Assistant Professor, Team Scientist, in Outcomes and Measurement Science

Northwestern University; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 135 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Outcomes and Measurement Science division invites applications for a full-time non-tenure-eligible Team Scientist at the rank of Assistant Professor.

The candidate will perform quantitative analyses, support instrument development and validation, and lead manuscript preparation across diverse content areas including dementia, development science, and rehabilitation medicine.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent in psychology, educational psychology, or allied quantitative social sciences.
• Expertise in operational psychometrics, education testing/credential testing, computer adaptive tests, Bayesian testing, item banking, IRT, and multimodal measurement (wearables).
• Experience conducting quantitative analyses and contributing to manuscript preparation with a strong publication record.

Responsabilités

• Conduct quantitative analyses for multiple projects.
• Participate in and lead manuscript preparation and dissemination activities.
• Contribute to a portfolio of grant-funded projects supporting salary.
• Collaborate across lifespan, settings, and measurement modalities.

Connaissances

Quantitative analysis

Scholarly publishing

Manuscript preparation

Collaboration

Statistical methods

Formation

Ph.D. in psychology / educational psychology or allied quantitative social sciences

Outils

REDCap

Item Response Theory

Description du poste

The Outcomes and Measurement Science division in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine invites applications for a full-time non-tenure-eligible Team Scientist position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a collaborative early career investigator, with expertise and experience in quantitative analysis and a strong record of scholarly publication, to contribute to our existing portfolio, including across the lifespan, settings (e.g., clinical care, research, global), content areas (e.g., dementia, development science, learning sciences, and rehabilitation medicine) and measurement modalities (e.g., patient-reported outcomes, performance measurement, digital and sensor-based measures). Responsibilities include conducting quantitative analyses and participating in and leading manuscript preparation.

Chicago, Illinois

The start date is negotiable and the position will remain open until filled.

The expected base pay range for this position is $120,000-$135,000.

Northwestern University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal comparators; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. or equivalent in psychology, educational psychology, or other allied fields in the quantitative social sciences, preferably with expertise in operational psychometrics (e.g., education testing/credential testing), computer adaptive tests, Bayesian testing approaches, item banking, item response theory, and multimodal measurement (e.g., wearables). The position will support instrument development, validation and implementation activities by conducting quantitative analyses, including item response calibration, latent variable modeling, growth modeling. Additionally, the position will support dissemination activities through the preparation of manuscripts and presentations. The candidate will work on a portfolio of grant-funded projects supporting most of their salary.

About Medical Social Sciences and the Division of Outcomes and Measurement Science

The Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS) (www.mss.northwestern.edu) is a vibrant transdisciplinary community of approximately 80 faculty scientists united by a shared mission: to harness the social and behavioral sciences to advance fairness, innovation, and impact in health.

Our faculty lead nationally and internationally recognized programs of research spanning the full translational continuum. MSS is organized around four complementary scientific divisions that reflect a public health approach to improving health: Outcomes and Measurement Science, Determinants of Health, Intervention Science, and Implementation Science. Faculty collaborate extensively across Northwestern University, Northwestern Medicine, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, community organizations, health systems, policy makers, and industry partners. The Outcomes & Measurement Science Division works to better human health through state-of-the-science psychometric measurement and evaluation. We are the home of numerous measurement systems including PROMIS, the NIH Toolbox, Mobile Toolbox, Neuro-QoL, MyCog, and the Baby Toolbox. Our faculty of quantitative/qualitative psychologists, clinicians, and informaticians are pushing the frontiers of health measurement, having created and now distributing hundreds of patient reported outcome and neurological measures (cognitive, motor, sensory, emotion and academic), for use around the world, and the platforms to deliver them (web, tablets, smartphones, REDCap, Epic and many other electronic health record systems), delivering assessments to millions of patients in clinical settings, and available in more than 6,000 institutions for clinical research.

Benefits

At Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful and competitive benefits. The available benefits package for this position will include

• health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• paid medical/sick and parental leave
• tuition benefits for the employee and dependents
• pre-tax and flex spending accounts for commuting and dependent care
• generous retirement savings options
• and wellness programs

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, including disability and veteran status.