Clinical Research Scientist
Memphis, TN 
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Posted 11 days ago
Job Description
Overview

The housed at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, is seeking applicants for a full-time mobile Health (mHealth) Research Scientist position for a National Cancer Institute-funded project. The candidate will work with senior faculty members, a project coordinator, Clinical Research Associates, and other researchers to improve health outcomes for aging childhood cancer survivors. The scientist will collaborate with an experienced health informatics/IT team to develop, deploy, and maintain mHealth platforms for collecting patient-reported outcomes and digital health markers for research. Under the supervision of lead faculty members, the candidate will be engaged in a variety of research activities related to conducting literature review, data collection and analysis, creating training materials for patient engagement, writing research papers, engaging in mHealth-enabled health interventions, and grant preparations.


Minimum Education

  • A MD or a PhD in an appropriate scientific field is required.

Minimum Experience

  • Three (3) years of relevant and productive research experience in clinical/population-based outcomes and health behavior research required.
  • Experience must include study design methodology, protocol development, study conduct and analysis.
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with team members.
  • Ability to work independently in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English language, both verbally and in writing.
  • Multiple publications as the first author in patient-reported outcomes research and/or mobile or digital health technology research preferred.
  • Experience in data analysis and modeling (e.g., statistical, machine learning methods) preferred.

Other Information

No Search Firms:St. Jude Children's Research Hospital does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. Please do not call or email. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee or other representative at St. Jude via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place and approved by HR will result in no fee being paid in the event the candidate is hired by St. Jude.COVID-19 vaccine:St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees, excluding those with an approved medical or religious accommodation, as a condition of employment.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. St. Jude does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, age, religion, disability, veteran's status or disabled veteran's status with respect to employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment. St. Jude engages in affirmative action to increase employment opportunities for minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Doctorate
Required Experience
3 years
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