Department of Quantitative Health Sciences is seeking a faculty Epidemiologist to lead collaborations with the Cleveland Clinic Integrated Hospital Institute, Department of Pulmonary Medicine to grow our emphasis in environmental epidemiology across the field of respiratory health. The ideal candidate will serve as a primary resource for existing research within the Cleveland Clinic System, while also engaging as an independent researcher to advance partnerships and collaborations with greater Northeast Ohio and improve the health of our community.

A doctoral degree is required. The position includes a non-tenured appointment to the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University at rank commensurate with experience.

The ideal candidate would have a track record in environmental epidemiology research, with a skillset in modeling and exposure estimation of ambient or indoor air pollution, and a rigorous grounding in spatial epidemiology techniques. Independent grant funding is not a requirement.  A background in the impact of environmental exposures on respiratory health is preferred, though not required.

This is a “hard money” position with the expectation of obtaining collaborative grant funding over time.  A combination of collaborative and independent research is expected, with the majority of time dedicated to collaborative work.

Interested candidates should email a curriculum vitae, the names of at least three references and a letter summarizing experience, research interests, and fit for the position to QHSjobsearchpm@ccf.org.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Department of Quantitative Health Sciences has 30 faculty and over 130 members. Areas of disciplinary research application include epidemiology, biostatistical methods, clinical trials, population health, statistical genetics, bioinformatics, statistical computing, predictive modeling, and computational biology. For more career information see the Quantitative Health Sciences Career site.

The Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine includes over 200 faculty members and scientists. The research team includes 53 research coordinators and managers, with 185 projects totaling $32.2 million in 2022. Preclinical and translational respiratory research in the LRI totals an additional $7.8 million annually. The Pulmonary Division is consistently ranked among the top respiratory programs in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, and it is housed  within the Integrated Hospital Care Institute, the largest institute at Cleveland Clinic consisting of the Departments of Anesthesiology,  Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Emergency Medicine. This combination affords ample opportunities for multidisciplinary research and collaboration. Within Pulmonary Medicine, experts in various disciplines including asthma, lung cancer, bronchoscopy, critical care medicine, lung transplantation, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, and respiratory therapy manage the full spectrum of respiratory disorders, where over 230,000 clinic visits occur annually.

The metropolitan and suburban areas of Cleveland comprise a population of over 3 million, rich in cultural resources and diversity. The city itself is centrally located to several other large cities and enjoys a low cost of living index. Cleveland Clinic is among the world’s largest, busiest health centers, and ranked and ranked as the No. 2 hospital in the world for the sixth consecutive year by Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2024 list, while also being recognized for its commitment to patient experience.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.
We are a smoke/drug free environment.

Job Requirements

Preferred qualifications and experience:

• PhD in environmental health sciences, epidemiology, or related field
• Experience with modeling and exposure estimation of ambient air pollution
• Experience working with large datasets, including electronic medical record data
• Experience in spatial epidemiology and using GIS software such as ARcGIS

Experience working in collaborative, multi-disciplinary research teams 

About Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic is one of the world’s largest and busiest health centers. U.S. News & World Report has declared that we are among the top two “Best Hospitals” in America. In cardiology and urology, we lead the nation. Our Heart Center has been ranked number one in America for 21 years in a row in U.S. News & World Report. Since 1998, Cleveland Clinic has used the EPIC electronic health record, which contains more than 4 million unique patients. We have approximately 200 million patient encounters and 25 million hospital encounters, with 10 million patient transactions per day. Moreover, we have more than 1 billion lab results, and all of these data are available to Cleveland Clinic researchers. The Lerner Research Institute is home to Cleveland Clinic’s laboratory-based translational and clinical research, including the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences. Nearly 2,000 scientists and support personnel pursue a wide range of biomedical questions with the common goal of improving human health. We are committed to academic excellence, and the great majority of our faculty also has appointments at the nearby Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, ...Kent State University, and/or University of Akron. We are an integral part of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University – a program dedicated to training the next generation of physician-scientists. Total annual research expenditures at Cleveland Clinic exceed $250 million, including more than $100 million in federal funding. Our faculty publish approximately 1,300 research articles per year, many of which appear in high impact journals. The Department of Quantitative Health Sciences has expertise in all aspect of clinical research from study design through statistical analysis and reporting. Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. We are a smoke/drug free environment.

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