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Manatt Health

Manatt Health integrates legal and consulting expertise to better serve the complex needs of clients across the healthcare system. Combining legal excellence, first-hand experience in shaping public policy, sophisticated strategy insight, and deep analytic capabilities, we provide uniquely valuable professional services to the full range of health industry players. Our diverse team of more than 160 attorneys and consultants from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and its consulting subsidiary, Manatt Health Strategies, LLC, is passionate about helping our clients advance their business interests, fulfill their missions, and lead healthcare into the future. For more information, visit https://www.manatt.com/Health.

Position Overview: Manatt Health is seeking highly qualified Consultant(s) to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a nationally recognized healthcare strategy consulting team and work with clients who are passionate about improving healthcare. Responsibilities: Consultants will work on project teams and will play an important role in the development of business strategy recommendations for our clients. Consultants work on a broad range of substantive areas including: payment and delivery system transformation; healthcare reform implementation; hospital, health system and academic medical center operations/strategy; strategic planning services; Medicaid policy, redesign and innovation; Medicare program elements; health IT strategy; and pharmaceutical market access, coverage and reimbursement strategies. Specific responsibilities include quantitative and qualitative research on health care business and policy issues, presentation creation and design, development of strategic solutions, and assistance with monitoring federal and state health policy actions, health care provider markets, and other emerging healthcare trends. Preferred candidates will have strong analytic skills assessing market, financial, and operational data; with a demonstrated ability to analyze this data to generate descriptive statistics, conduct more complex analyses that address strategy and policy questions, and develop financial pro formas.

Qualifications: Master’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, public health, public administration, public policy, health administration, economics, or health care management from a leading institution. 2-4 years of substantive experience in the healthcare industry with demonstrated interest in and enthusiasm for healthcare issues and trends. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a variety of settings and media. Strong computer skills, including expert-level knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel. A self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with others in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must complete their advanced degree by Spring 2020.

Join the Team: All candidates must apply through our online application portal. Required application materials include a resume, cover letter and writing sample (2-3 pages from your academic or work experience where you are the sole author - - examples include policy memo, briefing memo, issue brief, market/competitive analysis or PPT). EEO/AA Employer/Veterans/Disable

Deadline: October 31, 2019
Posted: 6 days 13 hours ago

Project Manager/Research Scientist

Dartmouth College

Geisel School of Medicine is seeking a Project Manager/Research Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology. Working independently, the candidate will manage the development and implementation of a large scale, ongoing environmental maternal and child health study being conducted throughout New Hampshire and the Dartmouth Hitchcock service area that is contributing to a national effort to address how pre- peri- and postnatal environmental exposures impact childhood development and health outcomes.

Responsibilities will include participating in the development of research protocols including selection and design of questionnaires and biologic sample collection and measurement methods (clinical measures, anthropometry, neurodevelopment). Responsibilities will also include oversight of data and sample collection, supervision and training of study personnel at multiple sites to ensure that maternal/pediatric assessments are completed correctly and that study milestones and goals are met in a timely manner. Other responsibilities include providing assistance with report, grant and manuscript preparation, and budget planning and monitoring. To meet these responsibilities, the candidate will be expected to closely collaborate with the study Principal Investigator, co-investigators, laboratory director, post-doctoral trainees, statisticians, programmers, clinical personnel, administrative officers and others. The candidate will also be expected to develop strong relationships with the NIH and coordinating centers, medical and administrative staff at collaborating sites and serve as a liaison with local medical communities, study participants and others in response to study questions and requests. This position requires the ability to work a flexible schedule, occasional travel to study sites within New Hampshire, and to attend national meetings.

Candidates for this position should have relevant experience in a research or clinical environment with direct study related experience preferably in the maternal/child and/or environmental health fields. A PhD or Master’s Degree in public health, maternal/child health, environmental health, social sciences or other health related field is preferred. This position requires knowledge of epidemiologic research methodology and excellent interpersonal skills, along with the abilities to manage and implement complex research protocols, train and manage field staff, and monitor research progress.

For more information on this opportunity, please send letter of interest with salary requirements, CV, and references to: Childrens.Environmental.Health.Center@Dartmouth.edu

Deadline: September 30, 2019
Posted: 1 month 1 week ago

Assistant Professor in Environmental Health Sciences

UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) in the School of Public Health & Health Sciences (SPHHS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, academic-year (nine-month), tenure-line position as Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences. UMass Amherst is a doctoral-granting university with highest research activity (R1) and the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts.

This is a fully state-funded (nine-month) tenure-line position. Responsibilities include an active program of research, teaching, professional, and community service, as well as mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Candidates must possess strong research skills with a proven track record of extramurally funded program research, commensurate with experience, in Environmental Health Sciences. Candidates will be expected to establish an outstanding independent research program and participate in graduate and undergraduate education and advising. Applicants with research interests in any area of environmental health will be considered; however, preference will be given to candidates with expertise in risk assessment, exposure science, environmental epidemiology, bioinformatics/computational biology, mechanistic toxicology, or global environmental health to complement existing expertise within the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

The successful applicant will join a rapidly growing graduate program and faculty in Environmental Health Sciences. Current areas of faculty research in the Environmental Health Sciences program in the Department of Public Health include environmental exposure assessment, dose-response modeling, developmental toxicology, environmental epigenetics, and endocrine disruptors. In addition to national and international collaborations, public health faculty members collaborate extensively with faculty from the School's Departments of Nutrition, Kinesiology and Communication Disorders, other departments on campus, the University's Medical School in Worcester, MA, and Baystate Health in Springfield, MA.

Read the full post here.

Deadline: October 15, 2019
Posted: 1 month 1 week ago

Internships

Health Equity Student Internship Program 2019-2020 (Stipends Available for Summer and Fall 2019 Internships)

UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences/New England Public Health Training Center

The UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences will be offering three stipends to graduate students working on health equity issues in western Massachusetts. Stipends can apply for either Summer 2019, Fall 2019 or Spring 2020.

Please contact Risa Silverman, Director of the Office for Public Health Practice and Outreach, if you:

  • Have identified an unpaid position---to be considered for a stipend
  • Are interested in a health equity position to be identified by my office

Attached is some general information. Please contact Risa directly (rather than the contact person on flyer) as a first step!

Deadline: September 30, 2019
Posted: 3 months 2 weeks ago