Evidence Synthesis Information Scientist

Job Description

The Evidence Synthesis Information Scientist reporting to the Assistant Director Evidence Synthesis Services supports evidence synthesis research at Virginia Tech for Blacksburg Roanoke the National Capital Region and other university locations and affiliates as part of the collaborative Evidence Synthesis Services team. Serves as an ambassador for high-quality evidence synthesis at Virginia Tech and as an expert in search techniques and synthesis methods such as systematic reviews. Provides guidelines-based consultation outreach live and asynchronous training and additional support for systematic reviews and other topics related to evidence synthesis. Explores emerging tools resources and methods for evidence synthesis. Supervises student assistants. Uses and promotes effective project management practices. Contributes to supporting the Virginia Tech community in adoption of open and collaborative research practices. Contributes to the fields of evidence synthesis and librarianship through scholarly and professional activities. Participates in serving on institutional or professional committees and demonstrates a commitment to team efforts service excellence and Virginia Techs Principles of Community.

Required Qualifications

-Masters degree from an ALA-accredited graduate program; OR an advanced degree in a position-related field such as: data science epidemiology health sciences life sciences social sciences public health statistics agricultural science environmental science engineering or other related fields.
-Demonstrated experience leading systematic review search strategy development implementation and documentation
-Demonstrated experience conducting systematic review searches in databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed CAB Abstracts Scopus; other databases via platforms such as EBSCOhost ProQuest Web of Science
-Demonstrated experience using and supporting others in evidence synthesis search methodologies guidelines and standards such as those recommended by Cochrane Campbell the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence; PRISMA ROSES; etc.
-Demonstrated experience providing reference or research assistance and instruction/training in an academic research or clinical environment
-Demonstrated experience in outreach relationship building and collaboration with a variety of groups such as faculty students or vendors
-Demonstrated experience designing planning implementing and maintaining complex projects
-Demonstrated experience collaborating with colleagues to problem-solve and share knowledge with a commitment to team efforts and service excellence
-Demonstrated ability to effectively understand and communicate complex ideas to novice and scientific/technical audiences
-Excellent writing and communication skills including experience with proofreading publication manuscripts and following a variety of style guides

Preferred Qualifications

-Demonstrated experience peer reviewing systematic review search strategies
-Demonstrated experience using and/or training others in evidence synthesis project management tools such as: Covidence DistillerSR Rayyan or others
-Demonstrated experience providing support or instruction for developing and refining research scope; critical appraisal of primary research; systematic data extraction or coding; approaches to synthesizing qualitative evidence; and/or archiving supplemental material
-Demonstrated experience with conducting primary research
-Demonstrated experience conducting advanced statistical analyses
-Demonstrated experience in using and/or training others in text or data mining machine learning language models or other AI tools for evidence synthesis
-Demonstrated experience in or support of one of the following or related fields: engineering computer science or environmental science

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Continued-Appointment Track Assistant Professor Regular full-time

Salary Information

$ dependent on qualifications and experience

Hours per week

40

Review Date

5/28/26

Additional Information

The application package needs to include a resume cover letter addressing the candidates experience with the responsibilities associated with the position and the required and preferred qualifications and the names of three(3) references and their contact information.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.