Assistant Professor - Population Health (Cancer Survivorship)

University of Kansas Medical Center•Kansas City, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) and Department of Population Health seek candidates of exceptional potential and emerging scholarship to enhance our cancer survivorship portfolio. We seek candidates who can contribute to KUCC’s population science initiatives to address cancer health disparities across the life course, especially lifestyle interventions in cancer survivorship. Ideal candidates will have a progressive research agenda aimed at accelerating uptake of evidence-based practices using innovative approaches and rigorous methods. This is a 12-month Assistant Professor tenure-track position. The University of Kansas Cancer Center is the region's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, where patients gain access to the most promising therapies, cutting-edge clinical trials and world-class research. The new Obesity, Metabolic Health and Cancer Program includes over 20 scientists across multiple schools and departments across KU Medical Center, KU Lawrence, and Children’s Mercy Hospital. The Masonic Cancer Alliance is the KUCC outreach network linking hospitals, oncologists and primary care physicians, nurses, patients and their families throughout Kansas and Western Missouri to advance quality and reach of prevention and early detection, treatment and survivorship care across the Heartland. KUCC investigators have access to exceptional campus resources to support community engagement and recruitment, quantitative analytics and health informatics, with multiple opportunities for collaboration across clinical areas, the KU School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center, KU Diabetes Institute, and Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The Department of Population Health, located in the School of Medicine, provides a robust, interdisciplinary research environment in an academic medical center setting. The Department is committed to addressing rural and urban health inequities through sustained partnership with community organizations, government agencies, health systems and other stakeholders serving communities and across the care delivery continuum in our rapidly growing, multicultural Midwest context. The Department has hosted the statewide Kansas Cancer Registry since 1994. In addition to a record of partnership with state and regional health authorities, population health scientists have long-standing collaborations with many community and clinical partners in both urban and rural locations, providing a rich environment for impactful implementation science and community-engaged research. With faculty on three campuses – Kansas City, Wichita, Salina – the Department is the academic home for graduate education leading to the MHSA, MPH, MSCR, and PhD. Joint or secondary appointments for clinician investigators are possible.

Requirements

Doctorate or equivalent with training in a population health field (e.g. nursing, medicine or public health; health-related behavioral or social sciences).
Demonstrated research focus in Cancer Survivorship.
Experience with extramural funding via participation in recent grants and/or contracts, appropriate to rank.
Experience working with scholarships in peer-reviewed publications, appropriate to rank.

Nice To Haves

Experience in principal investigator status.
Demonstrated research focus in population science, such as behavioral interventions, epidemiology, healthcare delivery research, implementation science, or outcomes and health services research.
Experience in team science, implementation science, and/or translational science.
Experience supervising and mentoring doctoral students.

Responsibilities

Maintain an ongoing program of research and training, with external funding, appropriate to expertise.
Collaborate with other faculty members via interdisciplinary research teams.
Teach and participate in graduate courses and curriculum development.
Participate in the intellectual life of KUCC, the Department, and School of Medicine, e.g., faculty committees and activities.
Provide other services to the school, university, profession, and community, as appropriate.

Benefits

health, dental, and vision insurance
health expense accounts with generous employer contributions
Employer-paid life insurance
long-term disability insurance
various additional voluntary insurance plans
Paid time off, including vacation and sick
ten paid holidays
One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment
paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment
A retirement program with a generous employer contribution
additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b)