Associate Scientific Director - TechQuity Health Lab

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology research and familyfriendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140year legacy of excellence kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

The Associate Scientific Director TechQuity Health Lab (THL) serves as the scientific leader of the THL and is a critical partner to the Lab Principal Investigator in both day to day operations and long term strategic planning and growth for the lab. The Associate Scientific Director will provide scientific and administrative oversight for research lab staff students trainees and collaborators as well as technical guidance to vendors and IT collaborators. The Associate Scientific Director will share overall lab administration responsibilities with other Associate Director roles in the lab. This individual will make meaningful contributions to manuscript writing data analysis grant development and grant administration. This is a grantfunded nonfaculty position with guaranteed 100 support for 4 years; support beyond the first 4 years is contingent on the availability of grant funds.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead and coauthor scientific abstracts and manuscripts for publication

• Contribute to writing grant applications and serve as coinvestigator of funded grants

• Contribute to writing progress reports for partners and funding agencies

• Contribute to data analysis of THL projects

• Present research at scientific and professional conferences

• Remain aware of advances in informatics research and integrate them appropriately

• Contribute to informatics architecture design and implementation for data technology and informatics projects in the THL

• Comentoring postdoctoral and predoctoral research trainees

• Participate in and lead project and full team meetings

• Participate in and lead THL Symposia and Events

• Participate in Lurie Childrens meetings and committees related to THL research and programs

• Collaborater with other Associate Directors in the lab on administrative responsibilities including financial oversight of grant budgets management of THL research staff including the authority to hire separate promote demote write and administer performance evaluations.

• Other job functions as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Masters MD PhD or equivalent doctorate in Medicine Public Health Informatics Data Science Math Computer Science or a related field of health

• Preferred: At least one year of postdoctoral research experience in informatics research

• Firstauthored and coauthored research publications in informatics research

• Record of high quality scholarly productivity in informatics research

• Experience as a coinvestigator or postdoctoral researcher on a health research grant

• Excellence in scientific writing and oral presentation skills

• At least 5 years of experience working on common data models data standards interoperability ontologies tech stack design and patient generated health data.

• A longterm interest in a position contributing to the overall mission of the THL

• Ability to work both independently and in collaboration with a team

• Ability to work in transdisciplinary teams across institutions and faculty

• Ability to develop and maintain records of THLrelated metrics

• Excellent project management skills required

• Develop and direct project budgets to achieve research and program objectives

• Software analytic and programming skills in multiple applications including R Python SQL SSIS REDCap Java etc.

• Experience with cloud computing is a plus

• Experience with geocoding is a plus

• Experience with machine learning methods is strongly desired

• General familiarity with healthcare IT systems

Education

Pay Range

At Lurie Childrens we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity reflecting individual contributions experience and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions.In addition to base salary Lurie Childrens offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees leadership incentivesfor select roles health and retirement benefits and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation consult your recruiter or click the followinglink to learn more about our benefits.

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

Medical dental and vision insurance

Employer paid group term life and disability

Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave

403(b) with a 5 employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Supplemental Life AD&D and Disability

• Critical Illness Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage

• Tuition assistance

• Student loan servicing and support

• Adoption benefits

• Backup Childcare and Eldercare

• Employee Assistance Program and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members

• Discount on services at Lurie Childrens facilities

• Discount purchasing program

Theres a Place for You with Us

At Lurie Childrens we embrace and celebrate diversity and equity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds skills and viewpoints recognizing that diverse identities strengthen our workplace and the care we can provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly appreciate differences and make meaningful connections that foster belonging and allyship. This is a place where you can be your best so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.

Lurie Childrens and its affiliatesare equal employment opportunity employers. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion national origin ancestry age disability marital status pregnancy protected veteran status order of protection status protected genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

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