Postdoctoral Fellowship - Center for Goal Concordant Care Research

The Center for Goal Concordant Care Research offers comprehensive resources to investigators dedicated to enhancing outcomes for patients with advanced cancer by gaining a deeper understanding of their needs, goals, and preferences. The Center is a first-of-its-kind effort to bring together scientific expertise in communication and decision-making science, educational research, implementation science, personalization science, and supportive care to accelerate discoveries that will improve the quality of care of advanced cancer patients.

About the role

Postdoctoral fellows will participate in studies focused on pinpointing where in the goal concordant care trajectory interventions are most needed and effective. They will also develop and test innovative strategies to enhance patient-provider communication, optimize shared decision-making, and ensure care aligns with patients' values and preferences throughout their cancer journey. All duties and responsibilities are carried out in compliance with institutional policies, ethical research standards, and applicable federal and state regulations.

Learning Objectives

• Engage in hands-on multi-disciplinary research in one or more facets of communication and decision-making science, educational research, implementation science, personalization science, and supportive care to accelerate discoveries that improve the quality of care for patients with advanced cancer.
• Work with cross-disciplinary faculty mentors to establish and follow a personalized training plan, including mentorship in technical writing, data management, bioinformatics, protocol and regulatory management, and pre/post award management.
• Receive mentoring and training toward becoming independent scientists with successful early career awards and multiple first-authored publications.

Requirements

• Doctorate Degree in public health, psychology, sociology, epidemiology, bioinformatics, or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated by publications and scholarly work in a related field of study.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communication and decision-making science, educational research, implementation science, personalization science, and/or supportive care.
• Experience in intervention development and testing (e.g., clinical trials).
• Experience in quantitative methodology (e.g., surveys) and/or data analysis (e.g., STATA, SAS, R, or SPSS).
• Experience in qualitative methodology and/or mixed methods.

Pay

Full-time postdoc positions with a salary ranging from $64,000 to $76,000, depending on the number of years of postgraduate experience.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Retirement benefits.
• Tuition benefits and educational opportunities.
• Individual and team recognition programs.

Schedule

Offsite work arrangements are subject to approval and may be modified or revoked at any time based on business needs, performance considerations, or regulatory requirements.