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<p><b><span style="color:black">The Center for Innovation to Implementation</span></b><span style="color:black"> (<a href="http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/centers/ci2i.cfm" target="_blank">Ci2i</a>) in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hiring
a Qualitative Lead Investigator to join its prestigious multidisciplinary
research center. The VA is the largest integrated health care system in the US
and serves more than 8.3 million Veterans annually. Investigators conduct
single and multi-center research projects and serve as a national resource for
scientific and technical expertise on mental health care, medical specialty
care, and methods for assessing and improving health care value. Ci2i is
located in <a href="http://www.paloalto.va.gov/" target="_blank">Menlo Park</a>
in the San Francisco Bay Area. This position is full time at the GS-13 level
($98,000) plus excellent benefits (no relocation expenses). </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">The person who fills this position should have a
doctoral degree, experience conducting research in health care settings,
expertise with qualitative methods, and a willingness to learn about new areas
of health services research. Specifically, the person must be knowledgeable
about both the theoretical foundations of qualitative research and diverse
qualitative data collection and analysis methods. He/she is expected to
provide consultation and assistance to colleagues interested in incorporating
qualitative data collection and analysis into their research designs, assist
with data analysis, and contribute to manuscripts. The ideal candidate will
also have experience developing and writing research grants. There will be
opportunities for the qualitative lead to write his/her own grants as a
principal investigator as well as collaborate with others as a co-investigator
on grants. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please contact Eleanor Lewis at <a href="mailto:Eleanor.Lewis@va.gov" target="_blank">Eleanor.Lewis@va.gov</a> and
Andrea Nevedal at <a href="mailto:Andrea.Nevedal@va.gov" target="_blank">Andrea.Nevedal@va.gov</a>
with questions about the position. If the position is of interest please submit
a cover letter and resume by January 30, 2015. <br style>
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</span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Leora Lawton PhD<br>Executive Director<br>Berkeley Population Center<br>350K Barrows Hall<br>(of) 510-643-1270<br>(m) 510-928-7572<br><a href="http://www.popcenter.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">www.popcenter.berkeley.edu</a><br></div>
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