Northeastern University--Health Care Systems Engineering (Postdoctoral Fellowship)

INSTITUTION: Northeastern University
DEPARTMENT: Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute
POSITION: Post-Doctoral Fellowship
LINK: neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/22432
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Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute
Northeastern University
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Openings

Talented and motivated applicants are invited to apply for post-doctoral research fellowships in the Healthcare Systems Engineering (HSyE) Institute at Northeastern University to support research and applied technical projects as part of a national healthcare industrial and systems engineering (ISyE) large-scale demonstration project funded by the Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center.

Applicants should have strong backgrounds in industrial engineering, statistics, operations research, or related fields. Northeastern’s Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute exists within the Colleges of Engineering and Health Sciences and includes three federally-funded healthcare centers, several formal and experiential education programs, and a staff of roughly 50 engineers, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and post-docs. The mission of the Institute is to broadly impact healthcare improvement nationally through education, research, and application in systems engineering methods. We currently work with approximately 75 health systems across New England and the United States on problems to improve healthcare efficiency, quality, safety, flow, effectiveness, access, and treatment.

Numerous projects, challenges, and research opportunities exist within a new $8 million healthcare ISyE grant from CMS (Center for Healthcare Systems Engineering), a National Science Foundation healthcare multi-university center (Center for Health Organization Transformation), and related research grants.

Within this context, HSyE post-docs work on a variety of projects and problems spanning the spectrum of healthcare contexts and technical methods and participate in a customized career development and mentoring program including some combination of independent research, applied technical projects, manuscript publication, project supervision, and teaching or student mentoring. Other general responsibilities include:

• Initiating, managing, and completing applied and theoretic research projects
• Preparing research papers, grant proposals, external reports, presentations
• Mentoring student research and projects
• Assisting in healthcare systems/industrial engineering courses
• General ad hoc needs of the centers and institute

Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis, with most post-docs being for one or two-year positions. Applicants must have a PhD degree or the equivalent, capable of undertaking significant scholarship, and expected to work both independently and under the supervision and direction of a senior scholar.

To be considered please apply online at neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/22432 and submit via email to hsye@coe.neu.edu a current resume, course transcripts, statement of purpose, and contact information for three references.

For more information on the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute and CMS Center for Healthcare Systems Engineering visit: www.coe.neu.edu/healthcare