Full-Time Research Director

Society For Psychophysiological Research; Westbrook (ME); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MaineHealth Behavioral Health is seeking a full-time Research Director to strategically lead and foster a growing department and system-wide research enterprise, mentor emerging talent, and create partnerships that elevate behavioral health research.

In this role you will collaborate with senior leaders, oversee a diverse research portfolio, ensure regulatory compliance, and pursue extramural funding to advance regional and national impact.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in a relevant discipline and post-doctoral training or fellowship.

Responsibilities

• Strategically lead and foster a growing department and system-wide research enterprise.
• Oversee, supervise, and mentor research leaders, faculty, fellows, residents, and students.
• Ensure compliance with ethical, regulatory, and institutional research standards.
• Develop partnerships to elevate behavioral health research regionally and nationally.
• Identify and secure extramural funding from governmental and non-governmental sources.
• Represent the department in national organizations to expand research partnerships.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal skills

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Education

Doctoral degree (MD, PhD, PsyD, ScD, DrPH)

Tools

SPSS

SAS

R

Stata

Excel

Job description

MaineHealth Behavioral Health is seeking a full-time Research Director to strategically lead and foster a growing department and system-wide research enterprise, mentor emerging talent, and create partnerships that elevate behavioral health research on a regional and national stage.

Position Highlights:

• Collaborates closely with the Chief, MaineHealth Behavioral Health / Chair, Department of Psychiatry to advance all departmental missions.
• Provides strategic leadership for research across MaineHealth Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychiatry.
• Oversees, supervises, and mentors research leaders, faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students in research and scholarly activities.
• Ensures compliance with ethical, regulatory, and institutional research standards.
• Maintains an active independent research program while prioritizing the growth of departmental research capacity.
• Develops and implements innovative strategies to promote faculty research productivity and achievement.
• Builds and sustains a diverse portfolio of research projects, engaging faculty and trainees across the department.
• Identifies, secures, and maintains extramural funding from governmental and non-governmental sources.
• Serves as the department’s research representative and works to leverage research opportunities within MaineHealth Behavioral Health, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Tufts University, and the broader MaineHealth community.
• Represents the Department of Psychiatry at national governmental and non-governmental organizations to expand research partnerships.
• Plays a key role in faculty, staff, and trainee recruitment, with emphasis on research excellence and growth.

Qualifications:

• Education: Doctoral degree (MD, PhD, PsyD, ScD, DrPH) in relevant discipline.
• Experience: Eight or more years of applicable experience within the field and discipline. Completion of post-doctoral training or research fellowship.
• Additional Skills/Requirements Required: Excellent written and verbal skills as demonstrated by a strong record of scientific publications and presentations. Eligible or at rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor. Must possess a working knowledge of federal regulations, compliance policy, and human subjects protections as they relate to the conduct of a wide variety of research projects. Demonstrated experience in administration and the supervision of research team members.
• Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred: Advanced statistical training with working knowledge of multiple analytic programs (SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, Excel, etc.).

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH), a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system. It serves predominantly southern, western, central and Mid-Coast Maine, and is composed of southern Maine's only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, outpatient treatment, crisis services, as well as 5 ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

Founded in 1960, the Society for Psychophysiological Research is an international scientific society with worldwide membership. Our purpose is to foster research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of behavior. To promote this purpose, the society publishes scientific literature, including the journal Psychophysiology, and holds annual meetings for presentation and discussion of original theory and research, instrumentation and methodology, and new directions and standards in the field.