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Req #: 231883

Department: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Posting Date: 03/13/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $8,681-$9,584 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119_a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The Gynecologic Research and Cancer Equity (GRACE, www.gracecenteruw.com (https://www.thedolllabgroup.com/) ) within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist Senior.

The mission of GRACE is to act to investigate and ameliorate causes of disproportionate suffering from benign and oncologic gynecologic health conditions, so that all people may live full and healthy reproductive lives. GRACE supports research and dissemination programs devoted to the study of multi-level causes of health inequity and injustice in gynecologic care, with a focus on marginalized populations. We believe that gynecologic health spans the lifetime and is intimately linked with gynecologic cancers that affect individuals later in life. GRACE research staff have extensive experience in patient and stakeholder engagement, community-academic partnerships, qualitative and quantitative analyses, patient-centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research, translational research, implementation science, and dissemination to achieve these goals.

How we do our work is as important as the work itself. As a member of the GRACE team, we expect that you will participate in and support the following agreements based on the principles that guide our interactions with each other:

• We value kindness, warm community, high quality work, curiosity, growth and radical innovation. We take time to appreciate people’s work and efforts. We trust each other to do a good job and to ask each other for what we need to do so. We also set realistic work plans and timelines, incorporating adequate time for collaboration. We focus on responsiveness with empathy getting others what they need without creating a false sense of urgency.

• Improving the work is the work. We will identify opportunities for process improvement and put in place changes. This includes making time to ask for and provide suggestions. We recognize that mistakes are an opportunity to improve processes, tools, and knowledge. Feedback focuses on process, not personal behaviors or characteristics.

• We respect and value each member’s experience and expertise. We collaborate to achieve our goals. We focus on transparency and inclusion in decision-making. We define good leadership as developing the power and skills of others. POSITION PURPOSE The purpose of this Research Scientist position to be researcher, thought partner, and leader within the Gynecologic Research and Cancer Equity (GRACE) Center at the University of Washington Department of OBGYN. This Research Scientist position will lead work to understand the role of social support in endometrial cancer treatment outcomes (www.oursisterstudy.org), the effects of racism and hypervigilance on endometrial cancer risk and outcomes, and the links between benign and malignant gynecologic conditions across the life course for marginalized peoples.Other ancillary projects focused on the science of engagement, clinical trial design for marginalized populations, and translational research on the biological impacts of racism are underway. This position will be involved as needed in these projects and retain an understanding of the scope of all GRACE Center endeavors to support identification of new funding opportunities. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in design and execution of quantitative health services research, including clinical trials and observational studies in gynecologic equity research;

• Implement and oversee day to day activities of the SISTER Study (National multi-site community-engaged randomized controlled trial), and other smaller projects, including management of Research Coordinator team.

• Perform quantitative data collection and analysis on a multi-disciplinary team with strong community engagement processes.

• Oversee Human Subjects protections, budgetary compliance, and other regulatory work as appropriate.

• Draft and report findings to sponsors, professional societies, and community groups as appropriate.

• Proactively identify and support the execution of grant applications for future funding opportunities.

• Other duties as needed. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Master's Degree in Public Health and at least five years of increasingly responsible experience in research.Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.