analyses that build on routine and non-routine data collection. The ability of the Lighthouse Trust to lead such research will support clinical programs and the translation of pilot studies into evidence based practice for patients on long life antiretroviral therapy in active care.

I-TECH has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Technical Advisor –Monitoring, Evaluation and Research.

The Technical Advisor (TA) – Monitoring, Evaluation and Research, will be seconded to Lighthouse Trust and will  work to systematically build the skills of Lighthouse Trust staff to identify, design, implement and report on clinical and program oriented operations research that addresses gaps in the provision of quality care for integrated HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care in the public sector in Malawi. Mentorship and capacity building is expected in the areas of project performance assessment, program level data analysis, research methods, and technical writing and reporting.

The Technical Advisor will functionally report to the Executive Director of the Lighthouse Trust clinic in addition to their University of Washington I-TECH direct report, represented in Malawi by the Country Representative. The Technical Advisor will serve as a liaison between the Lighthouse Trust, the MOH Department of HIV and AIDS, other I-TECH TAs. The TA will be a link to other University of Washington academic resources, including faculty mentorship, partnership on collaborative grant proposals, distance learning, and institutional support. This position will also work closely with counterparts in the Ministry of Health’s Department of HIV and AIDS, Public Health Institute of Malawi, and National Tuberculosis Program to translate best practices from the Lighthouse Trust to HIV treatment clinics nationally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Capacity Building and Mentoring:

• Mentor clinical staff and data team members in program monitoring and evaluation, study design, epidemiologic analyses, technical writing/reporting, ethical review processes and manuscript preparation
• Provide guidance in outcome measurement, target setting, and data quality assessment and validation
• Advise in best data management practices including development of SOPs and database management
• Provide strategic leadership in evidence-based quality improvement of integrated service provision including TB/HIV and sexual and reproductive healthConduct Operations Research and Impact Evaluations:
• Participate in planning, implementing and reporting on program activities
• Support the M&E team to track progress against targets; analyze data sets and make recommendations for enhanced program planning, coordination, and management of treatment and prevention services
• Guide the development and implementation of research protocols in partnership with the Lighthouse Research Committee
• Provide scientific guidance to study design, including development of study protocols and ethical review processes, coordination with local and international key stakeholders, data analysis and manuscript preparation
• Collaborate with partners in development of newly funded research initiatives
• Recommend clinical program areas that would benefit from further evaluation and/or operational research to the Lighthouse Trust management teamDissemination:
• Respond to both internal and external ad hoc requests for information, provide data for briefing documents, sites visits and other Team information requests
• Communicate outcomes and recommendations to internal and external partners, prepare and present monitoring and evaluation data to a wide variety of audiences
• Support the Lighthouse Trust clinic in disseminating key findings, lessons learned and best practices locally and internationally via conferences, presentations, technical reports, and peer reviewed publicationsCollaboration:
• Support the scale-up of proven interventions and integrated care models, through partnership with other PEPFAR implementing partners and departments within MOH:
  – Department of HIV and AIDS: advocate for translation of best practices into national implementation guidelines;
  – National Tuberculosis Program: develop, evaluate and champion national TB/HIV integration models;
  – Department of Planning and Policy Development, including Central Monitoring and Evaluation Division: inform the interoperability of various health systems, validation of data entered and reports generated, and use of reports generated to inform decisions
  – National AIDS Commission: translate best practices to policy development and contribute to the technical working groups.
  – Quality Management Unit: inform the development national quality management strategies and dissemination of lessons learned
• Support the M&E team at the Lighthouse Trust clinic to provide M&E and operational research support to the national HIV and AIDS programs
• Participate in the MOH, HIV and AIDS Department quarterly operational research meeting focusing on the biomedical HIV response.
• Participate in the national supportive supervision visits to ART clinics, conducted quarterly by the Ministry of Health HIV and AIDS Department, and provide mentoring on effective use of M&E systems and routinizing M&E proceduresAs a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.

  As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs.  For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.

  REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s in epidemiology, or related field, with strong quantitative research methods skills and a minimum of 5 years of experience in public health research including designing and implementing evaluation activities and operational research in HIV programsRequired knowledge, skills and abilities:
• Expertise in implementation science methodology
• Strong clinical epidemiology skills and experience with analyses of longitudinal data
• Data management expertise including database management, quality assurance, analysis reporting and standard operating procedures
• Expertise in quality improvement and applied knowledge of qualitative research, preferred
• Proven track record in working in HIV related programs in resource limited settings, preferably in Africa
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge and skills through training and mentoring
• Proficiency in statistical software such as STATA, SAS or SPSS
• Strong writing skills, including writing of reports, proposals and scientific manuscripts
• Demonstrated flexibility and openness in responding to changing work priorities and environment
• High degree of diplomacy, cultural competency and ability to function in a team based environment
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge and skills through training and mentoring
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Excellent computer skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

Recruitment Period

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Job location

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Documents

• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Teaching
• Syllabi (Optional)

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