Medicine - Health Services Research (Assistant/Associate Professor)
Job Description
Summary
This position is based within IQuESt (Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety), the largest health systems research center in the Southwest, dedicated to improving patient outcomes through high-quality, patient-centered research. We are seeking a full-time (40 hours/week) faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor level .
The successful candidate will hold a doctoral degree and possess strong expertise in quantitative research methods and analytics. An established record of scholarly activity is required. The role involves contributing to the design, execution, analysis, evaluation, and dissemination of health services and outcomes research.
Candidates must be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently while meeting deadlines with minimal supervision. The ability to learn new methodologies, tools, and adapt to evolving research priorities is essential.
This role serves as a key faculty position providing methodological leadership, supporting grant development, conducting advanced analyses, and contributing to the institution's mission through research, mentorship, and service.
Job Duties
- Apply advanced quantitative methods and study designs to conduct rigorous analyses of complex healthcare studies.
- Develop and implement advanced statistical approaches using software such as SAS, R, or Stata.
- Contribute to grant applications, reports, and research documentation.
- Disseminate research findings through publications and presentations.
- Experience with survey development, psychometrics, observational study design, large datasets, and data management (e.g., SQL) is a plus, but not essential.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- Communicate research methods and findings effectively to diverse audiences, including technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements.
- Participate in mentorship, service, and other faculty responsibilities.
Minimum Qualifications
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Psychology, Pharmacy, or a related quantitative field.
- Demonstrated expertise in study design, quantitative methods, statistical analysis, and programming.
- Proven scholarly productivity and experience contributing to grant development, dissemination, and collaborative research.
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Preferred: Experience in health services or outcomes research.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.


