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Geisinger Health
System (GHS) is seeking a Director, Epidemiology Research to lead
a system-wide research program to understand disease etiology,
prevent disease, promote health and eliminate health disparities,
especially in rural populations.
About the Position
The Director, Epidemiology Research will support Geisinger’s
mission of improving care for patients by extending our
understanding of the incidence, distribution, and determinants of
disease, and by applying epidemiologic methods to understand the
effectiveness of treatments. The Director will be charged with
expanding Geisinger’s epidemiology research enterprise,
strengthening ongoing efforts in chronic disease and environmental
epidemiology, and leveraging existing activities in health
services and genomics research.
Research opportunities include:
• Utilizing Geisinger’s longitudinal electronic health record (EHR)
data and enterprise data warehouse information to identify and
quantify disease risk factors and predictors of disease
progression
• Studying the impact of innovations in the delivery of health
care on patient outcomes, quality and cost of care
• Patient engagement/activation, including strategies for
increasing patient compliance
• Identifying factors associated with successful and unsuccessful
dissemination of Geisinger innovations to other health care
delivery systems
• Combining primary data collection, at the individual or
community level, with EHR data for more focused epidemiologic
research
• Development of multisite studies with other HMO Research Network
members
For more information on research programs at Geisinger, please
visit:
http://www.geisinger.org/research/wcr/index.html
Geisinger Health System serves nearly 3 million people in
Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania and has been nationally
recognized for innovative practices and quality care. A mature
electronic health record, with over 10 years of data, connects a
comprehensive network of 4 hospitals, 38 community practice sites
and more than 900 Geisinger primary and specialty care physicians.
Discover for yourself why Geisinger has been nationally recognized
as a visionary model of integrated healthcare. For more
information, please visit Join-Geisinger.org or contact: Jocelyn
Heid, Manager, Professional Staffing, at 1-800-845-7112 or
jheid1@geisinger.edu.
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