Total 249 science rd research job vacancies in Health / Beauty / Fitness category in The United States of America

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major Duties:

• Creates and maintains unique databases to support research on Veterans health issues and promoting their use in collaboration with other interested researchers.
• Develops policies, procedures, and criteria for the administration of the VA's epidemiological research and surveillance program.
• Serves as senior advisor on research program development.
• Develops statements of goals, policies, priorities, and plans for the full range of research concerns for the program.
• Reviews project reports to assess investigators' compliance with research program guidelines.
• Consults with research elements within the organization, agency, academic community and/or private industry to develop research project opportunities that support VA mission objectives.
• Develops standards for collection and analysis of data and other information as needed to support the Epidemiology Program.
• Establishes and evaluates standards for screening and approval processes for the Epidemiology Program's research and surveillance program.
• Develops and coordinates implementation of research methods and design, standards, criteria, and guidelines for the scientific and technical activities of the program.
• Develops standards, provides scientific leadership, and evaluates research proposals and quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures research and surveillance proposals meet standards for scientific review and protection of human subjects.
• Provides leadership to Epidemiology Program investigators as they develop project presentation, budget recommendations and resources allocations for proposed projects.
• Prepares in-depth background and management information for review by the research committee and senior leadership.
• Develops standards for Epidemiology Program practices to maintain records and implement other related VA policies as needed.
• Performs other related duties and a variety of administrative duties to maintain the integrity and security of specialized data and implementation of study designs.

• Performs analyses and develops reports on biomedical, scientific, and health policy issues.
• Performs quantitative and qualitative data analysis as well as literature reviews and prepares reports for presentation to leadership, professional and scientific organizations, and journals.
• Maintains awareness of scientific advances and legislative developments regarding the national health status and issues having implications for current and planned health research and research training programs.
• Prepares background materials for senior staff that capture the current state of knowledge in scientific and policy-areas, and provides staff support for special science policy, research program planning, or evaluation.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

The Research Study Coordinator manages clinical tests, collects data, and recruits and manages subjects for clinical trials while providing high-level technical support of projects in a comprehensive research setting. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Manages Clinical Tests and Collects Data

• Collects and analyzes data, educates, and interacts with study participants and leadership
• Provides detailed and summary information and recommendations for further actions based on the data analysis
• Manages implementation, control and reporting on clinical tests
• Implements data collection and monitors protocols for difficult clinical research studies
• Administers or monitors administration of tests and measurements required by project design
• Records data from samples and specimens to ensure that all tracking data is organized and is monitored during the progress of the study
• Identifies test results and trends requiring further analysis
• Maintains all study and regulatory records
• Prepares project and statistical reports for review process

• Oversees, screens, and evaluates recruitment of candidates for clinical research studies via telephone and/or in person
• Uses objective rating techniques to identify potential candidates for participation in study where project design is complex
• Performs informed consent process throughout the study and continuously educates participants on study processes and procedures
• Performs day-to-day activities related to conducting and overseeing participant interviews and follow-up
• Coordinates study participant randomization to treatment, works closely with the Research Pharmacy on study drug provision

• Assists supervisor with managing the routine, day-to-day activities, and administration of the project
• Plans, develops, completes, and submits on time all required documentation/ paperwork/forms for initial and continuing human subject's review
• Analyzes processes and documentation to ensure compliance with all technical, regulatory requirements, and information safety regulations
• Conducts quality assurance evaluations for project data and clinical research instruments, as applicable. Establishes and monitors remediation plans to correct deficiencies
• Drafts detailed and summary reports for presentation at meetings and conferences and for publication in peer reviewed journals
• Compiles and produces educational and training materials; determines contents needed for training binders and tools

• Directs the activities of the staff assigned to the Branch.
• Reviews and approves policy and program actions within delegated authorities, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines, and consistency with sound management practices.
• Consults with leaders from nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and scientific communities to inform neuroscience education, public liaison, and outreach efforts.
• Oversees and collaborates in conducting in-depth analyses of significant scientific and policy issues and subject matter areas to guide the research agenda and to influence and participate in the development of plans, priorities, and initiatives.
• Prepares materials for the Institute Director and other senior leaders on scientific issues and links to recurring and special activities.
• Develops, refines, and shares strategic engagement frameworks and processes.
• Regularly represents NINDS in interactions with senior staff at national organizations for the purpose of increasing awareness of the NINDS/NIH mission and partnering around shared priorities.
• Coordinates and oversees efforts and activities to engage with nonprofit organizations and to conduct science education outreach.
• Provides guidance for and oversight of the Institute’s strategy to engage with people with lived experience.

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a therapeutic specialist who serves as a key field-based scientific resource and technical expert contributing to establishing Clinigen as a leading medicines access company.  This role supports launched medicine and developing medicine throughout Japan, for a range of therapeutic areas (Podiatric, rare diseases).  The position operates within a team structure and will require regular interaction with commercial, marketing, regulatory team and other departments.  This position requires a willingness to contribute to both strategy and tactics with a proactive and can-do attitude.

Key Accountabilities:

• KOL / Investigator / Academia / Scientific community relationships
• Customer Insights
• Knowledge and Compliance
• Medical Information
• Administration

Major Tasks & Activities:

KOL / Investigator / Academia / Scientific community relationships

• Identify, develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key medical experts in relevant therapeutic areas.
• Collaborate with physicians and drive medical affairs initiatives including publications, investigator sponsored research (ISR), advisory boards, medical education opportunities, training development programs.
• Provide medical and scientific input into the planning and execution of advisory boards and work with physician experts to review speaker presentations and provide medical references where requested.
• Conduct landscape mapping activities to develop a deep understanding of current patient care in target therapeutics areas.
• Study Group management on the launched product’s post-marketing-surveillance.

Customer Insights

• Collect and communicate key customers insights to internal teams.
• Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource to disease experts in applicable therapeutic areas. Support the medical community with up-to-date medical information, robust disease expertise and product information when an unsolicited request is received.
• Serve as internal expert in specific therapeutic area demonstrating up-to-date and high-level therapeutic expertise. Train Clinigen staff on key scientific and medical topics in relevant therapeutic area.
• Solicit and share best practices to enhance team productivity.
• Attend and support at International and local congresses / symposia (if needed or required by the needs of the business).
• Deliver, quality medical education presentations in a variety of settings and obtain feedback that can be disseminated throughout the organization e.g. staff meetings, round tables, hospital meeting activities in collaboration with the commercial staff.
• Create and update disease awareness sites to improve patient understanding.

Medical Information

• Deliver medical information responses to all internal and external customer enquiries (escalated from call centre).
• Contribute to and ensure maintenance of the Medical Information Database FAQ, Standard Responses, resources.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Clinigen products and available resources.

Knowledge and Compliance

• Maintain compliance with all internal and external legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Maintain a current and comprehensive knowledge of Clinigen and competitor's products.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, cutting-edge practices and techniques, current publications and regulations.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Clinigen’s standard operating procedures and policies and ensure compliance at all times.
• Ensure your Company related activities comply with relevant Acts, legal demands and ethical standards.

Administration

• Ensure documentation is up-to-date and compliant with standard processes and formats.
• Complete required reports within designated timeframes.
• Participate in meetings as required.
• Liaise with management and staff to ensure projects are conducted efficiently.
• Communicate with staff & management using proper channels.
• Master computer skills and required software programs.

• Medical / PhD / Pharmacology / Science Degree
• Previous Medical Affairs, or MSL experience desirable
• Advanced understanding of a relevant therapeutic area(s) e.g. Oncology, Rare Diseases (preferred)
• Understanding of the Medicines JPMA Code of Practice
• Experienced in establishing relationships with senior healthcare professionals
• Demonstrated analytical skills and a solid understanding of research methodology
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate across all customer levels, in range of contexts
• Good oral, writing and reading skills in English
• Will be required to travel nationally

• Competitive base salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Ongoing professional development
• Flexible working arrangements
• Supportive team environment

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The program at VAAAHS comprises of approximately 400 active research projects under 150 active research investigators. Annual research support totals about $18.7M of direct VA support and a total research budget of $25M (including National Institutes of Health [NIH], Department of Defense [DoD], industry, nonprofit, and University funded programs) and the balance administered by the VA-affiliated non-profit research corporation (VA-NPC) Veterans Education Research Association of Michigan (VERAM), and the academic affiliate (University of Michigan). The Deputy Associate Chief of Staff duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Direction & Strategic Planning 40 %

• Has technical and administrative responsibility to provide staff supervision and evaluate all health-related programs and management policies pertaining to the agency. Participates in long-term strategic planning and exercises delegated decision making authority for resource management of the agency's research and development programs and policies and is responsible for evaluating the impact of current research standards on programs.
• The Deputy ACOS/R&D monitors the effectiveness of the interactive systems and procedures necessary to advance the research program in accordance with all principles, rules, and regulations affecting research within the VA. Likewise, the Deputy ACOS/R&D monitors the effectiveness of the interactive systems and procedures necessary to advance the research program regarding NIH, DoD, FDA and other national rules and regulations. The Deputy ACOS/R&D also evaluates research productivity and the contributions of programs to the goals of the VAAAHS and the agency. In this capacity, the Deputy ACOS/R&D exercises oversight of programs, principal investigators, and their staff.
• This position establishes guidelines and performance expectations for principal investigators and their staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Other duties include observing and evaluating the performance of principal investigators and their staff, conducting work performance critiques, and providing formal or informal feedback.

• Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates; set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Evaluate work performance of subordinates;
• Give advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters;
• Interview candidates for positions in the unit; recommend appointment, promotion, or reassignment to such positions;
• Hear and resolve complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager;
• Effect minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, recommending other action in more serious cases;
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training;
• Find ways to improve production or increase the quality of the work directed.

• Recommends long-range schedules, priorities, and deadlines for a variety of regular and special work assignments.
• Formulates and issues written instructions, standard operating procedures, and special instructions for non-routine or complex assignments or to clarify published guidelines.
• Establishes operating guidelines to implement procedures and methods in delivering services or completing maintenance projects to maintain research program accreditation and to maintain regulatory compliance in all areas of expertise.
• Resolves technical work problems not covered by precedents or established policies.
• Works with other research and medical center staff with a goal of increased patient and customer satisfaction frequently requiring independent assessment of work and facility condition.

• Serves as liaison on behalf of the R&D Service with medical center services and other local and national agencies in all matters dealing with research standards and related issues. This includes representing the R&D on related task forces, at professional conferences, and appropriate meetings. It also includes interactions with the VA Central Office, DoD, NIH, nonprofit foundations, and private industry.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Directs the activities of the staff assigned to the Branch.
• Reviews and approves policy and program actions within delegated authorities, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines, and consistency with sound management practices.
• Consults with leaders from nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and scientific communities to inform neuroscience education, public liaison, and outreach efforts.
• Oversees and collaborates in conducting in-depth analyses of significant scientific and policy issues and subject matter areas to guide the research agenda and to influence and participate in the development of plans, priorities, and initiatives.
• Prepares materials for the Institute Director and other senior leaders on scientific issues and links to recurring and special activities.
• Develops, refines, and shares strategic engagement frameworks and processes.
• Regularly represents NINDS in interactions with senior staff at national organizations for the purpose of increasing awareness of the NINDS/NIH mission and partnering around shared priorities.
• Coordinates and oversees efforts and activities to engage with nonprofit organizations and to conduct science education outreach.
• Provides guidance for and oversight of the Institute’s strategy to engage with people with lived experience.

• Write and edit programs (R, SAS, SQL, or Python) to query relational database, organize and analyze data from IMPACII or other relational database.
• Share programming code (R, SAS, SQL or Python), document steps of analysis and collaborate with team to ensure transparent and reproducible results.
• Investigate and provide collaborative feedback to team and leadership in understanding and editing programs (R, SAS, SQL or Python) for data anomalies, data integrity, nuances and other unexpected patterns in the data.
• Apply statistical techniques, models and tests to gain insight into the data and inform direction of subsequent analysis and explanation of significance of differences observed in the data.
• Write narrative explanations and interpretations of data findings, results and create summaries of the data as part of larger comprehensive analysis.
• Utilize scientific research methodologies and approaches to develop testable hypotheses to answer questions pertaining to scientific portfolio analyses for program staff and leadership.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Manager is a specialist in a specific area of health services research (HSR) with good understanding of the broad HSR landscape and trend. The Manager will offer both technical & administrative leadership and work closely with other members of a multi-disciplinary team to conduct research, particularly in his/her field of specialty, into the medical, social, economic and ethical implications of health care services to inform policy and medical decision-making as well as provide pragmatic, impactful healthcare solutions for resource planning and operations management.

The Manager will seek to pursue publication and presentation opportunities in peer-reviewed journals and international or local conferences as well as to conduct educational activity to promote and enable health services research in CGH community. The Manager will also be responsible to mentor and develop junior members within the department in his/her area of specialty. In addition, the Manager will support his/her HOD in the management of departmental manpower deployment, staff development needs, as well as oversee departmental operating and capital expenditure.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Organization of day-to-day analytical and research activities which include study design, analysis, preparation of manuscripts/reports/proposals
• Work with various stakeholders (including industry/academic partners) and HSR team members to advise and contribute to the formulation of research questions, design and analysis of research projects
• Able to perform two or more of the following tasks independently and is a technical lead in his/her speciality in HSR

1. Search, critically appraise and synthesize evidence from medical literature to inform stakeholders in the planning and delivery of care as well as in the investment of health technology.
2. Conduct program evaluation and perform statistical analysis required for outcomes research
3. Conduct qualitative research which include interviews, focus group discussions and thematic analysis
4. Perform predictive and/or prescriptive analytics which can potentially yield improvement in operational efficiency or patient outcomes or experience.

• Participate in scientific conferences and scientific manuscript writing as first author, co-author or invited speaker
• Conduct research and studies in manners which comply with HBRA/CIRB requirements
• Offer administrative/technical leadership, guidance and research support to CGH staff in at least one of the domains on analytics, health technology assessment, and programme evaluation
• Lead the development of educational curriculum which aims to improve capacity to perform research and programme evaluation within CGH.
• Lead the organization and conduct of the workshops and/or talks based on the aforementioned curriculum
• Support HOD in mentoring and development of junior members within the HSR team
• Provide administrative support to the HOD in the management of the department and planning of the HSR activities which include workplan, department budgeting, team building, publicity of HSR, etc.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

a. Educational / Professional Qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD qualification in Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Business Analytics Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Economics, Public Health.

b. Relevant Experience & Skills

• Minimum 7 to 9 years of relevant working experience in health services research and research administration
• Prior experience in providing health services research consultancy
• Track record of publication in peer-reviewed journals as first author
• Excellent knowledge in Microsoft Applications and analysis software (e.g. SPSS, STATA, NVIVO, Treeage, Simul8, C++, R, Python)
• Expert level of methodological, research and analytical skills

c. Qualities

• Strong project management, presentation and communications skills; able to convey complex ideas appropriately
• Self-starter who can work independently under pressure
• A leader and team player who can lead and work cohesively with project stakeholders to deliver a high quality service
• Able to lead and manage multiple projects and respond in a changing environment
• Maintain a continuous improvement mindset to introduce initiatives for enhancements to quality, productivity and/or patient safety and care