Description
The Center of Excellence for Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking an early-career M.D./Ph.D. investigator at the rank of assistant professor or above who has training in clinical research that is applicable to cardiothoracic transplant. The investigator will provide data analysis and have a major role in the development of clinical research projects, publication of results in high impact journals and development of clinical abstracts and presentations. The investigator will join our new center and will have access to surgical data from Baylor St. Luke’s and Texas Heart Institute.
The investigator will be responsible for evaluating data quality, preparing data, generating insights, and developing and presenting high-impact data stories for quality improvement and other research projects using surgical data to improve cardiothoracic transplant research, collaborating with faculty and residents to disseminate these findings through intramural and extramural research efforts, developing grant proposals, and mentoring trainees.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Work closely with principal investigator and research team to facilitate smooth project progression.
- Actively participate in research meetings and contribute to the development of research strategies.
- Design and implement data analysis plans for clinical research projects, utilizing statistical methods and software tools.
- Perform comprehensive data analyses to extract meaningful insights and draw evidence-based conclusions.
- Independently lead and contribute to the development of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, summarizing research findings and methodologies.
- Stay abreast of current literature and integrate relevant information into manuscript drafts.
- Contribute to the development of research protocols and assist in obtaining necessary approvals.
- Communicate research findings through presentations at conferences, seminars, and other relevant forums.
Minimum Qualifications
- M.D./Ph.D. degree in cardiothoracic transplant field is required in addition to 2 years of healthcare industry experience.
- Successful track record of collaboration with clinical investigators and in interdisciplinary teams.
- Successful track record of training students and postdoctoral fellows.
- Accomplished academic record sufficient to fulfill criteria for an assistant professor level faculty appointment at Baylor College of Medicine.
