The Jefferson College of Population Health is recruiting an experienced population health researcher to conduct research at the Main Line Health System Center for Population Health Research at Lankenau Institute for Medical Research.  This is an open-rank, faculty position, positioned within a leading health care system.  This is an opportunity to blend the power of research within a health system with support from an academic institution.  Researchers with specific interests in health equity and partnerships to reduce health disparities are encouraged to apply.

The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated and experienced population health researcher with:

• A passion for improving the health of the community and willingness to partner with community
  members and organizations to develop evidence-based approaches to improving health and promoting wellness;
• A history of successful research collaboration across academic, healthcare, and industry partners
  focused on value-based health care, health equity and disparities, health outcomes, chronic disease,
     health services, epidemiology and/or population health; 
• A track record of external funding (or ability to obtain external funding during the first three years);
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals;
• Expertise or experience using electronic health record data, claims and billing data, community data,
  and other ‘big data’;
• Experience in development of mixed methods approaches, survey design, or study design;
• Experience establishing partnerships with clinicians around clinically relevant population health and
  outcomes; and
• A terminal degree (i.e., PhD, MD, PharmD) in a relevant discipline
  
  The faculty member will have a primary appointment in the Jefferson College of Population Health and an appointment in the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research. Faculty rank will be commensurate with experience.

About Main Line Health and the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

Founded in 1927, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) is one of only a few freestanding, hospital-associated biomedical research centers in the United States.  The Center for Population Health Research is located within LIMR and was established in 2016 by Main Line Health in partnership with the Jefferson College of Population Health to identify and address community and system-level disparities in health care, opportunities for quality improvement in patient care, and strategies for promoting improved health outcomes among patients and community members.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, with an anticipated start date in 2022. 

Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV: http://hr.jefferson.edu/human-resources.html Job ID # 9266061

For more information on this position, please contact: Sharon Larson, PhD at Sharon.Larson@Jefferson.edu OR LarsonS@MLHS.org

Jefferson Health delivers state of the art healthcare services to patients throughout the Delaware Valley and southern New Jersey. Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) provides more than 8,400 students from nearly 40 states and 40 countries with 21st century professional education. Combined, we have over 30,000 employees.

Jefferson Health, with 14 hospitals (seven are Magnet designated by the ANCC for nursing excellence) and 40+ outpatient and urgent care locations, offers a broad range of primary and complex, highly specialized care that touches the lives of more than four million patients annually. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Thomas Jefferson University Hospital among the nation’s best in eight specialties. Jefferson Health also includes the NCI designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; it is one of only 70 such centers in the nation.

Thomas Jefferson University has ten colleges and three schools that offer more than 160 undergraduate and graduate programs. Our University is dedicated to inter-professional and transdisciplinary approaches to learning that offer a vibrant and expandable platform for professional education. Through this unique model, we are preparing our students for current and yet to be imagined careers.

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.