Associate Professor/Clinical Investigator - Nephrology

Geisinger’s Department of Nephrology and Center for Kidney Health Research is seeking to expand its growing clinical research program by adding a BC Nephrologist with an established history of competitive grant funding and publication. The ideal candidate will enjoy 80% protected research time along with dedicated research support staff including project management and biostatistical support. The candidate will have the opportunity to leverage unique assets for research including more than 25 years of longitudinal electronic health records data, a large health system-based >175k exome sequencing study (MyCode), and a system-wide biobank. Geisinger’s substantial investment in health information technology since 1996 offers an unparalleled opportunity for clinical epidemiology, comparative effectiveness research, health services research and observational analyses, within a research culture that emphasizes rapid clinical deployment and testing of promising research findings. Job Duties: Provides technical and intellectual leadership to a coherent research program that contributes new knowledge to the relevant areas of investigation. Directs day-to-day development, maintenance, and supervision of a productive and nationally competitive research program. Identifies the research question, formulates the hypothesis, plans the experiments, records the observations and data, analyzes the data, and draws conclusions. Prepares/submits applications for external funding from national agencies; garnering funding in support the research program. Oversees completion of the specific aims of funded projects. Maintains a record of independent scholarship as demonstrated by high quality publications specific to the discipline. Solidifies an emerging national and international reputation through presentations at national meetings, service on study sections or ad hoc grant review committees, and peer reviewer for journals. Takes a lead role in providing technical assistance in service to other departments, clinical associates, residents, fellows and students. Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Position Details: The Department of Nephrology is a dynamic, academic department with a fellowship program and 20+ faculty members. Clinical duties to supplement research initiatives will be flexible and may include providing inpatient and outpatient consultative services, dialysis, and graduate medical education. The Center for Kidney Health Research (CKHR): Co-led by Dr. Chang and Dr. Green, the CKHR is dedicated to decreasing the burden of kidney disease through a clinic-based, patient-oriented research program in a learning healthcare system environment. Current areas of research focus include: access to kidney transplantation, acute kidney injury rehabilitation clinic, decision-making in elderly CKD patients, early detection of CKD, genetics of CKD, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, and patient-centered care. Resources include research data analyst support, project manager, project coordinators, and a research assistant. CKHR investigators have active funding from the NIH, PCORI, and the National Kidney Foundation, and have active collaborations across the health system and with many institutions nationally and internationally.