Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Instructional Professor and Department Head of Engineering Medicine Education

About the role

The School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) at Texas A&M University invites applications to fill one full-time tenure or academic professional track (non-tenure) faculty position to serve as the Department Head of Engineering Medicine Education. This full-time, 9-month or 11-month academic appointment is expected to begin in the summer or fall of 2026.

Responsibilities

The Department Head is responsible for overseeing, managing, and sustaining the operations of the department. Key responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic leadership for the Department of EnMed Education in alignment with the School of Engineering Medicine's mission and goals
• Recruit, mentor, and evaluate faculty within the department, ensuring excellence in teaching, research, innovation, professional development, and academic citizenship
• Oversee departmental staff and administrative functions, including scheduling, budgets, and operational processes
• Represent the department in internal committees and contribute to the broader academic mission of EnMed
• Establish and maintain key stakeholder relationships with clinical affiliates to ensure sufficiency of faculty for the medical education program
• Collaborate with the Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development to ensure compliance with all LCME and COE standards/elements related to faculty management

Additional responsibilities include educational support, faculty and curriculum support, scholarship and professional development, collaboration and communication, and reporting structure.

Requirements

Required qualifications include:

• Medical Degree (MD) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in medicine or equivalent terminal degree in a relevant field
• Demonstrated track record of excellence in health professions and/or engineering education
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including faculty mentorship and administrative management
• Demonstrated scholarship in medicine, engineering, or education

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a distinguished record of accomplishment and experience in research, teaching, scholarship, and/or industry leadership. They will bring visionary leadership and strategic direction for the department.

Skills

Faculty track-specific expectations and skills required for the position include:

• Tenured Faculty Expectations: maintain a high-impact, externally funded research program, teach courses to medical and graduate students, mentor graduate students and medical students in research and innovation, collaborate with the engineering EnMed Faculty and successfully integrate engineering with medicine in their research
• APT- Non-Tenure Faculty Responsibilities/Expectations: teach in areas of clinical expertise throughout the medical education curriculum courses to medical and graduate students, participate in developing the medical education curriculum, implement flipped-classroom and active-learning approaches, focus on advancing medical innovation and improving clinical medicine, engage in educational, scholarly work, and service activities as agreed upon with the supervisor