Director, Clinical Trials Methods Center (CTMC)

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Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Advocate Health are seeking a visionary collaborative and academically accomplished leader to serve as the Director of the Clinical Trials Methods Center (CTMC). The Director will provide strategic scientific and operational leadership to the CTMC a cornerstone academic unit designed to bring innovations forward to support and enhance clinical trial design conduct and translationleveraging real-world evidence to inform and accelerate impactacross Advocate Healths expansive national footprint.

This individual will serve as the principal liaison between the CTMC and Advocate Healths National Center for Clinical Trials (NCCT) and will be responsible for advancing scientific rigor innovation and equitable practices in clinical trials through coordination of a multidisciplinary team and the CTMCs component units. Ultimately the CTMC infrastructure will serve both the needs of NCCT and faculty of Wake Forest University School of Medicine seeking investigator-initiated funding for clinical trials. The CTMC will be a critical component of the Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the leadership of the CTMC will align with Clinical and Translational Science Institute leadership to ensure ongoing alignment.

This is anticipated to be at a least 0.8 FTE position with an academic appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level based on experience and qualifications.

About the Clinical Trials Methods Center (CTMC)

The CTMC powers the scientific and academic infrastructure of the Advocate Health National Center for Clinical Trials. As a foundational component of a national unified approach to clinical trial activation and implementation the CTMC includes several critical domains including but not limited to:

• Real World Data for Research: Integrating electronic health records claims data and other data assets to support trial feasibility recruitment protocol design and primary data analyses.
• Data Coordinating Center: Providing statistical data management and project coordination support across clinical trials.
• Participant Engagement: Ensuring trials are inclusive accessible and responsive to the communities served by our health system.
• Applied Methodologies: Supporting the development and application of innovative trial designs analytic methods and implementation science approaches. The original areas of focus within Applied Methodologies will include Artificial Intelligence Genomics and Imaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic and Operational Leadership: 1) Develop and implement the strategic vision for CTMC in alignment with Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Advocate Healths clinical research goals. 2) Ensure effective operations across all CTMC components including performance monitoring quality assurance and financial sustainability. 3) Serve as the senior representative of the CTMC across national and institutional forums including the National Center for Clinical Trials leadership structure.

• Academic and Scientific Leadership: 1) Foster high-impact research by supporting methodological innovation in clinical trials supporting the recruitment and retention of exceptional faculty and staff and fostering a culture of continuous professional development. 2) Guide the development of scientific collaborations that leverage CTMC resources to support industry and non-industry extramural funding and peer-reviewed publications. 3) Advance a robust academic portfolio for the CTMC including grant submissions methodological research and mentoring of early-career faculty.

• Collaboration and Integration: 1) Serve as the lead connector between CTMC and the NCCT ensuring alignment timely communication efficient integration of activities and a high level of service provision. 2) Collaborate with institutional leaders in biostatistics epidemiology artificial intelligence informatics community engagement regulatory science social sciences and other disciplines to create synergies and amplify CTMC impact. 3) Engage clinical departments principal investigators and research units across the enterprise to promote use of CTMC services.

• Faculty and Staff Development: 1) Recruit mentor and retain a high-performing team of associate directors biostatisticians data scientists and administrative staff. 2) Create career development opportunities especially for early- and mid-career faculty in clinical trials methodology and leadership. 3) Ensure an inclusive collaborative and mission-driven culture across the CTMC.

• Education & Training: 1) Provide oversight and strategic direction for educational programming in clinical trial methodology across Advocate Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. 2) Develop and implement training opportunities for faculty staff and learners focused on clinical trial design biostatistics regulatory science and trial operations. 3) Partner with academic leadership to integrate CTMC resources into curricula for graduate and professional education programs including mentorship of trainees pursuing careers in clinical and translational research.

• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• PhD MD or equivalent terminal degree in a relevant field (e.g. biostatistics epidemiology clinical research health services research).
• Academic rank of Associate or Full Professor with a strong record of peer-reviewed funding and publications.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a complex academic or health system setting.
• Expertise in clinical trial methodology including trial design implementation and analysis.

Preferred

• Prior leadership of a coordinating center data core or large-scale clinical research initiative.
• Experience collaborating across institutions or national networks.
• Strong commitment to mentoring faculty development and team science.
• Experience with community-engaged research strategies.

Please include as attachments to your application a statement describing your research program CV (including funding history) and cover letter.

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• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

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• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program