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Assistant Scientist
Description
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is recruiting a non-tenure track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Scientist.
The successful applicant will support an innovative community-partnered, highly applied research portfolio addressing case management, service coordination, and/or workforce development in US domestic maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs and/or closely related services and systems that serve families with children. A doctoral degree in public health, psychology, social work, or related field is required. Applicants should have applied health or social services research experience and excellent writing skills, as evidenced by scientific publications and increasing recognition in their field of interest. The applicant will collaborate with Department Faculty and interface with multiple research and community partners to develop and implement research activities, collaborate on manuscripts and other dissemination products for diverse audiences, and collaborate on grant applications to extend this work. They will be expected to lead analyses and develop manuscripts as a lead or supporting author. The successful applicant, consistent with the mission of the Department, will support and extend extramurally funded research, participate in the department’s graduate education and student mentoring activities, and contribute to the life of the School and the University.
Qualifications
PFRH is one of 10 academic departments at the Bloomberg School which is home to more than 870 full-time faculty and 3,600 graduate-level students. The School has been ranked the #1 school of public health by U.S. News & World Report since rankings began in 1994. The main campus is in East Baltimore. Both the East Baltimore campus and the broader University, including a campus in Washington DC, support a collaborative and highly interactive environment with a superb research and practice infrastructure. The faculty is multi-disciplinary and has a broad and diverse research, practice and teaching portfolio. Faculty research spans domestic and global settings, and ranges from foundational to highly applied research, translation and implementation work in collaboration with national, state and local partners.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health strives to improve the health and health equity of communities by advancing public health education, scholarship, and practice and is firmly committed to a school that embraces scholarship, critical thinking, innovation and scientific rigor and cultivates a diverse, inclusive, and nurturing environment for all students, faculty and staff. Only by uplifting these principles and promoting a culture of belonging can we deliver on our goal of protecting health and saving lives and drive excellence in all we do.
Application Instructions
Applications should include: 1) curriculum vitae; 2) Cover letter; 3) statement of interest (1-2 pages) that includes why they are attracted to this position, what attributes and experiences make them a competitive candidate, and how their past record, current actions, and future plans will contribute to the mission and values of the BSPH as stated at https://publichealth.jhu.edu/about/at-a-glance/mission-vision-and-values
Review of candidates will begin in August 2024. Please direct all questions to Professor Allison West, awest25@jhu.edu.
Research Data Analyst- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
The Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health is seeking a Research Data Analyst - Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI).
Our Team
For over twenty-five years, our team has conducted high quality, utilization focused evaluation, research, and quality improvement work across the United States focused on various prenatal, early childhood and child welfare interventions.
Our Collaborators
For more than ten years, our team has collaborated with leaders in New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families and Department of Health on research, evaluation and continuous quality improvement. By collaborating across state departments and creatively leveraging federal and state funding, New Jersey has created a unique, progressive early childhood system of care. NJ’s system features a statewide central intake system (Connecting NJ) which links eligible families interested in services to a variety of resources in their communities, including early childhood home visiting. New Jersey implements multiple evidence-based early childhood home visiting models in all of the state’s 21 counties. The early childhood home visiting programs aim to improve family health, self-sufficiency and well-being. With sophisticated data systems and a well-developed infrastructure for collaborating with parents and families, New Jersey is a national leader in the early childhood space.
Our Research Data Analyst- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Position
The Research Data Analyst will be responsible for data management, analysis and reporting, as well as supporting local partners in interpreting and using their data to inform quality improvement. The Research Data Analyst will primarily support quality improvement in New Jersey’s early childhood home visiting programs, and may contribute to quality improvement efforts with Connecting NJ and other New Jersey programs as well. We are looking for an analytically gifted individual who will collaborate well with New Jersey partners to help manage and support quality improvement work. The ideal candidate for the position is a self-motivated, responsible, detail-oriented individual with excellent organizational and rapport-building abilities. Applicants must be able to work independently in a self-directed fashion while managing multiple tasks.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Data Work
- Work with administrative datasets to clean, restructure, and conduct data quality checks. This will involve writing new code or updating existing code in Stata.
- Collaborate with New Jersey partners to update quarterly CQI dashboards with measures that are of most interest to local partners.
- Use Stata to code for and run descriptive statistics on cross-sectional administrative data and conduct basic statistical analyses.
- Create and maintain documentation about datasets.
- Ensure that data files are organized and up to date.
- Identify and propose solutions to systematic issues with data.
- Collaborate with team to resolve data issues.
Coordination and Collaboration
- Work with JHU team and NJ partners to create structure and schedule for ongoing quality improvement work.
- Coordinate regular meetings with early childhood home visiting programs to discuss quality improvement data and projects.
- Create agendas for meetings and facilitate discussions by asking questions and providing quality improvement skill-building and coaching to program partners.
- Build rapport with early childhood home visiting program partners.
- Collect information on programs’ quality improvement topics, what changes are being tested and performance on prioritized measures over time.
Communication
- Interpret, summarize and present quality improvement data in various formats including tables, graphs, and oral and written reports. This could include internal presentations as well as presentations to external partners.
- Contribute to writing, reviewing, and referencing for reports, presentations, publications, and grant proposals.
- Communicate effectively with the team and proactively bring questions and concerns to the team.
- Provide regular updates on quality improvement work of home visiting programs to JHU team as well as NJ state home visiting leadership.
Other
- Contribute to Internal Review Board (IRB) applications and renewals.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant data security and compliance protocols.
- Perform other continuous quality improvement-related duties as assigned.
Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Candidate must be detail-oriented and have outstanding organizational skills.
- This position requires strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- This position requires strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with individuals with varying comfort and experience working with data.
- Some prior experience planning and facilitating group discussions and/or teaching or coaching individuals as they learn new skills is preferred.
- Proficiency in Stata and Excel required.
- Proficiency in an additional software package (SAS, R or SPSS) is desirable, but not required.
- Some prior experience or exposure to quality improvement principles and methods (e.g. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Model for Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles) is preferred, but not required.
- Candidates must be skilled in analysis and interpretation of data and the discussion of data and implications of data.
- Candidates must be able to work independently as well as communicate and collaborate effectively in a team environment.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
- Three years related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in related discipline preferred.
- Relevant disciplines include education, social work, public health, public policy, economics or similar discipline.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in child and family health services with a focus on case management, service coordination, and workforce development in the context of early childhood home visiting programs. The postdoctoral fellow will work primarily with two HRSA-funded projects, the Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management and the Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC). The goal of the Center is to identify, evaluate, and disseminate evidence-based case management practices and strategies within the maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting context. HARC is a national research and development platform for innovation to broaden and strengthen home visiting's benefits for all families and communities. The projects collaborate with numerous academic and research partners.
The fellow will contribute to community-engaged research that includes but is not limited to literature reviews, research study design and implementation, data analysis, and dissemination. Opportunities also exist in this role to collaborate on papers from other studies focused on home visiting implementation and workforce development. The fellowship is for a 12-month period, with the potential option to renew for additional years, contingent on funding. The fellow will report to Dr. Allison West and will be part of a vibrant department and university with a multitude of opportunities for collaboration and professional development.
Required Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree in prevention science, public health, social work, psychology, nursing, or a closely related discipline by the time of the appointment
- Demonstrated record of applied health or social services research in the U.S. context
- Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data management, analysis, and presentation skills including ability to use statistical packages
- Excellent writing skills, as evidenced by publications, grant‐writing experience, and/or personal references
- Excellent critical thinking, oral communication, and community engagement skills
- Strong interest in applied health services research, community-engaged research, home visiting, and family- and early childhood systems
Preferred Qualifications:
The preferred candidate will have previous prevention research experience in the U.S. context in areas such as early childhood home visiting, early childhood systems, case management, service coordination, trauma-informed care, and/or health equity.
Instructions for Applying:
Interested applicants should submit the following to Dr. West at awest25@jhu.edu:
- Cover letter describing research interests, career goals, and prior experience
- Curriculum vitae
- Contact information of 3 references
Each application will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Fit of research interests and experience
- How the postdoctoral fellowship will help to further the scholar’s research agenda
- Demonstrated record of increasing responsibility in research roles
We particularly welcome applications from individuals with lived experience related to the topics of interest and from members of groups historically under-represented in health and social services research. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, starting immediately. The ideal applicant would begin the fellowship in fall of 2024. The post offers a stipend and benefits commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as opportunities for career development and independent work streams. The current minimum stipend level for BSPH postdoctoral scholars is $62,132.