Minimum Education and Experience:

We seek applicants with experience in advanced empirical skills and strong theoretical grounding. An earned doctoral degree in a relevant discipline such as economics, political science, psychology, or sociology, or a professional or applied research field including law, public policy, health services research, or epidemiology is required. Candidates with degrees in medicine, nursing or other clinical fields who also have advanced research training and experience are encouraged to apply.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Demonstrated success in developing extramurally-funded research is essential. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to build a robustly funded program of research that advances knowledge relevant to significant health system and policy challenges facing states or the nation. Our emphasis is on recruitment of mid-career or senior faculty candidates. However, early stage applicants who have demonstrated high potential by contributing to successful research proposals and projects during post-doctoral fellowships or similar experiences will be considered. Mid-career and senior applicants will be expected to have successfully developed and executed funded research proposals. The selected applicant(s) will receive intensive mentorship, appropriate to their career stage, to advance their research agenda and the goals of CSHP/IFH and their tenure home.

We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in inferential and predictive modeling using large administrative data sources, analysis of complex surveys, and application of mixed qualitative-quantitative methods. CSHP works closely with the New Jersey Medicaid agency and hosts a continuously updated, comprehensive Medicaid database of enrollments, encounters, and claims for the State. Our investigators conduct cutting edge research drawing on the Medicaid data linked to other rich administrative and survey sources, particularly relevant to addressing social determinants of health and other issues that compromise equity across populations. In addition, faculty will have access to other national and regional data resources within an NIH compliant Survey/Data Core within IFH.

We are seeking candidates with exceptional communication skills and a demonstrated track record in translating and disseminating evaluation/research findings to broad and diverse policy audiences through publications, presentations, policy briefs, and webinars. CSHP deeply values community informed and stakeholder engaged research and the ideal candidate(s) will have experience successfully collaborating across multiple policy sectors.

CSHP values strong leadership skills and the faculty member(s) in this position will play an active mentorship role in the Center and will be expected to take on teaching and student mentorship responsibilities within the tenure department.

During the first three years of their appointment, the incumbent(s) will devote the majority of their effort to developing their research portfolio, with limited time allocated to teaching (e.g., one course per year), mentorship, and service. After this start-up period, the balance of research and other duties will depend on the incumbent’s career goals and extent to which their time is covered by extramural funding sources. Salary and academic rank will be commensurate with a candidate's achievements, including project leadership and publications records, as well as other relevant professional experience.

Posting Number: 20FA0940

Location: Downtown New Brunswick