Table 4. Type of Position Categorized to Employment Sector .
Type of Position | % Alumni (n = 87) | % Female (n = 66) |
Academic positions | 37% (32) | 75% (24) |
Professor (assistant, associate) | 18% (16) | 69% (11) |
Post-doctoral or research fellow | 10% (9) | 78% (7) |
Director, manager or administration | 3% (3) | 100% (3) |
Senior researcher/scientist (eg, epidemiologist) | 5% (4) | 75% (3) |
Other sector positions | 63% (55) | 76% (42) |
Senior researcher or scientist – all other sectors | 37% (32) | 78% (25) |
Senior researcher or scientist – public | 18% (16) | 81% (13) |
Senior researcher or scientist – healthcare delivery Research | 11% (10) | 70% (7) |
Senior researcher or scientist – private (for profit and not-for-profit) | 7% (6) | 83% (5) |
Director or manager – not-for-profit, public, private, healthcare delivery | 9% (8) | 75% (6) |
Knowledge translation or mobilization expert – public, healthcare delivery research | 6% (5) | 80% (4) |
CEO, co-founder and/or consultant – private | 2% (2) | 50% (1) |
Postdoctoral Fellow – embedded in healthcare delivery research, Public | 5% (4) | 75% (3) |
Othera | 5% (4) | 75% (3) |
Employed by same HSO as HSI Fellowshipb | 22% (19) | 74% (14) |
Hybrid role – Professional affiliation with academia and another sector | 32% (28) | 82% (23) |
Abbreviations: HSO, health system organization; HSI, Health System Impact; CEO, Chief Executive Officer.
aOther positions include clinician-scientist in healthcare delivery research, social worker in healthcare delivery, or senior program lead in public sector.
bEmployed by the same HSO, where HSI Fellowship was completed/embedded.