The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is seeking outstanding candidates for the positions of Senior Program Officer and Program Officer within the Accelerating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Methods Program. The position will involve developing funding announcements and managing PCORI funded research contracts that will support studies to address gaps in methodological research relevant to conducting PCOR. Results of these studies will inform future iterations of the Methodology Committee report and its standards. These studies could include areas such as research on patient-centeredness to identify optimal methods for engaging and evaluating the impact of engaging patients in the research process, methods for conducting systematic reviews of patient-centered CER topics, enhancing validity, reproducibility, transparency, replication and/or efficiency of clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) and PCOR.

Preference will be given to candidates for the Methods program who demonstrate expertise in one or more of the following research areas: analytic methods for experimental and quasi-experimental study designs; methodological research to understand optimal approaches for identifying and prioritizing PCOR questions; discovery of better approaches to effectively engage patients and other stakeholders in research; research on building, linking, validating and using networks of clinical databases for the purposes of conducting PCOR; and/or expertise in design and implementation of training programs in methods for PCOR approaches for researchers. Expertise is not expected in all areas.

Candidates are required to have a minimum of a Master’s degree; preference will be given to candidates who have a PhD or a professional clinical degree in one of the following disciplines: clinical or biomedical informatics, health services research, clinical epidemiology, health economics or other relevant discipline.

Interested candidates should apply to the general position announcement posted at http://www.pcori.org/about-us/employment-opportunities/?position=5857.