Cancer Epidemiology Investigator II
Kaiser Permanente, Aurora, CO, United States
Investigator - Cancer Epidemiology
The Cancer Epidemiology Investigator will work with our team on site at the Institute for Health Research in Aurora, Colorado. The IHR seeks a scientist with demonstrated expertise and funding in Cancer Epidemiology, Screening and Prevention, including genetics, genomics, and precision medicine. We also seek scientists with interest in social determinants of health, disparities, or digital health.
Job Summary
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, the role involves building and maintaining an innovative research program, procuring research funding from internal and external sources, managing the implementation of funded research projects, ensuring compliance with award requirements, overseeing fiscal management, and evaluating projects while forecasting workload and costs to allocate budgets appropriately.
Essential Responsibilities
Promotes learning by communicating information, providing advice, building relationships with cross‑functional stakeholders, and meeting performance expectations. Practices self‑leadership, identifies strengths, and influences team members within the assigned team or unit.
Conducts or oversees subject‑area projects, applies deep expertise, promotes adherence to procedures and policies, partners internally and externally, determines processes, solves complex problems, escalates high‑priority issues, monitors progress, develops work plans, and influences completion of tasks by others.
Participates in mentoring activities by seeking opportunities for professional growth, sharing advanced knowledge, and advising team members through formal or informal mentorships.
Assists in research project management by attending trainings, maintaining knowledge of applicable laws and regulations, ensuring compliance with award terms, developing methodologies and data plans with collaborators, leading data collection and analysis, providing feedback, liaising with partners, and supporting budget and timeline monitoring.
Contributes to proposal development by leveraging advanced knowledge to lead or collaborate on large, complex proposals with national impact as a principal or co‑investigator, and by overseeing pre‑award activities such as scope, budget, and negotiation.
Advances knowledge by interpreting and presenting complex data, leading or co‑authoring technical products, and developing abstracts, posters, and presentations for local, national, or international audiences.
Participates in service to the scientific community through reviewer roles, committee work, conference participation, and other professional organization activities.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Core)
Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
Attention to Detail
Business Knowledge
Communication
Critical Thinking
Cross‑Group Collaboration
Decision Making
Dependability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
Drives Results
Facilitation Skills
Health Care Industry
Influencing Others
Integrity
Learning Agility
Organizational Savvy
Problem Solving
Short‑ and Long‑term Learning & Recall
Teamwork
Topic‑Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Functional)
Research Funding
Change Management
Confidentiality
Data Governance
Interpretation & Dissemination of Research
Project Management
Research & Evaluation Data Collection
Research & Evaluation Study Design
Research Ethics
Scientific Writing
Stakeholder Management
Systems Thinking
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum four (4) years of experience as a principal investigator designing and conducting research in an externally and/or internally funded environment.
Doctoral degree in Health Services, Public Health, Community Health, Health Education, Social/Behavioral Science, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, or a directly related scientific field AND minimum four (4) years of experience in a scientific field related to health or health services research and/or evaluation.
Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role, with or without direct reports.
Preferred Qualifications
Eight (8) years of experience performing analytical techniques on research projects.
Authored published research products (lead author, co‑author, contributor) such as journal articles, books, policy briefs, and clinical guidelines.
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The Cancer Epidemiology Investigator will work with our team on site at the Institute for Health Research in Aurora, Colorado. The IHR seeks a scientist with demonstrated expertise and funding in Cancer Epidemiology, Screening and Prevention, including genetics, genomics, and precision medicine. We also seek scientists with interest in social determinants of health, disparities, or digital health.
Job Summary
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, the role involves building and maintaining an innovative research program, procuring research funding from internal and external sources, managing the implementation of funded research projects, ensuring compliance with award requirements, overseeing fiscal management, and evaluating projects while forecasting workload and costs to allocate budgets appropriately.
Essential Responsibilities
Promotes learning by communicating information, providing advice, building relationships with cross‑functional stakeholders, and meeting performance expectations. Practices self‑leadership, identifies strengths, and influences team members within the assigned team or unit.
Conducts or oversees subject‑area projects, applies deep expertise, promotes adherence to procedures and policies, partners internally and externally, determines processes, solves complex problems, escalates high‑priority issues, monitors progress, develops work plans, and influences completion of tasks by others.
Participates in mentoring activities by seeking opportunities for professional growth, sharing advanced knowledge, and advising team members through formal or informal mentorships.
Assists in research project management by attending trainings, maintaining knowledge of applicable laws and regulations, ensuring compliance with award terms, developing methodologies and data plans with collaborators, leading data collection and analysis, providing feedback, liaising with partners, and supporting budget and timeline monitoring.
Contributes to proposal development by leveraging advanced knowledge to lead or collaborate on large, complex proposals with national impact as a principal or co‑investigator, and by overseeing pre‑award activities such as scope, budget, and negotiation.
Advances knowledge by interpreting and presenting complex data, leading or co‑authoring technical products, and developing abstracts, posters, and presentations for local, national, or international audiences.
Participates in service to the scientific community through reviewer roles, committee work, conference participation, and other professional organization activities.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Core)
Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
Attention to Detail
Business Knowledge
Communication
Critical Thinking
Cross‑Group Collaboration
Decision Making
Dependability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
Drives Results
Facilitation Skills
Health Care Industry
Influencing Others
Integrity
Learning Agility
Organizational Savvy
Problem Solving
Short‑ and Long‑term Learning & Recall
Teamwork
Topic‑Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Functional)
Research Funding
Change Management
Confidentiality
Data Governance
Interpretation & Dissemination of Research
Project Management
Research & Evaluation Data Collection
Research & Evaluation Study Design
Research Ethics
Scientific Writing
Stakeholder Management
Systems Thinking
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum four (4) years of experience as a principal investigator designing and conducting research in an externally and/or internally funded environment.
Doctoral degree in Health Services, Public Health, Community Health, Health Education, Social/Behavioral Science, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, or a directly related scientific field AND minimum four (4) years of experience in a scientific field related to health or health services research and/or evaluation.
Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role, with or without direct reports.
Preferred Qualifications
Eight (8) years of experience performing analytical techniques on research projects.
Authored published research products (lead author, co‑author, contributor) such as journal articles, books, policy briefs, and clinical guidelines.
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