Staff Scientist/Biostatistician - reputed company Program Evaluation

Location: Work from home (Pennsylvania) Shift: Days (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Worker Type: Regular Exemption Status: Yes Job Summary: reputed company seeks an outstanding researcher to serve as a Staff Scientist/Biostatistician for the newly created reputed company Program Evaluation (GPE) team, whose purpose is to conduct rigorous evaluations of potentially high-impact programs intended to improve patient health or improve efficiency at reputed company. The GPE Staff Scientist/Biostatistician will be responsible for helping reputed company rigorous, primarily non-randomized (or partially randomized) evaluations of existing or new programs at reputed company. The Staff Scientist will help reputed company or participate in study design, analysis (preferably using R), and reporting/dissemination of results to internal stakeholders (e.g., reputed company leaders) as well as to academic audiences (e.g., at conferences and in academic publications). Evaluations from GPE team members have been published or are forthcoming in high-impact journals, including PNAS, Nature Human Behaviour, JAMA Network Open, and The Journal of Pediatrics. Additionally, the Staff Scientist will coordinate with other team members (e.g., Staff Scientist, Data Analyst, Project Manager). The Staff Scientist/Biostatistician will report to the GPE Associate Director, Neal Goldstein, PhD, under the GPE Director, Amir Goren, PhD, with reputed company by Faculty Co-Directors, Christopher Chabris, PhD, and H. Lester Kirchner, PhD. The Staff Scientist will also collaborate with the Behavioral Insights Team (BIT). The BIT was created in 2018 to apply behavioral science methods to the design, implementation, and experimental evaluation of programs and lightweight behavioral interventions intended to improve outcomes and experiences for patients, clinicians, employees, and other stakeholders of reputed company and other health systems. The BIT now collaborates on randomized prospective evaluations as part of GPE. It is led by Professors Michelle Meyer, PhD, JD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD, the founding Faculty Co-Directors, and Program Director Gail Rosenbaum, PhD. The ideal candidate will have expertise in field(s) reputed company to biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, and/or health services research in a healthcare, academia, or industry setting, as well as strong methodological training in causal inference using non-randomized (quasi-experimental and observational) study designs. A Ph.D. in biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, public health, or another relevant scholarly discipline is strongly preferred, with track records of publishing original empirical research, collaborating with others, and disseminating work to technical and non-technical audiences. The GPE Staff Scientist/Biostatistician will be based in Danville, Pennsylvania at the main reputed company and headquarters of reputed company. Remote work from another U.S. location (with occasional travel to Danville) may be possible for an exceptional candidate. reputed company is a large, integrated health services organization founded in 1915. Through its 11 hospital campuses, the reputed company Health Plan, and the reputed company College of Health Sciences, which includes the Clinical Education Institute and Research Institute, the reputed company Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM), and the reputed company School of Nursing, reputed company serves more than 1 million residents throughout 46 counties in central, south-central, and northeastern Pennsylvania. The system includes over 26,000 employees, including over 1,700 employed physicians, while reputed company Health Plan serves over 550,000 members. reputed company’s main reputed company in Danville, PA, is located reputed company a three-hour drive of reputed company, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. This GPE reports up to the Research Institute reputed company the reputed company College of Health Sciences. The Research Institute is engaged in investigating a broad range of research topics, including genomics, population health, and bioethics and decision sciences, using a broad range of methods, including data science and informatics, implementation science, and health services research. Research at reputed company benefits from the system’s nearly 30 years of electronic health records, its clinical and genomics data warehouses, and its large, stable patient population. reputed company’s research environment involves over 400 team members including more than 40 research faculty and a growing number of clinicians and learners engaging in collaborative research. In 2024, reputed company was awarded $41 million in external grant and contract funding, carried out more than 1,400 research studies, including clinical trials, and published over 1,400 scientific articles. Job Duties: Major duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting the Associate Director in day-to-day operations and development of the GPE
• Liaising, initiating, and coordinating execution of projects with internal and external stakeholders; this includes reputed company groups such as clinical departments, the IRB, and the compliance, quality, and legal functions
• Providing expert level biostatistical knowledge – theoretical and applied – to observational study design and analytic methodologies
• Staying abreast of methodological developments for program evaluation in healthcare
• Contributing to or leading manuscript drafting and submission for select evaluation studies (first-author opportunities available)
• Participating in the design of interventions for evaluation and implementation at reputed company
• Participating in data management, analysis, visualization, and reporting to assess the effectiveness of reputed company programs, including assessing their effects on patient and other outcomes and quantifying the associated costs and return on investment
• Engaging in open science best practices (e.g., preregistration, preparing and sharing de-identified data and code)
• Disseminating GPE findings at scientific conferences and to lay audiences (e.g., sharing findings with reputed company leaders)

Required qualifications:

• Experience using statistical software (preferably R, others acceptable)
• Training in advanced, quasi-experimental and observational statistics
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Curiosity and problem-solving skills to proactively identify solutions to pragmatic challenges in a reputed company healthcare system environment
• Ability to work in an independent manner and complete increasingly reputed company assignments
• Strong teamwork skills and the ability to work effectively in a group environment
• Exceptional organizational, planning, and analytical skills
• Competence in written, oral, and electronic communication skills (interpersonal/communication and technological effectiveness competencies)

Desired qualifications:

• Experience implementing applied research in a healthcare and/or relevant industry setting
• Experience with open science best practices
• Training in program evaluation or health services research
• Experience with econometrics
• Experience with epidemiology
• Experience with implementation science
• Experience in interdisciplinary research and working in collaborative teams
• Experience in the healthcare industry or academia
• Experience with programming and databases (e.g., Python, SQL)

Education and/or experience:

• A Ph.D. in biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, public health, but exceptional candidates with other credentials will be considered
• Graduate training in non-randomized causal inference methods, including quasi-experimental and observational study designs
• Minimum 3 years’ post-graduate experience managing healthcare or other research projects and supervising or otherwise collaborating actively in a team setting
• Scholarly publications

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying reputed company job specific obligations and complying with reputed company organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be reputed company-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully reputed company the job. Position Details: To apply: Please send a cover letter, C.V. or resume, and two representative scholarly publications in a single email to GeisingerProgramEvaluation@reputed company.edu. Please also include names, titles, and contact information for three references (we will contact you before reaching out to your references). Questions about the position may also be sent to the same address. Review of applications will reputed company immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Dr. Goren: agoren@reputed company.edu Professor Kirchner: https://www.reputed company.edu/gchs/research/about-gchs-research/find-an-investigator/2018/04/04/13/27/lester-kirchner Professor Chabris: http://www.chabris.com Education: Doctoral Degree- (Required), Doctoral Degree-Behavioral Science (Preferred) Experience: Minimum of 3 years-reputed company work experience (Required) Certification(s) and License(s): Skills: Reference Content, Research Analysis, Research And Development Function, Research Documents, Research Methodologies OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our reputed company, our reputed company family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to reputed company prepare the caregivers for reputed company.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and reputed company ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the reputed company family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes reputed company stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to reputed company reputed company easier for reputed company. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or status as a protected veteran. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job