Clinical Research Scientist

Company: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Location: Memphis
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

Overview
The Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control housed at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, is seeking applicants for a full-time mobile Health (mHealth) Research Scientist position for a National Cancer Institute-funded project. The candidate will work with senior faculty members, a project coordinator, Clinical Research Associates, and other researchers to improve health outcomes for aging childhood cancer survivors. The scientist will collaborate with an experienced health informatics/IT team to develop, deploy, and maintain mHealth platforms for collecting patient-reported outcomes and digital health markers for research. Under the supervision of lead faculty members, the candidate will be engaged in a variety of research activities related to conducting literature review, data collection and analysis, creating training materials for patient engagement, writing research papers, engaging in mHealth-enabled health interventions, and grant preparations.

Minimum Education

• A MD or a PhD in an appropriate scientific field is required.
  Minimum Experience
  
  • Three (3) years of relevant and productive research experience in clinical/population-based outcomes and health behavior research required.
  • Experience must include study design methodology, protocol development, study conduct and analysis.
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with team members.
  • Ability to work independently in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English language, both verbally and in writing.
  • Multiple publications as the first author in patient-reported outcomes research and/or mobile or digital health technology research preferred.
  • Experience in data analysis and modeling (e.g., statistical, machine learning methods) preferred.
    Other Information
    St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity EmployerNo Search Firms:St. Jude Children's Research Hospital does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. Please do not call or email. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee or other representative at St. Jude via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place and approved by HR will result in no fee being paid in the event the candidate is hired by St. Jude.COVID-19 vaccine:St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees, excluding those with an approved medical or religious accommodation, as a condition of employment.

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