Social Medicine-424901

Research Professionals

02/17/2022

06/03/2022

No

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Program Director

EHRA Non-Faculty

20037408

NF0005681

Full-Time Permanent

1

40

North Carolina, US

Dependent on Qualifications

04/18/2022

UNC Center for Health Equity Research is a vibrant intellectual home for health equity research and innovation at UNC-Chapel Hill and aims for global recognition of its role as a leader in the field. The work of the Center will bring together scholars, trainees and community members from diverse disciplines to form collaborative multidisciplinary teams with a shared commitment to health equity, innovation and translational research. This shared commitment will serve as a bridge among their disciplines and levels of experience. Center members will generate new knowledge and contribute to the science of health equity research thus driving innovation in collaboration with underserved communities to improve health.

The Center for Health Equity Research is located at the UNC Department of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine.

The Center Director is Giselle Corbie, MD, MSc. The Center’s core programmatic areas will serve as initial areas of program emphasis which include: Advancing the methods, metrics and analytic frameworks used in health equity research, engaged scholarship and community based participatory research; Policy relevant patient and community centered outcomes research to advance equity and quality of healthcare in underserved populations; Developing, testing, and disseminating interventions to achieve health equity; Translating discoveries in health equity research into social enterprise and innovation

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), in partnership with the Center for Health Equity Research at UNC-Chapel Hill and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, has received an $80 million award to serve as the coordinating and data collection center for a program that will overcome barriers and increase uptake of testing among underserved and vulnerable populations across the U.S. The program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is one arm of a wider effort called Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) (https://radx-up.org/). The arm to be coordinated by this project is called Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP). The RADx-UP program will support research that aims to better understand COVID-19 testing patterns among underserved and vulnerable populations; strengthen the data on disparities in infection rates, disease progression, and outcomes; and develop strategies to reduce the disparities in COVID-19 testing.

The hired candidate will oversee all components of implementation and execution of RADx-UP program objectives within the Center for Health Equity Research (https://www.med.unc.edu/cher/) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including all regulatory oversight and management of personnel responsible for support of multiple projects across numerous sites and locations across the United States.

The candidate will: Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the RADx-UP program at the UNC Center for Health Equity Research including supplements and related awarded projects; Effectively collaborate to offer shared strategic leadership of the RADx-UP CDCC with institutional partner leaders; Collaborate with business officers to manage financial resources and make recommendations to UNC PI for fiscal decision-making; Be responsible for monitoring the progress/performance of multiple projects and workstreams to include quality of provided services, timeliness of deliverables, compliance with regulatory requirements, and adherence to financial targets. Oversee performance and coordination of UNC RADxUP CDCC staff, supervise 5-6 staff that are a part of the CDCC or related programs; Effectively promote shared decisions with the principal investigators and key program leaders to achieve program goals; and support capacity building goals of UNC RADxUP CDCC staff.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.

3-5 years of experience in research operations in an academic medical center, or in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, or contract research industry.

Strongly prefer experience in a community engaged research.

Not Applicable.