Health Systems Science Research Faculty - School of Medicine

About the role

The Department of Health Systems Science (HSS) at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM) seeks to build our research capacity in disciplines related to the clinical effectiveness and value of health care services across care delivery systems.

The ideal candidate is an investigator at the Associate Professor or full Professor level with exceptional collaboration and communication skills and a track record of performing externally-funded research in one or more of the following fields of study: clinical effectiveness research; health services and health systems research; improvement and implementation research; research related to personalized medicine including implementation of innovations using genomics and related data; use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and large data models in health care; access to care; community and population health; and health-related program and policy development and evaluation.

Particular clinical areas of interest include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and surgical outcomes.

Job Summary

The Department of Health Systems Science (HSS) at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM) seeks to build our research capacity in disciplines related to the clinical effectiveness and value of health care services. This role is responsible for developing a portfolio of external grant support that expands and complements the Departments currents program.

Faculty research at KPSOM uses diverse data sources, including but not limited to data derived from care delivery within and outside of KP, including the KP Research Bank and employing a variety of rigorous quantitative and/or qualitative and observational and/or experimental methods.

This role also collaborates with researchers and clinical and operational leaders to access Kaiser Permanente (KP) data sources, including KP Data Warehouses and the KP Research Bank, to support health system innovation and improvement.

The role supports the goal of HSS by expanding externally funded research that advances health, health care, and health equity through systems transformation and redesign. The role also contributes to student teaching and research mentorship.

Essential Responsibilities

• Expand a program of externally funded research in one or more of the core domains of clinical effectiveness and value, access to care, innovation in health care delivery and population health.
• Establish productive collaborations with current faculty members to expand externally funded research at KPSOM.
• Identify opportunities to partner with health system leaders to address health system priorities using diverse research methods and approaches.
• Engage in scholarly activities that may include clinical effectiveness research; health services and health systems research; improvement and implementation research; research related to personalized medicine including implementation of innovations using genomics and related data; use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and large data models in health care; and health-related program and policy development and evaluation.[LC2.1][MG2.2]
• Support and serve as a mentor to KPSOM students as they pursue both required and additional scholarly projects.
• Serve as presenters and facilitators in large, medium, and small group learning sessions.
• Scholarly and pedagogical duties, expectations, and resources will be individually developed based on evolving faculty interests, skills, departmental priorities, and needs.