Faculty, Community Medicine

Mercer University•Macon, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) is seeking a highly qualified educator with broad training and demonstrated experience or enthusiasm for teaching in a medical school curriculum. This position is a tenure track, 12-month appointment on the Macon, Georgia campus. Additional duties will be required/assigned during the summer. The departmental assignment will be based on degree type and experience.

Requirements

Hold a Ph.D. or DrPH in Epidemiology, Population Heath, Health Promotions, or a related clinical health field.
Have experience with extramural grant support, statistical design, and analysis.
Faculty members are expected to participate broadly across the curricula in both the medical and graduate programs, engage in scholarship in areas of biomedical science, medical education, or community-oriented research, and serve on departmental, school-wide, or other committees as designated.

Nice To Haves

Experience using qualitative and quantitative methods and with linking and working with large datasets.
Familiarity with longitudinal data analysis.
Experience working as part of a team.
Ability to work well with others and design and supervise research projects, publish, and contribute to efforts to obtain extramural funding.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience presenting and communicating technical and statistical concepts to clinicians, policy makers, and lay audiences.
Familiarity and/or experience with rural health.
Teaching graduate or medical students

Responsibilities

Analyzing and interpreting health-related research data
Teaching, advising, mentoring, and supervising medical and graduate students
Developing research ideas and proposals
Collaborating with investigators on study design and data analysis
Publishing scholarly work
Fostering partnerships with researchers, community organizations, and agencies
Serving on research committees
Pursuing extramural funding opportunities
Supporting medical student research and other academic initiatives to advance the School of Medicine's research mission