Job Openings in PHS
Division Chief, Health System Innovation and Research
Seeking a vibrant and visionary scientist to lead the Division of Health System Innovation and Research (HSIR).
Candidates for the HSIR Division Chief should have: (1) proven track record of leadership, (2) history of innovative and successful investigation, (3) strong appreciation of diverse health service research areas, and (4) commitment to program development, team science, mentoring across career stages, and education.
Cancer Control and Population Sciences Research Open Rank Faculty Position
We seek outstanding, collaborative scientists in a number of areas including, but not limited to: cancer prevention (including behavioral interventions), cancer epidemiology (including expertise in geographic and neighborhood contextual factors, molecular, clinical, genetic, or environmental epidemiology), cancer survivorship and health outcomes, exercise and cancer, digital health, healthcare transformation, risk communication, implementation science, rural health, and health disparities. We are particularly interested in recruiting scientists with training and expertise in environmental epidemiology. We are looking for collaborative and engaged colleagues who are interested in advancing their career through interdisciplinary team science, working collaboratively with clinicians and experts across a spectrum of fields.
Digital Health Faculty Position
This is a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor to grow our emphasis in digital health. The research areas include the use of digital health technologies for assessment and building the conceptual foundation for human behavior change, as well as development, evaluation, and/or implementation of interventions using serious games, apps, XR interventions, texting apps, conversational agents, and/or integration of tools into electronic health records. Other relevant areas are welcome as well.
Environmental Epidemiology Faculty Position
We are looking for candidates who have a track record of environmental and cancer-relevant research, and may have particular expertise in a wide range of disciplines such as geography, statistics, epidemiology, public health, and/or health equity. This position includes an Endowed Chair and generous start-up package.
TRIAD Director
Associate Professor or Full Professor
Seeking an associate professor or full professor faculty candidate who will serve as the director of the University of Utah’s Translational Research: Implementation, Analysis and Design (TRIAD) Team which includes more than 40 master’s and PhD trained biostatisticians and research methodologists in related quantitative and qualitative methodologies, including health economics, survey design, qualitative research, dissemination and implementation, and systematic review.
Biostatistics Investigator Faculty
Assistant or Associate Professor
The Division of Epidemiology and the Cancer Biostatistics Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor-level position in the Research Track.
We are seeking candidates with the research skills and experience required to successfully assume leadership roles in multi-disciplinary research teams and to support and develop grant proposals. The successful candidate will have opportunities to participate in methodological research. Substantive interest and experience are desired in one or more of the following areas: methods for cancer research, modern causal inference, behavioral statistics, clinical trial design, analysis of secondary data, machine learning and high dimensional data analysis, and spatial transcriptomics.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biostatistics
Dr. Daniel Scharfstein, Chief of the Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Population Health Sciences, is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow interested in the development and application of state-of-the-art methods for the analysis of treatment effects from randomized and observational data sources that are subject to multiple forms of bias due to, for example, missingness, censoring, irregular assessment, non-compliance, and confounding.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Neurotherapeutics Lab
The Translational Neurotherapeutics Lab in the Department of Population Health Sciences, Division of Health System Innovation and Research at the University of Utah School of Medicine is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow interested in gaining training and experience in design, evaluation, optimization, and dissemination of digital medicine solutions for psychiatric disorders. This is a unique opportunity to train in both neurobiology of aging and mental health, (including psychiatric and neuropsychological assessment, neurobiological bases of mood disorders, digital interventions for mood disorders, clinical trial administration etc.) and in serious game development, (including computer science, engineering, participatory design, and human computer interaction).
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