Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator or Tenure Track, Adolescent Medicine- HIV/AIDS Research

Location: Philadelphia, PA

About the role

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for several Assistant Professor positions in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track.

Applicants must have an M.D and/or Ph.D or equivalent degree. Board certified/eligible in Pediatrics or Internal Medicine and Adolescent Medicine strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Teaching

• Inpatient and/or outpatient clinical and teaching responsibilities
• Participate in clinical education of medical students, residents, and fellows as a member of the Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine

Clinical

• Inpatient and/or outpatient primary and specialty care in Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Multiple sites of practice are available including a primary care practice, specialty care satellite locations, inpatient units at CHOP, and a behavioral health hospital

Research or Scholarship

• Primary focus on adolescent or young adult health research relevant to HIV prevention or care, which may interface with related domains of STIs, sexual/gender minority youth, substance use, mental health, health disparities, parent-teen relationships, community-engaged research, and similar areas
• Tenure track faculty focus primarily on independent, investigator-driven research while clinician-educator track faculty focus primarily on collaboration
• Expectations to develop and lead a research program funded by career development and/or independent research funding
• Active participation in the Penn CFAR research community, which provides extensive services and activities geared to advance HIV/AIDS research

Opportunities for collaborative clinical research are available related to education, continuous quality improvement, health services, health disparities, resiliency, STIs/HIV, pregnancy prevention, smoking, substance use, gender, eating disorders, weight regulation, depression, and suicide.

Qualifications

• M.D and/or Ph.D or equivalent degree
• Board certified/eligible in Pediatrics or Internal Medicine and Adolescent Medicine (strongly preferred)
• Early career candidates with a strong record of research productivity and scholarship