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Chief Science Officer & Deputy Director, CGHPI Georgetown University: Medical Center: School of Medicine
Location: Washington, DC
Open Date: Jul 31, 2024
Deadline: Sep 13, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description Chief Science Officer and Deputy Director, Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (will also include faculty appointment within the Georgetown University Medical Center at a rank approved by the Faculty Appointments Committee)
Reports to: Center Director (and to the relevant academic home Department Chair)
Supervises: Technical Portfolio Leads, Director of Programs, Research and Program Staff
Collaborates with: Other faculty across GU Global Health Community, Center Principal Investigators, Field Teams, other GU Departments, Centers and Institutes
About CGHPI The Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) is a leader in advancing innovations to solve intractable global health challenges. Founded in 2019 by the Honorable Mark Dybul and Dr. Deus Bazira, CGHPI has dramatically grown in the last five years. Our founding and continuing impetus for our work is rooted in our commitment to enhance long term impact of global public health interventions. We are cognizant of increasing disease burden; declining global financial resources for health; persistent inefficient vertical programming mechanisms; slow uptake of local innovations; widening gap between research, evidence, knowledge and action, and; hence the need for new ideas, new transformative approaches and bold solutions that are people-centered, locally led and sustainable for more resilient health systems and well-being of populations around the world.
Based at Georgetown University Medical Center, CGHPI has footprint in more than 12 countries including the USA through various operational models. We have grown significantly in a short time, both in scale, people, and partnerships. Guided by our mission and servant leadership ethos, we leverage deep expertise of our faculty, staff and students to advance cutting edge sustainable solutions in broad areas of global public health (including the USA) covering infectious and non-infectious diseases, maternal & child health, health security, health leadership and governance and application of technology in health care. Our work is informed by unique approaches anchored in integrated delivery, behavioral science, epidemiology and data science plus human-centered design. We start with the end in mind and approach each challenge we seek to solve through intentional and structured interdisciplinary methods to ensure sustainable improvement in health outcomes and health institutional capabilities.
Chief Science Officer Position Overview The Chief Science Officer (CSO) brings together the best brains in science and innovation from around the world to develop and deliver high quality implementation, clinical, public health and epidemiological research to generate and translate evidence for improvement of health care delivery, effective policy development, institutional & health workforce capacity development and resilient health systems.
The CSO will lead development of initiatives to enhance capacity of its field program teams and key partners including Ministries of Health, academic health centers, local organizations and communities through advancement of interdisciplinary approaches in medicine and public health leveraging the key pillars of education, research, policy & practice. The CSO as the Center's Deputy Director will work closely with the Center Director to provide strategic and technical leadership to ensure delivery of the Center's mission and optimize outcomes from investments made.
The CSO will develop and implement new and ongoing programs, develop capacity of staff, strengthen key partnerships, ensure performance and represent the Center and University globally, in addition to growing the research, policy and practice portfolio in line with long term strategic priorities of the center. The CSO will have a deep understanding and experience in navigating the global public health research ecosystem and landscape that influence the effective design of new fundable programs.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Work with faculty and staff to lead public health research and practice initiatives including: scans of specific research and funding landscapes, development of new research and public health practice programs, design of evaluation studies to assess award program impact & make recommendations for future research investment. In developing new grant programs, the CSO will engage with teams and external partners to design the scientific focus and geographical reach to maximize opportunities for increasing extramural funding to the Center.
Provide scientific oversight to ongoing grant programs and new program design strategies throughout the pre-funding announcement, grant application preparation, and post-award implementation process.
Bring a high-level understanding of the public health research landscape, the systems and structures that contribute to research progress.
Lead teams at the Center to increase peer-reviewed publications throughput in support of the Center's evidence dissemination strategy.
Be a trusted, informed resource for faculty, staff, students, clients, and broader stakeholder community.
Work with key faculty, program and research teams to continually improve research and non-research program implementation in alignment with sponsor and program overall goals/aims and translate complex research reports into language for policy, community and practice stakeholders' use.
Lead internal Center technical review panel meetings and processes for program strategy before, during and after new grant applications.
Contribute to shaping a vision for the global public health research portfolio that aligns with the Center's broader vision and mission
Establish research grant review process within the Center and serve as the technical lead for review of new research grant applications before submission.
Identify and implement Center research goals and objectives in collaboration with the Center Director and Chief Strategy Advisor.
Collaborate with faculty, principal investigators and staff to implement strategies to advance the Center's priorities related to Dissemination and Implementation Science (D&I).
Proactively pursue strategic growth opportunities especially in those areas of priority, including but not limited to: infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, health security (One Health), artificial intelligence and advance the Center's implementation science agenda
Build extensive partnerships with biomedical & clinical teams at GU & Medstar and other US academic health centers to expand the Center's effectiveness research portfolio
Establish and continuously cultivate effective partnerships with extramural public funding agencies, philanthropic foundations and industry to help keep the Center's grant portfolio diversified.
Establish partnerships across the Georgetown University community to enhance the Center's interdisciplinary approaches to global public health research, policy and practice.
Establish and build effective & long term partnerships with governments, international academic institutions, private organizations, regional public health bodies and civil society to enhance impact and reach of Center programs in support of local leadership and equity in global health.
Implement best practices to ensure high-quality program implementation.
Work with and advise Joint Office of Research Administration (JORA) and Sponsored Projects Financial Operations (SPFO) at Georgetown on pre- and post-award issues related to the Center's work.
Lead, manage, and/or contribute to projects, as needed and/or appropriate.
Supervise team members, including Portfolio Leads & Director, Programs.
Qualifications This role requires a strong commitment to global public health, stakeholder engagement and partnership. It also requires the ability to work and collaborate with a broad range of internal & external teams and stakeholders. The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
MD plus MPH or MD plus PhD with established global public health research and implementation experience and a solid understanding of the fields of clinical, translational and implementation research.
A minimum of 10 -15 years of relevant work experience in positions of senior leadership in health-related fields and/or research in a similar organization.
Excellent verbal and written skills, including strong presentation skills and the ability to translate complex technical language to the lay public.
Experience in developing and managing global public health programs
Demonstrated success in developing, leading, and supervising complex global public research and non-research projects and high performing teams.
Knowledge of emerging trends, challenges, and best practices in global health, funding landscape, a plus.
Demonstrated experience writing, reviewing, and editing grant applications, journal manuscripts, practice briefs, and/or conference abstracts and presentations.
Experience working with and managing diverse clients and meeting or exceeding their expectations in quality and performance.
Successful experience in donor cultivation, funder/client relations, demonstrated by securing large grants/contracts from a diverse portfolio of funders.
A commitment to valuing diversity of thought, backgrounds, and perspectives.
Commitment to the advancement of global public health research and practice through maximizing local leadership.
Strong entrepreneurial skills and the ability to work and think strategically and creatively to cultivate current relationships and to identify and pursue new opportunities to increase Center impact and funding.
Skills to manage, mentor, inspire, and supervise staff.
The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position is $333,203, which represents the full range of anticipated compensation for this position. Compensation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidates individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the Universitys business needs and external factors. Application Instructions For more information and to apply, visit Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer fully dedicated to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation), disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law . If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please click here for more information, or contact the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action (IDEAA) at (202) 687-4798.
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