RESEARCH SCIENTIST [part-time]
Req #: | 180732 |
Department: | DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH |
Job Location: | Seattle Campus |
Posting Date: | 07/15/2020 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with experience and education |
Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: |
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The Department of Global Health was established in 2007, bridging the schools of Medicine and Public Health, with a mandate to harness the expertise and interdisciplinary power of all UW schools and colleges. Our mission is to improve health for all through research, education, training, and service; to understand and address the causes of disease and health inequities at multiple levels; and to collaborate with partners to develop and sustain locally-led, quality health systems, programs and policies. Driven by tremendous interest among both students and faculty, the Department has grown explosively to more than 400 graduate students and hundreds more undergraduates. We have more than 380 faculty and 1,000 staff working on projects across 130 countries with our deepest ties in United States, Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Mozambique, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua. At the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, diversity is integral to excellence. The Department recognizes that disparities in health around the globe stem from inequity. The Department encourages and supports the multiple identities of staff, faculty and students including, but not limited to, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, culture, spiritual practice, geography, mental and physical disability and age. The Department strives to become a local, national, and international leader in developing and maintaining increased representation and recognition of each of these dimensions of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.
The Department of Global Health has an outstanding opportunity for a half-time (50% FTE) Research Scientist to lead a new WHO-supported implementation research project on the global scale-up of the self-administered version of the injectable contraceptive method, DMPA-SC. The Research Scientist will support the Human Reproduction Team of the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research, based in Geneva, on the development of global technical materials aimed at guiding member states’ on embedding implementation research in national efforts to scale up self-administered DMPA-SC. In addition, the Research Scientist will support WHO Country Office staff, implementation and research partners and Ministry of Health officials on the design and conduct of implementation research projects on this topic in Kenya and Burkina Faso, member states where the global project will launch in 2020. The position requires expertise in implementation science, family planning programs, and extensive experience working with health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, the project requires a detail-oriented individual who is able to meet dynamic deadlines in conjunction with investigators from low and middle-income countries, and global funding agencies, and who is able to travel internationally to monitor project activities.
The newly created position will be located on the UW campus in the Hans Rosling Population Health Center, and will report to the study Principal Investigator (Kenneth Sherr, Professor in the Department of Global Health).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical support to WHO/HRP
Serve as UW liaison for the collaboration with WHO/HRP on:
• A systematic review of how implementation research is applied advanced family planning programs in low and middle-income countries.
• Global guidance materials on embedding implementation research in member states strategies about scaling up self-administered DMPA-SC
Study Leadership
• Independently and in collaboration with project team members based at the UW, WHO/HRP and in study countries, develop human subjects applications, reports, and renewals
• Independently and in collaboration with project team members based at the UW and in study countries, develop study protocols, data collection instruments and standard operating procedures.
• Provide ongoing quality control for data collection and collation.
• Decisively problem solve implementation issues related to study procedures, and guide field teams to resolution.
• Develop the first draft of project reports for donor submission, and work with the project PI to ensure readiness for submission.
• Act as a liaison for in-country study teams and the funding agency.
Analyze Results
• In conjunction with in-country study teams, and WHO/HRP, define data analysis procedures and provide leadership in data analysis throughout the study period.
• Identify opportunities for further research and build novel analyses/data collection as needed.
Results Dissemination
• Collaborate with in-country teams and WHO/HRP in interpreting data and preparing technical and programmatic reports, graphic displays of data, and manuscripts for publication, contributing scientific knowledge and training in research methodology.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Master’s of Public Health.
• At least 10 years of experience working with health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
• At least 4 years of experience working with family planning and reproductive health programs in sub-Saharan Africa.
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
• Demonstrated track record in working with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies.
• Demonstrated publication record in peer reviewed journals.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
• Available for weekly phone calls/meetings in the early morning and late evenings to accommodate worldwide time differences.
• Available for travel to study countries, at least twice annually.
Application Process:
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