Associate Professor, Team Scientist

About the Role

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Outcomes and Measurement Science division, Department of Medical Social Sciences, is seeking a full-time, non-tenure-eligible Team Scientist at the rank of Associate Professor. This role is for a mid-career investigator and leader with advanced psychometric expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a methodological leader in the development, sustainment, and implementation of programmatic research across the division, department, and Feinberg School of Medicine.
• Mentor junior faculty and trainees.
• Foster interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Accelerate the translation of research into practice through scholarly dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and publication in leading peer-reviewed journals.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• PhD, MD, or equivalent degree.
• Extensive expertise in one or more of the following areas:
• Item response theory
• Linking and equating
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence as applied to continuous health data (e.g., digital biomarkers)
• Latent variable modeling methods such as structural equation modeling, network psychometrics, integrative data analysis, and meta-analysis
• Intensive longitudinal designs

Qualifications

• Exceptional and deeply collaborative mid-career investigator and leader.
• Advanced psychometric expertise.
• Strong publication record.
• Established history of external research funding.
• Evidence of a growing trajectory as a leader in outcomes measurement.
• Record of successfully mentoring and training the next generation of health outcomes measurement scientists, including early career faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows.