Jobs
Professor Series of Family Medicine/ Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology - Research (Tenured)
Posted 19 Jan 2025
Employer
UC Irvine
Location
Irvine, California
Contact
Shradha Srivastav, shradhs2@hs.uci.edu
Interested applicants may apply at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09343
Description
The University of California, Irvine (UCI), Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Family Medicine, is seeking a national leader for a full-time in-line faculty position to become the director of geriatric research. The successful candidate will be expected to have significant experience and accomplishments in research, publications and grants. The successful candidate will be expected to have a distinguished record of extramural-funded basic, translational, epidemiological, or clinical research program at a high level of accomplishment driving transformational cross-disciplinary high-impact innovation. The candidate will be expected to partner with faculty within and outside of the division and to spearhead multidisciplinary collaborations with other departments within the School of Medicine and within the greater College of Health Sciences with Schools of Public Health, Pharmacy and Nursing. Applicants with interests that promote fields of innovative clinical care for older adults, integrative medicine, dementia, health policy and population health are encouraged.
The successful candidate will join a diverse, aging-centric research community across the UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), MIND, The Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), the Center for Healthspan Science, the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and other leading campus research groups. The candidate should have national and international recognition, a track record of significant publications, programmatic developments and partnerships.
Leadership skills in academic medicine to mentor fellows, residents, and faculty interested in developing geriatric-focused scholarly projects is expected.
This position will be in the professor series, and salary will be commensurate with training and experience. Protected time is available for research. The division has a substantial track record of grant/foundation support for scholarly activity in areas such as dementia care, elder and dependent abuse mistreatment, disaster planning, digital health, and innovative health care models for older adults.
UCI is a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), a Hispanic-Serving Institution
(HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). These federal designations align with UCI as a national leader of inclusive excellence.
UCI seeks faculty who are committed to diversity as well as diverse faculty who will be role models for students.
Requirements
Candidates must possess an M.D./Ph.D., M.D., or Ph.D. in a health-related field.