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VA Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon, is seeking a full-time Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) at the GS-14 level. The VMO will hold a DVM or VMD degree. This individual will succeed our retiring VMO who has overseen the station’s animal program with care and compassion, and with enthusiasm for the VA’s Research mission.
VA Portland is the 6th largest VA research station in the nation, with direct-cost funding over $42 million annually. The VMO oversees a robust and vibrant animal research program focused on rodent models of disease. Research facilities at VA Portland are clean and modern, span four buildings, and include three separate veterinary medical units in close proximity.
The VMO and animal-care staff work closely with investigators and their research teams in providing oversight and technical advice/support related to experimental procedures. The VMO directly supervises the Lead Technician and the VMU Supervisor. The VMO is active in the station’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Subcommittee. The VMO is expected to be proactive in interfacing with VA’s Office of the Chief VMO and with third-party regulatory entities, and to have a sound understanding of the budgeting and expenditure of federal funds.
VA Portland is located in an attractive region of the city, just blocks from downtown, with sweeping views of the Willamette River and Mt. Hood. VA Portland is connected to the campus of the primary academic affiliate, Oregon Health & Science University, via a walkable 600-foot climate-controlled skybridge. Virtually all investigators at VA Portland hold an academic appointment at the affiliate.
Portland is a highly livable jewel of the Pacific Northwest, with a small-city feel and big-city amenities. Proximity to the Oregon Coast and the Cascade Range ensures four-season access to recreation including hiking, cycling, downhill skiing, and even surfing. Portland offers extensive cultural opportunities as well as a thriving, accessible, and internationally-lauded restaurant scene.
Interested individuals are urged to review the position announcement on USAJOBS and to contact David M. Cohen, MD, ACOS/R, VA Portland (David.Cohen2@va.gov) for additional information.
Closes: 08/12/2024
Health Systems Research and Development (HSR&D) activities include funding for research projects, research centers, resource centers, and career development The incumbent assists the Administrative Officer and Deputy Director, HSR&D in a variety of management tasks with a focus on managing Resource Centers
Closes: 07/29/2024
See https://www.usajobs.gov/job/800374400 for details.
LOCATION: The position is based at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, within a national resource center for research – the Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER).
Relocation expenses are not authorized, however approval for a fully remote position will be considered, based on the candidate selected.
DESCRIPTION: This position serves as a writer-editor within the national Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER), within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development, Health Systems Research (HSR). CIDER's mission is to improve the health and care of Veterans by disseminating important findings and information from health systems and other medical and healthcare research to policymakers, managers, clinicians, and researchers throughout VA and the larger healthcare community.
The purpose of this position is to provide medical/health writing, editing, communications planning, social media, and web page content for HSR’s national research program https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/. The position requires writing and editing for diverse communications vehicles designed to disseminate information about research findings, accomplishments, and impacts that improve VA healthcare quality, organization/delivery, and efficiency. The writer-editor summarizes research findings and activities, assembles background content, interviews researchers, and prepares substantive content for policymakers, managers, clinicians, and researchers throughout VA and beyond. Work products include newsletters, background briefs, web pages, fact sheets, special reports, interviews, social media, podcasts, and other documents/media.
Applicants must be US citizens and must clear a US government background check. A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, biomedical science, or a related field from an accredited college or university is required; master’s level preferred. A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a science, health, or medical writer also is required. The experience should indicate the ability to identify newsworthy advances and gather appropriate background information, and an aptitude for presenting complex material in an understandable fashion for a general audience, in text that is clear, well-organized, highly readable, and appropriate for the knowledge level of the intended audience. Applicants will provide a resume and relevant writing samples. Candidates selected for second interviews will be required to complete a virtual writing and editing test.
VA is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information or questions regarding this position, or to apply, please contact Jerry O’Keefe at gerald.okeefe@va.gov or (617) 691-7415.
The VA CSP Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC) is hiring a full-time Research Data Analyst to work with an experienced and growing group of researchers committed to high-quality epidemiology research. The ERIC is part of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and uses large, complex health data to understand and improve the health of Veterans.
Research Data Analysts will support large, national epidemiology research studies as well as smaller-scale, investigator-initiated projects. These positions will work with the Center’s senior data manager, biostatisticians, and scientific personnel on studies assessing environmental and occupational exposures, pharmacotherapy, specific medical conditions, and genetics/genomics. Some of the current research projects at the ERIC examine pulmonary health after military service, cardiovascular disease, mental health, cancer, back pain, amputations, and COVID-19 associated outcomes.
Key Duties:
Additional responsibilities may include curating large genomic datasets, creating and curating research repository databases, mentoring staff, training study staff on study data systems, validating study data from field sites and troubleshooting any issues, and learning new technologies and techniques needed to support CSP’s future scientific and data needs.
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Learn more about the ERIC and CSP at:
Application information:
All positions are based in Seattle, WA, are telework eligible, and all candidates must be U.S. citizens. Top candidates’ education and experience will be evaluated by Human Resources to determine if they meet the criteria for the targeted GS-11 range. To examine salaries at a GS-11, see the current year’s General Schedule (GS) salary table for Seattle on the OPM.GOV website.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to SeattleCSPEC@va.gov. See detailed instructions below. If you do not provide sufficient detail or required information, Human Resources may not find you eligible for the position. Applications received by 7/12/2024 will be given preference. Closes 8/1/24.
Dr. Pan’s lab is looking for a lab manager/researcher (postdoc or technician/specialist). The lab is located at the VA West Roxbury campus.
This person will be in charge of the daily lab management. After fulfilling the administration duties, this person will be involved in developing targeted therapy and immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers, conducting in vitro and in vivo experiments, maintaining experimental logbooks, attending lab meetings, preparing lab reports and other activities related to research.
POC: Chong-xian Pan, MD, PhD, MS, Staff Physician of VABHS and Associate Professor of Medicine at HMS.
Email: chong-xian.pan@va.gov.
The Medical College of Wisconsin is hiring MD/DO/PhD Faculty for the Division of General Internal Medicine. See flyer for details.
Closing date: 8/1/24
For More Information Contact:
David Dunn, Faculty Recruiter
(414) 839-6541
ddunn@mcw.edu