Sr Scientist - PMB

• Works closely with the MILHEP Director and Co-Director to provide scientific and operational leadership across the lab's active research portfolio, ensuring all projects are executed with rigor, relevance, and timely delivery.
• Supports and advances the planning, execution, and day-to-day management of multiple concurrent DoW- and DHA-funded research projects, from study design through dissemination

of findings.

• Leads research activities and coordinates across project teams under the direction of the MILHEP Director and Co-Director, ensuring integration and consistency of methods, timelines, and deliverables.
• Trains, mentors, and supervises junior research scientists, research associates, and technical staff, fostering a high-performance and collaborative research environment.
• Actively engages with key stakeholders of the MHS, including the Defense Health Agency, Uniformed Services University leadership, DoW health policy officials, and relevant Congressional entities, to ensure research remains aligned with operational and policy priorities.
• Helps establish and cultivate strategic collaborative relationships between MILHEP investigators and the broader military health systems research community, including academic institutions, federal agencies, and policy research organizations.
• Contributes to strategic planning efforts to position MILHEP as a self-sustainable, nationally recognized research hub for rigorous health economics research and health policy evaluation.
• Makes major contributions to scientific literature and professional conferences; prepares and reviews publication-ready manuscripts, technical reports, and policy briefs.
• Finalizes research reports, deliverables, and data products for submission to sponsor in agencies including DHA and other DoW entities.
• Maintains detailed workbooks and documentation and ensures that all research activities fulfill generally accepted professional, regulatory, and sponsor standards.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Join the HJF Team!

HJF is seeking a Sr. Scientist to serve as a senior research leader within the Military Health Economics and Policy Research Lab (MILHEP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) School of Medicine. Working closely with the MILHEP Director (Dr. Jangho Yoon) and Co-Director (Dr. Patrick Richard), the Sr. Scientist will provide scientific and operational leadership to advance the lab's active research portfolio toward successful completion, actively engage with key stakeholders of the Military Health System (MHS), support the identification and pursuit of high-impact funded research opportunities, help build collaborations between MILHEP investigators and the broader MHS research community, and contribute to strategic efforts to establish MILHEP as a self-sustainable research enterprise for rigorous health economics research and policy evaluation in serve to the MHS and its beneficiaries. This is a senior leadership role requiring independent scientific judgment, deep expertise in health systems research in the MHS context, and the ability to work effectively across a dynamic, policy-relevant research environment.

This position will be in support of the Military Health Economics and Policy Research Lab (MILHEP), the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) School of Medicine. The MILHEP conducts and disseminates full-scope and rapid-response research to enhance understanding of policy levers and system factors influencing effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the Military Health System for military populations, especially Uniformed Service Members, retirees, and their families. The research team utilizes rigorous economic, econometric, machine learning, and other computational methods, grounded in solid theoretical frameworks, to analyze the impacts of crucial health policies and proposals on the health of the military service population, health care delivery and costs, and value within the health system.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.