Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (JHU CBID) is a translational center within the Department of Biomedical Engineering, with innovation projects in global health and advanced healthcare spanning over 12 years. CBID provides access to the wealth of clinical and scientific expertise across Johns Hopkins Medicine, Engineering, and Public Health, with the dual mission of educating students in the process of medical technology innovation, as well as translating cutting-edge healthcare innovations into patient care.

As part of an ongoing global health project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, our team of engineers and public health professionals have developed VectorCam, a novel tool to simplify the process of Malaria vector surveillance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Vector Surveillance is a process that involves collection and identification of mosquito population densities by species (often running into thousands of mosquitoes per collection/ trapping site per day). Different mosquito species that can carry malaria have well known specific behavior patterns (such as resting sites, host seeking preference, breeding habits, insecticide resistance profiles, etc.). Therefore, for effective malaria control, real time knowledge of the prevalent mosquito species in an area, should guide species specific interventions (such as Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), Long-Lasting Insecticide coated nets (LLINs), Larviciding, control of breeding sites, etc.) and resource allocation decisions. However, morphological identification of mosquitoes is an expertise and cost-intensive process that relies on highly trained entomologists to collect and identify mosquito species in a given area. Although a robust surveillance system is critical to the deployment of accurate and targeted intervention strategies in villages in Sub-Saharan Africa, the cost and expertise intensive nature of this has prevented surveillance programs from scaling up to every district/ region within countries in Sub Saharan Africa. VectorCam is a low-cost AI (Artificial Intelligence) -enabled handheld tool that allows for automated and rapid morphological identification of mosquito species using photographs taken by a simple imaging hardware, and an Android application powered by a computer vision algorithm. This will allow for deskilled vector surveillance, task-shifting efforts from trained entomologists to community health workers (CHWs) and Village Health Teams (VHTs), and enabling better-informed, data-driven, malaria intervention decisions in a cost-effective manner.

We have established the efficacy of this tool under laboratory and semi-field conditions in the hands of CHWs and VHTs in Uganda. As part of this funded project, we intend to conduct a pilot study across multiple districts in Uganda and Mozambique to establish the field effectiveness of this tool in implementing a task-shifted vector surveillance program. If successful, this program will generate the evidence that will allow countries to significantly scale up vector surveillance programs using a task-shifted community-based approach, thereby helping with the efforts towards Malaria control and elimination in Africa. We are seeking to hire a Research Program Manager who will report to the Principal Investigator and Program Director of CBID and will provide critical leadership to a team of designers engineers, computer vision and software engineers, public health students, and manage partner relations at various departments both within Johns Hopkins and other international institutions. Furthermore, as part of a larger study team, they will collaborate with co-investigators on this project as well as key stakeholders at Makerere University and Johns Hopkins University to further refine the tool (including usability and human factors), develop training protocols for intended users, and supervise study-related activities for this pilot study. They will also serve as the primary leader of this study design, helping develop and implement an M&E (monitoring and evaluation) framework for the duration of the pilot study.

Specific Duties Responsibilities

Technological Development & Study Design

Utilize knowledge of early-stage global health technology development to refine a finalize the study protocol.
Utilize knowledge of human factors and usability to fine-tune the tech platform for the intended users (VHTS) in sub-Saharan African countries.
Lead the implementation of pilot study with engagement from PI and co-PIs from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
Independently conduct human factors and usability assessment throughout the duration of the pilot study.
Engage with multiple other partners to develop an M&E framework.
Provide expert advice on UI/UX of application, and relay information to third-party application developers.

Data and Statistical Analysis & Publications

Provide support to graduate students on data analysis.
Lead and/or help prepare multiple manuscripts based on this work for publication in peer reviewed journals.
Lead and/or help participation in national and international conferences by preparing abstract submissions in collaboration with project PI and team, and present our work at conferences and workshops.
Assist in the preparation and submission of grant applications to obtain follow on funding for this (and related) projects, to support its scale up across multiple countries in Africa.

Project Management

Oversee junior researchers comprising of computer scientists, data scientists, design engineers, biomedical engineers, public health professionals in respective tasks for the development of VectorCams technology and implementation, in collaboration with project PI.
Manage and help coordinate a larger team of co-investigators, post-doctoral students, and graduate students as it relates to their roles and responsibilities on this project in collaboration with project Principal Investigator.

Partnership Management

Manage collaborations, in co-ordination with project PI, with partners at Makerere University, the University of Notre Dame, as well as respective Ministries of Health in Uganda, and Mozambique.
Manage partner relationships with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (School of Engineering), the Department of International Health (School of Public Health), and the Department of Computer Science (School of Arts and Sciences) at Johns Hopkins University.

Milestone Reporting for Funding

Track activities, milestones, and deliverables for VectorCam technology and implementation study development, and report on a routine basis.
In collaboration with the project principal investigator, plan direct and execute monthly progress reports and to aid in milestone report submissions to submit to funding partners.
Monitors the use of resources in accordance with project plans and budgets,and generate reports to the Principal Investigator to assist control of resources in their areas of responsibility, in a collaborative manner.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in related discipline. Related Master's preferred.
Five years related experience, including demonstrated supervisory or lead responsibilities.
Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree.
Experience with early-stage global health technology development.
Experience in new program development and implementation support.
Experience with program management.
Proven track record of authorship and manuscript preparation with related projects.
Experience in human factors and usability assessment for new technologies.
Experience with public health program design and implementation, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Experience working in Sub-Saharan African countries and familiarity with the academic ecosystem in respective area.

Classified Title: Research Program Manager
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD
Starting Salary Range: $54,080-$74,390-$94,710 Annually (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday through Friday
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: Center for BioEngineering Innovation & D
Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering

Total Rewards
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Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

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