University of Kansas Medical Center

Department:

SOM Department of Population Health

Population Health Faculty

Position Title:

Assistant Professor- Population Health (Implementation Science)

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

We welcome applications from individuals from a broad range of disciplines to join us in advancing implementation science. The Department of Population Health holds a NIH $11M Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Implementation Science for Health Equity (ISEC) with the goal of strengthening institutional, state, and national capacity in implementation and dissemination research. ISEC provides core services, pilot project grants, protected research time, and mentorship. ISEC’s mission is to eliminate health disparities across the life course through implementation science.

We seek an Assistant or Associate Professor to join the ISEC leadership. We are particularly interested in a methods-focused researcher with a strong grounding in implementation science theories, measures and frameworks. Successful candidates will be engaged in research on implementing evidence-based interventions in relevant clinical or community settings while ensuring access for everyone. This is a 12-mos. tenure-track position and opportunities exist for joint appointments in other departments in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions at the University of Kanas Medical Center (KUMC) campus in Kansas City as well as academic units of the University of Kansas main campus in Lawrence.

The Department of Population Health, located in the School of Medicine, provides a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment. While our faculty draw from different scholarly disciplines, we share a common goal of remediating health disparities across Kansas and beyond. In addition to a record of partnership with state and regional health authorities, department faculty 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. In addition to ISEC, additional collaborating centers and institutional partners based at KUMC include:

• The University of Kansas Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

the statewide Kansas Cancer Registry, hosted by the Department since 1994

• The NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
• The Kansas Center for Rural Health
• NCATS-funded Frontiers Clinical & Translational Institute
• The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS), an integrated healthcare system with hospitals and outpatient clinical sites throughout Kansas and more than 1 million patient encounters each year.

The Department of Population Health is committed to supporting work/life balance and to building a diverse faculty and staff the better to foster an intellectual community able to address the population health challenges of the communities we serve.

Job Description:

Job Duties Outlined:

• Lead, collaborate on, or participate in ISEC research, training, and service activities appropriate to rank.
• Maintain an ongoing program of research and training appropriate to rank and expertise.
• Direct or contribute to graduate courses and curriculum development.
• Participate in the intellectual life of the Department and School of Medicine, via faculty committees and activities.
• Provide other services to the school, university, profession, and community, as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Chair.

Required Qualifications

Education: Doctorate in a health-related field (e.g. nursing, medicine or public health; health-related behavioral or social sciences).

Work Experience:

• Record of implementation science-focused scholarship in peer-reviewed publications, appropriate to rank.
• Potential for extramural funding relevant to implementation science, appropriate to rank.
• Experience mentoring or consulting in implementation science

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Active principal Investigator R01-level funding of implementation science-focused projects.
• Expertise in team science, quality improvement, knowledge translation.
• Experience teaching and/or designing courses relevant to implementation science.

Required Documents:

• CV
• Cover Letter addressing preparation and vision for research, service, and teaching in the field of Implementation Science.
• Professional statement how implementation science advances access to evidence-based interventions informs your academic mission (1 page)
• No more than 3 sample publications
• Name and contact information of 3 potential academic references
• (Will not be contacted without explicit permission)

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and 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 and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time