Research and Evaluation Fellow, Children’s Health Fund, New York, United States

Placement Organization: Children’s Health Fund
Placement Location: New York, NY
Eligible Citizenship: Non-American

About: Low-income children throughout the United States are in worse health and have a harder time getting health care than their wealthier peers. To overcome access barriers and health disparities, Children’s Health Fund (CHF) brings comprehensive, continuous health care right to the children and families who need it most, regardless of ability to pay. The Fund supports a network of 25 mobile medical and community-based programs in 17 states and the Districtof Columbia.

CHF’s dedicated doctors, nurses, social workers, nutritionists and other compassionate professionals each year provide over 250,000 visits to over 83,000 children and families who might not otherwise receive the quality health care they deserve.

Position Overview: The Research and Evaluation Fellow will be part of an interdisciplinary team focused on program evaluation and applied research, that is, the development and implementation of studies intended to provide data and evidence that support improved health care services and outcomes for vulnerable populations. The research and evaluation work is used to design and follow outcome data associated with grant deliverables, and may be used to influence clinical care and inform and support advocacy activities. In addition, the fellow will contribute to ongoing quality improvement and program assessment efforts, including analysis of administrative data from the CHF National Network programs to describe patient demographics, scope of services provided, and, to the extent possible, efficacy of services delivered. The fellow will also participate in the program development and other activities of the Medical Affairs team (such as special initiative development and local events).

Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with CHF staff to support Chief Medical Officer, Senior Directors of Applied Research and of Program Assessment & Development, and interface with Government Affairs Department staff for policy and advocacy work.
• Data entry
• Conduct literature reviews
• Conduct supervised data analyses
• Write reports summarizing results and potential applications of data analyses
• Contribute to quality improvement studies including the feedback of results into programs to improve quality of care
• Contribute to the development of strategies to leverage results of studies to support CHF advocacy positions
• Contribute to reports for internal use
• Add to papers describing original research submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, white papers, monographs and other CHF documents for online publication and targeted dissemination

Required Skills and Experience:

• Self-directed and able to work independently
• Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Strong writing skills
• Research experience including proficiency with Excel and SPSS
• Knowledge of health care and issues specific to child and community health
• Strong attention to detail

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Interest in health policy
• Interest in serving poor and vulnerable communities
• Exemplary professional etiquette
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to manage large workloads and multi-task

Living Conditions: Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of $750 (net/take home amount)*. Fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included, plus $600 in professional development funds.

* Both international and national fellows will receive a monthly living stipend of $750, take home amount, but they may begin at different gross amounts because of visa and tax requirements.

To apply to this position click here: http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/application/