Global Mental Health Implementation Fellow - Postdoc

Preferra Insurance; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Harvard University’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Mental Health Implementation Science in the Mental Health for All Lab. The role focuses on leveraging digital technologies and task-sharing to scale up interventions in the US and globally.

The fellow will lead study protocols, engage stakeholders, seek fellowship funding, publish manuscripts, present at conferences, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in biostatistics, implementation science, medicine, health economics, social work, sociology, clinical psychology, or epidemiology or related fields.
• Experience in research design and data analysis, including clinical trials, implementation science, economic evaluation, digital health, statistical analysis for clinical trials, or big data analysis.
• Demonstrated track record engaging in fieldwork with stakeholders including study participants, clinicians, community members, and researchers.
• Experience working with researchers in community settings, especially in underserved and low-resource areas.
• Ability to travel for international fieldwork.
• Current knowledge of serious mental illness and service interventions to address these disorders in low-resource settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement an independent research project that extends and complements the work of the lab; write and submit proposals to fund the research; secure and maintain IRB and regulatory approvals; conduct analysis, publish findings, and disseminate research findings through presentations at conferences and scientific meetings.
• Act as scientific liaison for day-to-day oversight of research activities between Harvard Medical School and the project sites and collaborators, including conducting and leading data analyses across the study components; ability to manage virtual meetings and frequent travel to the project sites is required.
• Design intervention materials, training content, and data collection instruments; and lead the implementation of study protocols; monitor data collection and quality in the field.
• Support capacity building within the team at Harvard Medical School and at the project sites through presenting work to local stakeholders and research collaborators, providing guidance and mentorship to research staff involved in different aspects of the research project, and engaging stakeholders at the study sites and surrounding communities in dissemination of the project findings.

Skills

Biostatistics

Implementation science

Data analysis

Clinical trials

Digital health

Big data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Doctoral degree (PhD etc.)

Job description

Harvard University’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Mental Health Implementation Science in the Mental Health for All Lab. The role focuses on leveraging digital technologies and task-sharing to scale up interventions in the US and globally.

The fellow will lead study protocols, engage stakeholders, seek fellowship funding, publish manuscripts, present at conferences, and contribute to