Tufts CTSI is seeking a new faculty director for our Community and Stakeholder Engagement Core who has expertise in engaging stakeholders to enhance the relevance and effectiveness of translational research to improve human health.

The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in — and experience with — community health research, evidence-based stakeholder engagement practices, and curriculum development. The new director will play a crucial role in driving positive organizational change by fostering relationships that promote the successful integration of stakeholder perspectives into translational research efforts.

This role will be supported at 0.3 FTE. Anyone directly interested in this position or who would like to nominate a candidate should contact Tufts CTSI’s Executive Director, Erin Gibson, MPH (erin.gibson@tuftsmedicine.org).

Drs. Bob Sege and Tom Concannon, the current faculty directors of Community and Stakeholder Engagement, will be stepping down over the summer of 2025.

Tufts CTSI’s Senior Leadership Team thanks them for their tireless work to advance the science and practice of community and stakeholder engagement in translational research.

 

Thomas Concannon, PhD, helped to found Tufts CTSI’s Community and Stakeholder Engagement Core more than 10 years ago. In his tenure with Tufts CTSI, he has worked with Tufts CTSI Leadership and faculty to broaden guidance on engagement across the translational spectrum. No doubt many of you have read and cited his 7Ps framework and more recently Broadly Engaged Team Science in Clinical and Translational Research, a book with numerous examples of engagement work happening across Tufts CTSI and our partner organizations, which he co-edited with Drs. Marisha Palm and Debra Lerner. More recently, he has completed extensive scoping reviews on the topics of engagement in early-stage translational research, constructs and instruments for measuring engagement work, and recruitment for clinical research.

 

Robert Sege, MD, PhD, joined the Community and Stakeholder Engagement Core in 2018 and led the organization of our Stakeholder Expert Panel (SEP) in our third CTSA award. This group of stakeholders from various backgrounds has since been instrumental in educating researchers on community and stakeholder engagement and reviewing stakeholder engagement plans for grants and theses funded by Tufts CTSI. In addition to spearheading the SEP creation and management, he was instrumental in implementing and supporting the requirement for stakeholder engagement plans for all Tufts CTSI-funded research projects. He also worked with our SEP to include community members as simulated patients for Tufts CTSI’s biannual informed consent training for clinical research staff. He has led multiple programs, trainings, and events to improve health outcomes locally and nationally.