Job Summary

Geisinger seeks an outstanding behavioral scientist to serve as a Staff Scientist for its Behavioral Insights Team (BIT). The BIT was created in 2018 to apply behavioral science methods to the design, implementation, and experimental evaluation of “nudges” and other lightweight behavioral interventions intended to improve outcomes and experiences for patients, clinicians, employees, and other stakeholders of the Geisinger Health System and beyond. In addition to internal colleagues, the BIT collaborates closely with external leading behavioral scientists and research partners, including those at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard, and MIT via the NBER Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health by executing 1 or 2 NIH-funded field experiments per year at Geisinger. BIT field experiments often involve tens of thousands of patients and successful interventions are expected to become standard practice at Geisinger. Project areas include encouraging vacc...