Research-Focused Faculty Positions - Department of Medicine #MED331
The University of Chicago

Description

The University of Chicago's Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, in the Biological Sciences Division (BSD) seeks faculty members at the rank of Assistant Professor on the School of Medicine track. Areas of interest include population and public health, social science, clinical and outcomes research, quantitative methodology, clinical informatics and related areas. Duties will include teaching and supervision of trainees, medical students and scholarly activity. Compensation (including a generous package of fringe benefits) is dependent on qualifications.

Primary appointments will be in the Department of Medicine, although we anticipate that appointees will develop close interactions with other departments, divisions, institutes and centers at the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and the National Opinion Research Center part of an effort to strengthen and diversify a collegial group that is interested in major questions relevant to the advancement of human health.

The University of Chicago has a tradition of innovative interdisciplinary scholarship in the social sciences applied to health and health care. Discoveries at the interface of health and the social sciences address some of health care's most critical problems. These include the relationship of individual and population health to social capital and human capital and neighborhood contexts, to the economics, organization and management of social institutions and policies. The Biological Sciences Division, other academic units of the University, and the University of Chicago Medical Center, are all contained within one compact campus in Chicago's Hyde Park. Appointees will have access to state-of-the-art facilities and to outstanding colleagues and graduate students affiliated with numerous degree-granting programs across the university.

Prior to the start of employment, qualified applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent. To be considered, those interested must apply through The University of Chicago's Academic Recruitment job board, which uses Interfolio to accept applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/157227. Applicants must upload a CV including bibliography, a cover letter, and a research statement. Review of complete applications will continue until the positions are filled.

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