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POSITION: Health Science Specialist: Cyberseminar Coordinator, GS-11
LOCATION: The position is based at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain campus (Boston, MA), within a national resource center for research – the Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER). The selected candidate will work full time onsite at the Jamaica Plain campus.
DESCRIPTION: This position serves as a Cyberseminar Coordinator within the national Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER), within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development, Health Systems Research (HSR). CIDER's mission is to improve the health and care of Veterans by disseminating important findings and information from health systems and other medical and healthcare research to policymakers, managers, clinicians, and researchers throughout VA and the larger healthcare community.
The purpose of this position is to provide project management, technical and communications support for the HSR/ORD Cyberseminar Program under HSR’s national research program. The position requires a diverse range of organizational, communications, and computer technology skills to host webinars designed to disseminate information about research findings, accomplishments, and impacts that improve VA healthcare quality, organization/delivery, and efficiency. Training in the WebEx webinar hosting platform will be provided. The Cyberseminar Coordinator works closely with designated points of contact within the VA Health Systems Research structure to obtain relevant information to build, promote, host, and provide post-session reports on webinars presented by health systems researchers within VA. HSR/ORD Cyberseminars are an important and popular subset of the dissemination content CIDER provides for policymakers, managers, clinicians, and researchers throughout VA and beyond.
Applicants must be US citizens and must clear a US government background check. A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position is required (master’s level preferred). Applicants will provide a resume and other relevant samples of experience.
For more information or questions regarding this position, or to apply, please contact CIDER at Cider.Boston@va.gov .
VA Bedford Healthcare System seeks a dynamic, academically oriented leader for its Health Systems Research (HSR) Center of Innovation jointly based at VA Bedford Healthcare System in Bedford, MA and VA Boston Healthcare System Boston, MA. The center –Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) – contains an extensive portfolio (in FY24) of 88 funded research projects and programs, with a total annual budget of over $23 million. The 57 doctorally trained core investigators at CHOIR are highly productive academically and contribute to a large, vibrant pre- and post-doctoral training program for both clinician and non-clinician (MD and PhD) scientists.
Potential candidates will be senior MD or PhD investigators with scholarly expertise in health services research and/or one or more of its many constituent fields, with leadership and administrative experience, and with a strong, proven track-record of obtaining peer-reviewed funding. The position will be a full-time appointment based at VA Bedford in Bedford, MA. Candidates should hold or be eligible for an academic appointment as a Professor, Assistant, or Associate Professor at Boston University, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Lowell or Harvard University. Full salary and benefits package are competitive and commensurate with experience.
The mission of CHOIR is to advance coordinated, patient-centered health care for all Veterans through research and quality improvement. While CHOIR’s research impact goals include Patient-Centered Virtual Care, Whole Health to Address Health-Related Social Needs of Veterans and Shared Decision Making for Precision Oncology, CHOIR investigators have broad expertise across the research spectrum. Other areas of additional, emerging and innovative areas include Aging Veterans and Long-term Care, Electronic Health Record Modernization Research, and Co-design participatory research methodology. Details can be found at: https://www.choir.research.va.gov/CHOIRRESEARCH/index.asp.
The Bedford Co-Director is expected to assume collaborative responsibility for leadership of CHOIR, and to have line authority for the Bedford site. The leadership role includes setting and promoting a vision for conducting research that engages with VA systems and improves care for Veterans. Success will require an understanding of VA funding mechanisms, or the ability to rapidly develop such an understanding.
Administrative duties include managing Center research funds, and leading and mentoring research investigators on scientific, professional, and administrative matters.
Competitive candidates for this position will have a record of successful, extramurally-funded research including VA, DoD, and/or NIH grants, a productive record in the conduct of health services research, and have US citizen status. Faculty at the Universities affiliated with CHOIR engage in teaching, research, and service and are expected to collaborate on research projects, mentor students and junior faculty and contribute to the teaching missions of their appointed Department.
Interested Candidates should submit a letter explaining their interest and a C.V. to John M. Wells, Ph.D. Associate Chief of Staff-Research John.Wells5@va.gov. Review of applicants will begin on April 6, 2026.
