Post Doctoral Fellow - Population Health (kumc)

kumc Kansas City Metro Area 2025-04-01

Job posting number: #221452 (Ref:JR007016)

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Job Description

A postdoctoral fellowship is available to enhance capacity in qualitative research methods (data collection, analysis and interpretation) in the context of interventional healthcare delivery research. Fellow will be directly involved in data collection, design and development of codebooks, computer-assisted team analysis (e.g. Dedoose). Fellowship will provide the successful candidate with opportunity to engage in mentored research, gaining experience in integrative data analysis (mixed methods), implementation science and evaluation, manuscript preparation and writing, knowledge translation and dissemination through clinical community engagement.

The Fellow will join a two-state research team, led jointly by Dr. Lee and Bijal Balasubramanian (UTHealth SPH), launching an NCI U01-funded pragmatic trial to enhance primary care practice capacity for cancer survivorship care in federally qualified health centers and other community health clinics serving minoritized, under- and uninsured individuals.

Based in Kansas City, the fellowship is sponsored by Simon Craddock Lee, PhD MPH, Chair of the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) School of Medicine. The Department provides a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment. Faculty from different scholarly disciplines share a common goal of remediating health disparities in diverse settings. In addition to a record of partnership with state and regional health authorities, our faculty have long-standing collaborations with many community and clinical partners in both urban and rural locations, providing a rich environment for impactful implementation science and community-engaged research. The Department is the academic home for graduate education leading to the MHSA, MPH, MSCR, and PhD; opportunities for limited teaching are possible.
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The Department is home to a newly established, NIH-funded Implementation Science for Equity Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). Additional collaborating institutional partners based at KUMC include:
• The University of Kansas Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
• The Kansas Center for Rural Health
• NCATS-funded Frontiers Clinical & Translational Institute

Terms of the Fellowship. The fellowship is a full-time position, re-appointment subject to performance review. Salary begins at $65,000 (adj. subject to relevant work experience and/or years post-PhD), with full benefits. Anticipated start date July 1, 2025 (negotiable). Periodic work travel to Texas is required.

Required Qualifications

Education:

PhD or equivalent education in public health OR a health research-focused social science within the last 4 years.
Students currently enrolled in a doctoral program must provide evidence of degree-in-hand prior to being offered the fellowship.

Work Experience:

Explicit graduate-level training in qualitative methods (design, data collection and analysis, interpretation).

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience:

Experience in fieldwork, and primary data collection
Experience in social service and/or healthcare delivery, especially primary care

Skills:

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Bilingual English/Spanish language would be an advantage but is not required.

Job Duties Outlined:

The successful candidate will work with Dr. Lee and U01 investigators to tailor Fellowship to individual development plan, further develop research knowledge and skills, and establish their own program of research. The fellowship offers opportunities for:
- The successful candidate will work with Dr. Lee and U01 investigators to tailor Fellowship to individual development plan, further develop research knowledge and skills, and establish their own program of research. The fellowship offers opportunities for:
- Mentorship and training
- Participation as a co-investigator on multi-disciplinary team science
- Guidance and support in grant writing and budget development
- Development and submission of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication
- Pedagogic opportunities to provide lectures and/or small group teaching
- Campus postdoctoral resources
Required Documents:
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Time Type:

Full time

Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range:

$58,656.00 - $80,000.00

Minimum

$58,656.00

Midpoint

$69,328.00

Maximum

$80,000.00