Lab Research Analyst II

Be You.

The Lab Research Analyst II will coordinate and advance a portfolio of research and implementation activities focused on equitable cancer prevention, screening, early detection, and timely follow-up of abnormal screening results.

Working closely with Dr. Michael Pignone, Dr. Caroline Sloan, and collaborators across Duke University, Duke Health, and external partner organizations, you will manage research and implementation projects involving colorectal, lung, cervical, and other screen-detectable cancers.

Major areas of work include population-based screening outreach, development and evaluation of patient-navigation models, completion of diagnostic evaluation following abnormal screening results, health-system implementation, health equity, and translation of successful interventions into routine care.

The position will combine hands-on project execution with research coordination, scholarly production, and development of scalable approaches to equitable cancer screening and early detection.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in botany, biology, zoology, psychology or other directly related scientific field.
• Work requires four years of research experience. A related master's degree may offset required years of experience on a 1:1 basis, e.g., a two year master's degree in lieu of two years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health, health services research, health administration, social or behavioral science, implementation science, or a related field.
• Experience in cancer prevention, cancer screening, oncology, primary care, population health, or health-equity programs.
• Experience supporting, developing, implementing, or evaluating patient-navigation or care-coordination programs is particularly desirable.
• Experience developing navigation protocols, training navigators or community health workers, or evaluating navigation programs.
• Experience with research project management, implementation research, quality improvement, or population-health initiatives.
• Experience contributing to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, literature reviews, or grant proposals.
• Experience working with underserved populations and identifying and addressing barriers to health care access.
• Bilingual ability, particularly English/Spanish, would be an asset but is not required.

Other Requirements

• The ideal candidate will be an excellent project manager who can organize investigators, analyses, manuscripts, grants, deadlines, and collaborations without requiring intensive day-to-day supervision. Experience developing, implementing, or evaluating patient-navigation programs is desirable, particularly when that experience can inform health-system improvement and research.

Be Bold.

In this role, you will:

Navigation program development - Support the development and evaluation of standardized navigation workflows, protocols, tracking systems, and escalation procedures. Develop training materials and serve as an educational resource to staff involved in navigation activities, using research and implementation findings to inform a scalable navigation model.

Cancer research and project management - Manage cancer prevention, screening, early-detection, and implementation projects. Coordinate project plans, timelines, budgets, deliverables, research requirements, data quality, investigators, clinical partners, research staff, trainees, and external collaborators.

Scholarship and research dissemination - Advance manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, literature reviews, and other scholarly products. Coordinate analyses, writing, coauthor input, revisions, and submissions, and identify opportunities to translate implementation activities into meaningful research.

Grant development, program growth, and policy training - Support grant applications, identify funding opportunities, coordinate collaborators and submission requirements, and connect current findings to future studies and opportunities for expansion. Support cancer policy and advocacy training in partnership with program leadership.

Partnerships, mentorship, and broader dissemination - Build collaborations across Duke, Duke Health, community organizations, and external partners. Support trainees and junior investigators and help disseminate successful approaches through presentations, training materials, implementation resources, and professional organizations. Duke's cancer prevention community brings together research, clinical care, population health, implementation science, and community partnership. You will join a collaborative program working to ensure that effective cancer-screening and follow-up strategies reach the patients and communities that need them.

This position offers the opportunity to shape a growing research and implementation portfolio, contribute to meaningful scholarship, and help develop and evaluate scalable approaches designed to improve timely diagnostic resolution and reduce disparities across the cancer-screening continuum.

Choose Duke.

Duke's cancer prevention community brings together research, clinical care, population health, implementation science, and community partnership. You will join a collaborative program working to ensure that effective cancer-screening and follow-up strategies reach the patients and communities that need them.

This position offers the opportunity to shape a growing research and implementation portfolio, contribute to meaningful scholarship, and help develop and evaluate scalable approaches designed to improve timely diagnostic resolution and reduce disparities across the cancer-screening continuum.