Heersink School of Medicine-Open Rank-UAB Strategic Recruitment Initiative in Implementation Science
About The Position
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) is recruiting tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-earning faculty at all ranks for a strategic initiative in implementation science. Appointees will hold an academic appointment in one or more of HSOM’s 27 academic departments. The initiative builds on UAB’s research portfolio and seeks investigators whose work uses implementation and/or dissemination science to translate evidence-based practices into routine clinical, community, or public health care and improve individual and population health. Investigators with ongoing or recent work at this intersection are encouraged to apply. The HSOM Health Across the Lifecourse research focus area is aligned with the initiative, and successful applicants will join a collaborative clinical and population health research environment that includes a growing community of implementation scientists and numerous relevant centers and institutes. Recruited scientists are expected to develop and expand outstanding, independent research programs. They will conduct innovative research independently and collaboratively, produce impactful scholarship, grow extramural funding, engage in and promote research training for learners at all levels, and support the University’s service missions in delivering and improving health care. All applications will be considered, with priority for established research programs in the disease and health areas listed under preferred qualifications. Applicants must upload a curriculum vitae and a one-page letter of interest. Review has begun and will continue until positions are filled. Candidates selected for employment will undergo a pre-employment background investigation. Physicians and other clinical faculty candidates employed by the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation or other UAB Medicine entities must also successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen.
Requirements
- MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DrPH, or ScD.
- Ongoing or recent work translating evidence-based interventions into clinical, community, or public health practice is encouraged.
Nice To Haves
- Established research programs focused on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
- Established research programs focused on other chronic diseases, including chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Established research programs focused on infectious diseases, including HIV and sexually transmitted infections.
- Established research programs focused on women’s health, including maternal-child health.
- Established research programs focused on global health.
- Established research programs focused on mental health, including addiction, substance use disorders, and depression.
- Established research programs focused on cancer, surgical healthcare delivery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.
Responsibilities
- Build upon and expand an outstanding, independent research program.
- Conduct innovative scientific research independently and collaboratively.
- Produce scientifically impactful work.
- Grow extramural research funding.
- Engage in and promote research training for learners at all levels.
- Support the University’s service missions in delivering and improving health care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
