Clinician Scientist on the Clinician Educator or Tenure Track

About the role

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track.

Responsibilities

• Teaching and mentoring of medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty.
• Formal lecture opportunities within the department.
• Supervision of the department’s inpatient service.
• Opportunity to provide outpatient clinical care in department or community-based clinic settings, including school-based health clinics, mobile care programs, or other community-based clinical settings addressing the health care needs of high-risk populations.
• Establishing and maintaining an innovative, independent, and nationally recognized program of health policy research with direct relevance to primary care and community health.
• Developing a sustained program of federally funded research.
• Collaborating with investigators across the Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania.
• Building an independent national reputation in health policy.

Requirements

• M.D. or equivalent degree.
• Established record of scholarly productivity.
• Evidence of successful federal research funding as Principal Investigator, Multiple Principal Investigator, or recipient of a federal career development award.
• Current or prior support from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), or comparable federal funding agencies.
• Demonstrated trajectory toward sustained independent funding.
• Strong record of peer-reviewed publications commensurate with career stage.
• Clear commitment to advancing the science of primary care through rigorous, impactful research.

Research or scholarship focus

• Design, evaluation, and reform of health care delivery systems.
• Insurance coverage and access to care.
• Primary care payment and workforce policy.
• Policies addressing health equity and the social determinants of health.
• Federal, state, or local health policy affecting underserved populations.