Director, Clinical Trials Methods Center (CTMC)

Department:

85296 Wake Forest University Health Sciences - WF Clinical Trial Methods Center of Excellence

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

N/A

Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Advocate Health are seeking a visionary, collaborative, and academically accomplished leader to serve as the Director of the Clinical Trials Methods Center (CTMC). The Director will provide strategic, scientific, and operational leadership to the CTMC, a cornerstone academic unit designed to bring innovations forward to support and enhance clinical trial design, conduct, and translation—leveraging real-world evidence to inform and accelerate impact—across Advocate Health’s expansive national footprint.

This individual will serve as the principal liaison between the CTMC and Advocate Health’s National Center for Clinical Trials (NCCT) and will be responsible for advancing scientific rigor, innovation, and equitable practices in clinical trials through coordination of a multidisciplinary team and the CTMC’s component units. Ultimately, the CTMC infrastructure will serve both the needs of NCCT and faculty of Wake Forest University School of Medicine seeking investigator-initiated funding for clinical trials. The CTMC will be a critical component of the Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the leadership of the CTMC will align with Clinical and Translational Science Institute leadership to ensure ongoing alignment.

This is anticipated to be at a least 0.8 FTE position with an academic appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level, based on experience and qualifications.

About the Clinical Trials Methods Center (CTMC)

The CTMC powers the scientific and academic infrastructure of the Advocate Health National Center for Clinical Trials. As a foundational component of a national, unified approach to clinical trial activation and implementation, the CTMC includes several critical domains, including but not limited to:

• Real World Data for Research: Integrating electronic health records, claims data, and other data assets to support trial feasibility, recruitment, protocol design, and primary data analyses.
• Data Coordinating Center: Providing statistical, data management, and project coordination support across clinical trials.
• Participant Engagement: Ensuring trials are inclusive, accessible, and responsive to the communities served by our health system.
• Applied Methodologies: Supporting the development and application of innovative trial designs, analytic methods, and implementation science approaches.  The original areas of focus within Applied Methodologies will include Artificial Intelligence, Genomics, and Imaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic and Operational Leadership: 1) Develop and implement the strategic vision for CTMC, in alignment with Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Advocate Health’s clinical research goals. 2) Ensure effective operations across all CTMC components, including performance monitoring, quality assurance, and financial sustainability. 3) Serve as the senior representative of the CTMC across national and institutional forums, including the National Center for Clinical Trials leadership structure.

• Academic and Scientific Leadership: 1) Foster high-impact research by supporting methodological innovation in clinical trials, supporting the recruitment and retention of exceptional faculty and staff, and fostering a culture of continuous professional development. 2) Guide the development of scientific collaborations that leverage CTMC resources to support industry and non-industry extramural funding and peer-reviewed publications. 3) Advance a robust academic portfolio for the CTMC, including grant submissions, methodological research, and mentoring of early-career faculty.

• Collaboration and Integration: 1) Serve as the lead connector between CTMC and the NCCT, ensuring alignment, timely communication, efficient integration of activities, and a high level of service provision. 2) Collaborate with institutional leaders in biostatistics, epidemiology, artificial intelligence,  informatics, community engagement, regula