Associate Professor/Clinical Investigator - Nephrology

About the role

The Department of Nephrology and Center for Kidney Health Research at Geisinger is seeking an Associate Professor/Clinical Investigator with a strong background in nephrology and an established track record of competitive grant funding and publication. The successful candidate will have 80% protected research time, dedicated research support staff, and access to extensive health system-based resources including longitudinal electronic health records, exome sequencing data, and a biobank.

Job Duties

• Provides technical and intellectual leadership to a coherent research program contributing new knowledge to relevant areas of investigation.
• Directs day-to-day development, maintenance, and supervision of a productive and nationally competitive research program.
• Identifies research questions, formulates hypotheses, plans experiments, records observations and data, analyzes data, and draws conclusions.
• Prepares and submits applications for external funding from national agencies to support the research program.
• Oversees the completion of the specific aims of funded projects.
• Maintains a record of independent scholarship as demonstrated by high-quality publications specific to the discipline.
• Solidifies an emerging national and international reputation through presentations at national meetings, service on study sections or ad hoc grant review committees, and peer reviewer for journals.
• Takes a lead role in providing technical assistance to other departments, clinical associates, residents, fellows, and students.

Position Details

The Department of Nephrology is a dynamic, academic department with a fellowship program and 20+ faculty members. Clinical duties to supplement research initiatives will be flexible and may include providing inpatient and outpatient consultative services, dialysis, and graduate medical education.

The Center for Kidney Health Research (CKHR) is co-led by Dr. Chang and Dr. Green and focuses on reducing the burden of kidney disease through a clinic-based, patient-oriented research program in a learning healthcare system environment. Current areas of research include access to kidney transplantation, acute kidney injury rehabilitation clinic, decision-making in elderly CKD patients, early detection of CKD, genetics of CKD, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, and patient-centered care. Resources include research data analyst support, project manager, project coordinators, and a research assistant. CKHR investigators have active funding from the NIH, PCORI, and the National Kidney Foundation, and have active collaborations across the health system and with many institutions nationally and internationally.

About Geisinger

Geisinger fosters an atmosphere of clinical excellence while offering the best of life in small-town America – good schools, safe neighborhoods with affordable housing, and a wealth of cultural and recreational activities. The surrounding natural beauty provides opportunities for fishing, skiing, canoeing, hiking, and mountain biking. Urban life is easily accessible, with New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or Washington DC just an afternoon’s drive away.

Education

Doctoral Degree (Required), Master's Degree (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 1 year-related work experience (Required)

Skills

• Research and Development Function
• Research Regulatory Environment
• Research Analysis
• Reference Content
• Research Methodologies
• Research Documents

Qualifications

Not specified

Benefits

Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and prescription coverage.

About Geisinger

Equal Opportunity Employer

Our Vision & Values

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and prescription coverage.