Senior Health Services Researcher- Remote

Job Description

The Senior Health Services Researcher is a senior‑level researcher responsible for leading rigorous, policy‑and practice‑relevant health services research using real‑world data, including electronic medical records (EMR/EHR), claims, and workforce data. The role requires strong grounding in biostatistics and epidemiology to ensure rigorous study design, valid inference, and high‑quality analysis of real‑world clinical data. This position will serve as a hands‑on analyst and methodological leader, designing and executing advanced quantitative studies that inform primary care delivery, workforce development, and health outcomes in community‑based settings, particularly Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).

The role emphasizes applied, implementation‑oriented, and health services research that understands clinical systems and outcomes.

• Independently lead at least one complex multi‑year research and evaluation project.
• Lead the design and execution of advanced quantitative and mixed‑methods studies using EMR/EHR, claims, and other real‑world data sources.
• Apply rigorous methods such as causal inference, longitudinal analysis, multilevel modeling, quasi‑experimental designs, and machine learning.
• Serve as a hands‑on analyst, directly working with large, complex datasets.
• Independently design studies grounded in epidemiologic principles and execute analyses that meet peer‑reviewed publication standards.

• Extract, clean, and analyze structured and unstructured data from electronic medical records.
• Partner with clinical and IT teams to understand data architecture, workflows, and data quality limitations for analytical purposes.
• Use EMR data to evaluate care delivery, patient outcomes, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Lead and contribute to implementation and evaluation studies focused on primary care delivery models, care coordination and team‑based care, workforce development and career pathways, cancer screening, and chronic disease management.
• Translate findings into actionable recommendations for health centers and partners.

• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians, data scientists, educators, and external partners.
• Lead or contribute to grant development (federal, foundation, industry).
• Serve as Principal Investigator or Co‑Investigator on funded projects.
• Publish in peer‑reviewed journals and present findings to national audiences.

• Supervise and mentor research scientists and research associates.
• Provide high‑level scientific review and methodological consultation across teams.
• Develop junior investigators toward increasing independence and funding success.
• Lead internal learning sessions to strengthen analytic and writing capacity.
• Contribute to recruitment and talent development within the research team.
• Contribute to building a strong, methodologically rigorous research culture.

• Serve as scientific contact for major funders and national collaborators.
• Represent the institution in national advisory and research networks.
• Strengthen relationships with federal agencies (HRSA, NIH, CDC), foundations, academic institutions, and corporate partners.
• Ensure compliance with complex reporting requirements and performance metrics.

• Doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, DrPH, or equivalent) in public health, epidemiology, health services research, health policy, implementation science, or a related field.
• —OR— Masters degree with at least seven years of research experience commensurate with other requirements.

• Minimum three years of progressively responsible research experience.
• Sustained peer‑reviewed publication record with evidence of scholarly impact.
• Demonstrated experience working with electronic medical record (EMR/EHR) data.
• Strong track record of hands‑on data analysis using large, complex datasets.
• Experience working in or with primary care settings, preferably FQHCs or…