Director of Research, Weitzman Institute-Remote

Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Weitzman Institute is a national leader in evidence-based, stakeholder-informed primary care innovation and transformation, serving over 2 million patients across all 50 U.S. states, DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam through partnerships with FQHCs and other health systems. Established in 2007 as the first research, education, and policy center embedded within a large safety-net primary care health system, the Institute is part of the Moses/Weitzman Health System (MWHS), a family of organizations that includes Community Health Center, Inc., one of the country’s leading FQHCs, and affiliates spanning workforce development and eConsults.

The Director of Research position affords a rare research environment: direct access to real-world clinical and EHR data, established pathways to patients, providers, and community partners in the safety net, and the ability to move from study design through implementation and dissemination within a large integrated health system, translating evidence into practice and policy at national scale.

The Institute’s research portfolio is anchored in primary care integration, social drivers of health, community-engaged and stakeholder-driven research, health workforce development, and practice transformation, with growing bodies of work in digital health transformation. Across all of it, we ground our efforts in the lived experiences of patients and healthcare teams, ensuring our work is both practical and impactful for vulnerable populations nationwide.

This is a pivotal moment for safety-net research. To lead this next chapter, the Institute seeks a visionary, entrepreneurial, and collaborative Director of Research who will help build and lead a high-performing, nationally recognized research enterprise. The Director will drive the development, implementation, scholarly productivity, funding diversification, and financial sustainability of the Institute’s Research a