Position Description:

Position Summary

T32 Postdoctoral Fellow

Purpose

According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), a postdoc is an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged in a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced research training to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue his or her chosen career path. In addition, according to the National Postdoc Association (NPA), Postdoctoral appointees can pursue basic, clinical or translational projects so long as their primary effort is devoted toward their own scholarship. Postdocs are essential to the scholarly mission of the mentor and host institution, and thus are expected to have the freedom to publish the results of their scholarship.

Specifically, the T32 post-doctoral fellow will be involved in comparative effectiveness and outcomes research that is ongoing in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The fellow will be involved in driving the research agenda of the group (research question, study design and methodology in conjunction with PI). Publications in leading scientific bodies of work along with advancement of the state-of-the-art research is expected of the fellow.

Characteristics of a postdoctoral appointment:

It is expected that postdocs at MCW, with the assistance of their supervisor, will:

• Transition to career independence through the development of professional skills that enable the postdoc to actively pursue a career of his/her own choosing.
• Be supervised by at least one senior scholar who actively promotes the postdoc's professional development.
• Establish an individual development plan (IDP) that incorporates equally the postdoc's career and training goals and the mentor's research goals.
• Pursue basic, clinical, or translational projects so long as effort is focused primarily on research.
• Publish results of the postdoc's research and scholarship during their appointment.
• The postdoctoral appointment is temporary by nature, the aggregate amount of time spent as a postdoc is recommended to not exceed five years (not including family medical leave or maternity/paternity leave).
• As postdocs are important members of the host institution's community, appropriate levels of compensation, health care, and other benefits commensurate with their essential status should be afforded, independent of the postdoc's source of funding.

Primary Functions

• Plan, design and execute complex research studies, procedures and protocols.
• Develop and perform routine and complex study designs for evidence synthesis (meta-analysis/systematic reviews).
• Coordinate research study activities; lead and manage projects and weekly lab meetings.
• Assist in developing, implementing and monitoring quality activities.
• Collaborate with principle investigators in determining study design and performing statistical analyses.
• Perform and develop routine and complex computational and database methods for implementation. May serve as primary statistician for area.
• Participate in meetings with principal investigator and research staff and evaluate/interpret the validity of data, develop methodologies, evaluate lab procedures.
• Manage data entry staff, and activities surrounding database, data collection, and data entry and data management.
• Assist in training of students, residents and post-doctoral fellows.
• Prepare and maintain IRB and human subject research compliance for all study protocols.
• Prepare high quality manuscripts for submission to publication and research presentations for presentation at conferences. Oversee organization, synthesis and analysis of data and findings.

Preferred Schedule:
Full-time role with expectations for coverage during core business hours and flexibility required as necessary to accommodate business needs.

Position Requirements:

Knowledge - Skills - Abilities

Required knowledge: biology, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, documentation, records management, data utilization, complex problem solving, critical thinking, resource management, and writing skills

Skills and abilities: The position requires skills in evidence synthesis methods, and in the analysis and management of large corpus of data.

Specifications

Minimum Required Education:

• MD, DO, PhD or other terminal medical degree

Minimum Required Experience:

• None

Preferred Experience:

• Basic/Advanced biostatics skills; human subject research

Field:

• Internal Medicine

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