Qualitative PostDoctoral Position
Description
Info: 3 year appointment beginning 9/1/2024; Can start as soon as possible, definitely need by 1/1/2025. FY25 minimum is $73,800. Hybrid work: on site Mondays/Wednesdays (may consider fully remote if candidate lives in California). Expected need to travel throughout California for NICU site visits.
More details here: https://postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/opportunities/open-postdoctoral-position-faculty-mentor-jochen-profit
Dr. Jochen Profit’s lab uses transdisciplinary team science to optimize health care delivery for sick neonates and their families. The lab facilitates this goal at the level of the healthcare system as well as at the level of individual care delivery facilities. A key strength of the lab is access to California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC) resources. The CPQCC coordinates quality improvement activities across the state, via audit and feedback of clinical and operational data and via active quality improvement collaborative programs centered around clinical improvement aims. Nearly all neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in California are members of the CPQCC. Uniquely, CPQCC data are linked to a variety of data sources, which allow for investigation of maternal health, socio-demographic background, infant inter-hospital transfer, and long-term infant follow up.
Our current NIH-funded projects address disparities in health care delivery to very preterm infants and their mothers. Using multilevel data, we have developed a disparity dashboard for NICUs to promote implementation of disparity solutions. Our ongoing work seeks to understand the variation in disparities in maternal and neonatal outcomes in the AANHPI population (Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander). We are also looking at how safety-net NICUs are working to improve rates of exclusive breastmilk at discharge among the very low birthweight babies they care for.
We are hiring a Post-Doctoral candidate to assist our team conduct a qualitative deep-dive among these NICUs and their communities to assess sources of disparity not apparent in existing data sets. This individual will both support and be an individual contributor to research projects. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, the candidate will design and lead qualitative and quantitative research efforts. This may include fieldwork data collection, focus groups, key informant interviews, direct observation, analysis, and dissemination of results through internal and external reports, journal publications, and professional conference presentations. The candidate will also support the preparation of grant proposals and other project coordination as needed. A successful candidate will have strong attention to detail, capacity to work independently and as part of a team, have an interest in building lasting processes and structures, and be dedicated to supporting large scale organizational improvement.
Responsibilities:
The fellow will work with a transdisciplinary team of principal investigators; disciplines of pediatrics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics (including Professors Jochen Profit, Christine Morton, Jeffrey Gould).
The fellow will participate in current grant and CPQCC activities, with the opportunity for novel data collection, and program evaluation. The fellow will design and execute analyses of existing rich qualitative, clinical and epidemiological datasets that are associated with quality of care delivery for mothers and newborns. The development of manuscripts and grant proposals are expected, as is participation in the education of trainees.
Project Management: (in coordination with Principal Investigator and project staff)
Develop and maintain systems for organizing and curating all qualitative research activities and data including recording of ethnographic field notes and other analytic notes created during or immediately post data collection.
Project support: Participate with study team members in development of ongoing project reports and documentation of progress, including analysis of qualitative data, summarization of findings, and development of visuals to communicate findings to stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
DrPH or PhD in social science, public health or health services, or a related field emphasizing qualitative research methods training.
Experience:
2+ years with qualitative research experience.
2+ years conducting in-depth interviewing, focus groups, and participant observation.
2+ years conducting program evaluation.
Knowledge and understanding of public health issues and protocols regarding protection of human subjects.
Experience working with stakeholders to design, author, and manage research studies.
Strong organizational, planning, and problem solving skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and a team player.
Software: Proficiency with the following software.
Dedoose, NVivo, ATLAS.ti or other mixed methods software
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
EndNote or other citation software.
Communication:
Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills required.
PREFERRED Experience: Any of the following additional experience is preferred.
Previous experience working with health care providers and patients.
Experience in a workplace requiring HIPAA compliance with patient data.
Research plan development: development of research proposals, statistical analysis plans.
Research dissemination: experience authoring scientific journal manuscripts, internal reports, and other documents disseminating research results.
Working on a research team with physicians, analysts and consultants.
Any experience with psychometrics and designing, administering, or analyzing surveys.
Any quantitative or statistical training or background, facile with statistical software (SAS, STATA, R or similar).
Required Application Materials:
Cover page describing research experience and interest
CV
Stanford is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Location: Palo Alto,
Job Type: Full-time
Contact
Contact: Christine Morton
Phone: 6509954550
Email: cmorton@stanford.edu
Website: https://postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/opportunities/open-postdoctoral-position-faculty-mentor-jochen-https://postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/opportunities/open-postdoctoral-position-faculty-mentor-jochen-profit