Senior Research Associate, Evidence Synthesis
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Senior Research Associate leading systematic evidence reviews to inform American Cancer Society cancer-screening guidelines. Supervising research staff and coordinating evidence-synthesis projects.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and conduct all stages of systematic evidence reviews, including protocol development, study selection, critical appraisal, data abstraction, and quantitative and qualitative synthesis
- Critically evaluate the quality and applicability of included research studies and assess the strength of the body of evidence for selected outcomes
- Lead communication of findings and write presentations, reports, and manuscripts for journal publication
- Review, edit, and combine sections written by project team members
- Communicate and manage relationships with internal and external subject matter experts and interest holders
- Delegate tasks, provide guidance, and monitor progress for review team members
- Ensure adherence to project deadlines
- Develop working knowledge of current cancer screening practices and guidelines for relevant ACS cancer screening guideline topics
- Use software and tools such as DistillerSR, EndNote, and data visualization tools; train project team members to use relevant software and tools
- Coordinate with CrEST leadership and the CECDS guideline development team to determine evidence needs for cancer screening topics
- Communicate project updates and disseminate findings to the CECDS guideline development team and ACS Guideline Development Group
- Provide subject matter expertise and peer review
- Represent ACS at professional meetings
- Perform ad-hoc evidence tasks for ACS CAN or ACS leadership
- Participate in other research tasks as assigned
- Participate in staff recruitment efforts, including screening and interviewing
- Supervise, train, and mentor junior research staff
- Provide formal and informal leadership, oversight, mentoring, training, and guidance to volunteers and research team members
- Maintain and apply working knowledge of systematic review methods
Requirements:
- Master's degree in public health, health policy/services, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working with and leading teams conducting systematic evidence reviews, health technology assessments, or rapid reviews
- Knowledge of research methods employed in epidemiology and/or clinical research, including study design and basic biostatistics
- Current systematic evidence review methods knowledge
- Ability to translate complex findings into digestible and actionable written research products
- Ability to coordinate and complete multiple large projects simultaneously, on time, and with minimal supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively to scientific/technical audiences and non-clinical policymakers
- Excellent writing, grammatical, and proofreading skills, including the ability to follow a variety of style guides
- Proficiency in evidence synthesis, including conducting systematic reviews or health technology assessments
- Proficiency in conducting critical appraisal of scientific literature using established quality assessment tools
- Proficiency in assessing strength of the body of evidence using established methods/criteria
- Proficiency in MS Office applications (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Proficiency in citation management software (e.g., EndNote)
- Preferred: advanced or specialized knowledge in medicine or clinical practice, epidemiology, biostatistics, meta-analysis, genetics, biomarkers, data visualization, and/or artificial intelligence
- Preferred: record of peer reviewed publication
- Preferred: experience conducting systematic reviews to inform clinical practice guidelines
- Preferred: experience working with systematic review software applications (e.g., DistillerSR, Covidence)
- Preferred: skilled using analysis and data visualization techniques and software (e.g., R, Stata, Tableau)
- Preferred: experience conducting meta-analyses
- Preferred: use of project management tools or software (e.g., Monday)
Benefits:
- Generous paid time off policy
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Wellness programs
- Professional development programs to enhance staff skills
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