Lead, Healthcare, Research Scientist

Research Scientist (Faculty Position)

Join a new national leader in health systems innovation. The Safety, Quality, and Well-Being Institute—led by Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH—is recruiting a Research Scientist (faculty position) to advance patient safety, healthcare quality, and clinician well-being through interdisciplinary research.

Key areas:

• Patient safety and diagnostic excellence
• Healthcare quality and high-value care
• Clinician well-being and workforce resilience
• Implementation science and learning health systems
• Health informatics and system redesign

Responsibilities:

• Design and lead interdisciplinary research studies
• Apply quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods
• Develop grant proposals and research protocols
• Publish and present scholarly work
• Collaborate across clinical and research teams
• Translate findings into practice improvements

Qualifications:

• PhD (or equivalent) in public health, health services research, epidemiology, informatics, psychology, human factors engineering, social science, behavioral science, or related field
• Strong methodological and analytic expertise
• Demonstrated potential for publications and funding
• Experience with healthcare/EHR data preferred

Why join us:

• Faculty appointment at Houston Methodist Academic Institute
• Build a research program within a new Institute
• Direct impact on health system transformation
• Access to rich clinical data and leadership partnerships
• National visibility in patient safety & quality research

Make an impact:
Advance safer, higher-quality, human-centered care