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Investigator Careers

The Center for Health Research (CHR) is currently seeking applicants for three investigator positions at the Distinguished Investigator, Senior Investigator, and Investigator levels. The science at CHR is fueled by our investigators, who are conducting a broad portfolio of research within a very supportive infrastructure. We are especially interested at this time in scientists who are working on social determinants of health, applied and translational genomics, cancer care and survivorship, addiction, and infectious disease epidemiology/vaccine safety and efficacy. Links to the applications are provided below.

There are currently no investigator openings at this time.

Working at CHR

CHR has a strong history of collaboration and partnership.  The Center is a founding member of the Health Care Systems Research Network (formerly the HMO Research Network), an international collaboration of 20 health plans and systems.  This network developed and maintains a time-tested, Virtual Data Warehouse (the first “common data model”) that uses a federated data system structure.  CHR serves as the data coordinating center for the VDW and staff are leaders for key data committees.

  • CHR is a world-class, public domain research center.
  • CHR’s extensive expertise in serving as a trusted database coordinator across partner institutions is a key competency.
  • CHR employs nationally recognized investigators in conducting embedded research in support of the learning health system.
  • CHR oversees a noteworthy Biobank that was initiated in 2011 and is the regional subset of the larger KP National Research Biobank, linking member specimens with patient-level electronic health record data.
  • Our commitment to science across the research continuum is strongly anchored in our Clinical Research Support Services with over 120 clinical trials in 14 clinical areas running at any given time.
  • CHR has centralized departments that provide grant application support, recruitment, data analysis and biostatistics, medical record abstraction, behavior assessment and change interventions, financial management, editing, and graphic design.

Throughout Kaiser Permanente's 75-plus-year history, equity, inclusion, and diversity have been inextricably linked to our mission. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce reflective of the communities we serve makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a better partner in our communities, and a better place to work.

Except for clinical trials, CHR has been fully remote since 2020. We anticipate using a hybrid model when our offices can reopen. However, residence in Oregon or Washington is required.

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Kaiser Permanente identifies financial conflicts of interest (FCOI) and other situations that may give rise to conflicts of interest, and addresses such situations to ensure research decisions made are in the best interests of KP, its research participants, patients, and members. Kaiser Permanente operates in accordance with federal regulations addressing research financial conflicts of interest through our Policy on FCOI in Research.