Job DescriptionThe Institute for Health Equity Research (IHER) seeks a skilled Assistant Scientist to join our research team to help design, develop, obtain funding for, and direct epidemiologic, behavioral science, health services, or related research projects that are consistent with IHER's mission and scientific priorities. The successful candidate will lead and support innovative research to achieve health equity, utilizing diverse tools and methods to understand and eliminate health disparities.IHER's mission is to bring together diverse collaborators across all communities, sectors, and scientific disciplines to generate evidence and innovate solutions that drive equity in health and health care. Our work is informed by four Core areas: health care delivery science, community engagement, data and research, and research workforce. Each Core encompasses multiple projects and initiatives led by our multidisciplinary team of nationally renowned health equity researchers. Our multi-pronged approach allows IHER to conduct clinical, translational, and health services science that transforms practice and policy in a comprehensive and enduring way.Responsibilities
- Conducts research to develop methodologies, instrumentation and procedures related to health equity science, analyzing data and presenting findings.
- Participates in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical and health services related research.
- Develops methods and designs research tools and techniques.
- Explores research area of interest, and defines scope and selection of problems for investigation through conceptually related studies.
- Develops hypotheses to be tested and methodology for evaluating results.
- Will prepare manuscripts and other dissemination materials, including text writing, tables, figures, and supplementary material preparation, as well as oversee submission and publication processes.
- Develops new proposals for research and obtain support for new and/ or continuing research activities.
- Makes decisions and recommendations that have a major impact on extensive scientific research activities.
- Collaborates with IHER investigators, internal and external partners, including academic, community and industry stakeholders
- May mentor data analysts, students and interns as needed.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in health services research, implementation and improvement science, systems science, epidemiology, public health, nursing, psychology or related field
- Two years experience conducting health equity research, including working with large data bases, survey data ,electronic medical record and/or health systems data
- The candidate must be able to consistently demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to design and conduct culturally sensitive research with diverse communities.
- Ideal candidates will also demonstrate strong communication and leadership skills as well as a commitment to health equity science and promoting diversity in research.
Non-Bargaining Unit, 811 - Population Health Science and Policy - ISM, Icahn School of MedicineAbout Us
Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
About the Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's The World's Best Smart Hospitals ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.
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