Post Doc - Open Rank: Implementation Science

Overview:

Jumpstart your professional career in implementation science working with national innovators at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School’s Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide (CAPES https://www.umassmed.edu/capes/).

Fellows will primarily work with Edwin Boudreaux, PhD https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/130048.

Opportunities with other UMass Chan faculty include:

Rachel Davis-Martin, PhD https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/18147553

Lourah Kelly, PhD https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/36076065

Dan Mullin, PsyD, MPH, https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/129980

and others are also available based on career aspirations of the fellow.

About UMass Chan Medical School:

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and its clinical partner, UMass Memorial Health, is a thriving academic health care system located in Worcester MA, about an hour’s drive west of Boston or north of Providence, and about 3.75 hour drive from NYC. The environment provides a highly supportive home for fellows, with opportunities to collaborate with leading researchers and engage in meaningful clinical work.

Responsibilities:

This fellowship will focus on using best practices to translate evidence-based suicide prevention interventions into clinical practice across a range of healthcare settings. Fellows will participate in ongoing research and grant submissions, will complete pilot projects, have opportunities for publications and presentations using new and existing datasets, and will prepare mentored research grants (e.g., F32 or K99 to NIH, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention postdoctoral fellowship or early career awards, or other postdoctoral level awards). Current active research includes funding through NIMH, NIDA, SAMHSA, and others. Projects focus on implementing empirically supported treatments for suicide risk screening and prevention, substance abuse, and other behavioral health screening. Leveraging technology and health informatics to promote implementation is a cross-population theme. The fellow will have ample opportunity for additional training and experiences with Population and Quantitative Health Sciences’ Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science. Applicants with strong methodological, statistical, and quantitative experience are desirable. Individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology, public health, epidemiology, health sciences, health services research, or related fields are welcome to apply.

Fellows will have opportunities to engage in working with healthcare systems on improving their suicide care pathways and will have opportunities for providing training and education across a range of settings, including within the medical school, graduate school of nursing, and residency programs both at UMass Chan and with other Universities.

Qualifications:

How to Apply:

A doctoral degree is required in psychology, public health, epidemiology, health sciences, health services research, or related fields. Individuals with a concentration or any prior training in implementation science or health services research are encouraged to apply, though this training is not a required. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled. Send detailed letter of interest that specifies the fellowship(s) of interest and summarize relevant experiences and career goals, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference as indicated below. In addition, you must also apply via the UMass Chan Medical School’s Human Resources website: https://www.umassmed.edu/jobs/

c/o Carolyn Kelly [email protected]

Edwin D. Boudreaux, PhD

Professor, Executive Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Emergency Medicine

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

Director, Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide (CAPES)

UMass Chan Medical School

Department of Emergency Medicine

55 Lake Ave North

Worcester, MA 01655

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Chan recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.

Additional Information:

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must be comfortable approaching patients in the ED and acute care setting.

Experience in healthcare setting, either clinical or research

The applicant will be working on multiple projects so flexibility is a must

Off-site travel will be required to UMass Memorial Community EDs

Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with a diverse array of research participants, physicians, clinical staff, and other members of the research team

Computer proficiency (Word, Excel, email)

Statistical experience (SAS, R, SPSS, STATA)

Experience with implementing new interventions in healthcare settings

Experience with behavioral health and suicide prevention