Program Manager, UVA Precision Health Initiative

The University of Virginia (UVA) seeks a highly motivated and collaborative Program Manager for the UVA Precision Health Initiative (UVAPHI), an emerging university wide program designed to accelerate discovery, translation, and implementation of precision health across UVA.

The Precision Health Initiative brings together clinicians, researchers, data scientists, educators, and institutional leaders from across UVA and UVA Health with the long-term goal of developing a sustainable, nationally recognized Precision Health Institute. The initiative will foster interdisciplinary collaboration, develop shared infrastructure and programs, support innovative research, expand access to precision diagnostics and therapies, and position UVA as a leader in precision health and precision medicine.

A major strategic priority will be developing a close partnership with the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology to help create a pathway from scientific discovery and therapeutic development to clinical translation. The Precision Health Initiative, and ultimately the Precision Health Institute, will help build the clinical research infrastructure and patient networks needed to bring novel therapies developed through the Manning Institute into clinical trials and patient care at UVA.

The Program Manager will work closely with the Initiative Director, Paul Kruszka, M.D., and translate its strategic vision into actionable programs.

This is an opportunity for an entrepreneurial individual to play a central role in building a major new initiative at UVA from its early stages.

The Program Manager will serve as both a strategic thought partner and an implementer, helping develop the Initiative while managing the day-to-day activities necessary to move it forward.

• Developing and coordinating an external advisory board, including identifying prospective members, coordinating invitations and onboarding, organizing meetings, preparing materials, and supporting ongoing engagement with national leaders in precision health
• Building a UVA Precision Health membership network that identifies and connects clinicians, investigators, trainees, and other faculty and staff engaged in precision health activities across UVA and UVA Health.
• Developing the Initiative’s web presence, working with UVA communications and web teams to create and maintain a website highlighting faculty expertise, research programs, clinical capabilities, funding opportunities, events, and accomplishments.
• Developing and strengthening the partnership with the Manning Institute of Biotechnology, including connecting investigators developing novel therapeutics with clinicians, disease experts, patient populations, and clinical research resources across UVA.
• Developing internal communications, newsletters, presentations, reports, and other materials that communicate the Initiatives activities and impact.
• Planning and coordinating seminars, symposia, retreats, advisory board meetings, working groups, and other Precision Health Initiative events
• Establishing processes to track membership, collaborations, projects, funding, publications, clinical programs, and other measures of impact.
• Supporting partnerships across UVA schools, institutes, departments, and centers with external academic, industry, government, foundation, and patient‑advocacy partners.

As the Precision Health Initiative grows, the Program Manager will play an increasingly important role in developing the infrastructure required to transition the Initiative into a sustainable, nationally recognized Precision Health Institute.

• Working with leadership to develop and implement the Initiative’s long‑term strategic plan,…