Location: Commerce Place 
Category: Research
Department: Division on Addiction Research
Job Type: Full Time
Union Name: Non Union

Work Schedule: Day
Length Of Shift(s) In Hours: 8
Shift Details: 9-5
Hours/Week: 40.00
Weekend Requirements: None
Holiday Requirements: None
On Call Requirements: None

Department Description

The Research & Evaluation Scientist joins the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Division on Addiction, at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). CHA is a national leader in population mental health delivery and uses a unique model that integrates public health, clinical care, education, training, and academic research. CHA’s Division on Addiction has been a leader in advancing theory-driven approaches to the study and treatment of addiction, as well as open science principles and practices. The Research & Evaluation Scientist collaborates with Division on Addiction principal investigators on a dynamic research agenda covering a range of addictive behavior. The Research & Evaluation Scientist is expected to contribute to the Division on Addiction’s grant and contract portfolio as a Principal Investigator.

Job Duties: 

1. Oversee data management, documentation, and quality control. 

2. Work with faculty on addiction-related research. 

3. Perform advanced data analysis on primary and secondary sources. 

4. Collaborate on research design and implementation using technologically-based screening and data collection instruments. 

5. Draft research pre-registrations for public archiving. 

6. Draft and edit manuscripts for publication in scholarly journals. 

7. Draft and edit articles for The BASIS (http://www.basisonline.org/). 

8. Establish and maintain research resource files. 

9. Draft and submit research grant proposals. 

10. Participate in Division colloquium conferences and CME courses. 

11. Manage research support staff. 

12. Organize and submit applications for funding and institutional review boards. 13. Establish independent research focus.

Requirements

• PhD or equivalent
• Strong interest in the field of addictive behaviors and experience in public health epidemiology, particularly in an academic and/or public health setting is preferred
• Experience managing large clinical trials
• Experience as an NIH PI or MPI is preferred
• First author on peer-reviewed manuscripts covering topics that include: criminal legal system and re-entry; recovery courts; psychiatric comorbidity; community-based interventions;
• Substance Use Disorder, behavioral addiction, and public health epidemiology
• Editorial experience on peer-reviewed journals is preferred
• Leadership, teaching, and mentoring skills and experience
• Excellent computer and writing skills required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications
• A strong background in statistics, including proficiency with one or more statistical software packages or programming languages (e.g., R, SPSS, Python)
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills required
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and proven ability to function independently and secure research funding required

Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.