What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Investigator (F75880) | School of Medicine, Family Medicine position at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)?
Mission or Goal of Unit Founded
in 1970, the Department of Family Medicine at VCU has a long and proud history
of research and scholarship focused on the practice of family medicine and
family medicine education. It was the birthplace of the North American
Primary Care Research Group (https://www.napcrg.org/) and the academic
home for its founder, Dr. Maurice Wood. Chief Purpose of this position We
seek an Open Rank, tenure-eligible faculty investigator with responsibility for
the design, development, execution, and dissemination of research on primary
care and social determinants of health through externally funded competitive
research grants and contracts. Areas of particular interest health promotion and disease prevention, health
disparities, chronic conditions, practice transformation, health information
systems, comparative effectiveness research, and health communication. The faculty member should
have interdisciplinary research interests that complement and expand existing faculty
expertise. Position Responsibilities Research Service Clinical activities Required Qualifications Preferred Qualifications ORP Eligible: Yes
Our Family Medicine Research team has a
multi-disciplinary approach to research, coming from such fields as family
medicine, health services, biostatistics and epidemiology, cultural
anthropology, social and behavioral science, and public health. The team’s
research focuses on improving quality in primary care settings, with a special
focus on helping patients improve health behaviors, harnessing information
technology, and improving systems of care.
Our research faculty conduct innovative,
multi-disciplinary research aimed at understanding the interface between
behavior and physiology, and integrates social, psychological and biological
approaches that provide insight on health and illness over the life course. The
department hosts research programs in the dynamics of aging, cancer prevention
and control, and emphasizing behavioral and mental health.
This department is also home to the Virginia
Ambulatory Care Outcomes Research Network (ACORN), our well-respected
practice-based research network composed of more than 90 practices throughout
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The faculty member will join a nationally recognized research
program with a record of publication in refereed journals and external funding.
The individual is expected to develop interdisciplinary collaborations, across
campus and with other academic institutions and PBRNs, to enhance the research program
in family medicine.
The faculty member will serve on
departmental, College, and/or University committees as necessary, as well as in
a professional capacity in their field, e.g., reviewer, conference organizer,
etc.
The faculty member
will also have 50% ambulatory Primary Care clinical duties.
external funding appropriate to complement and expand existing expertise in the department(s)
Position Type: Clinical
Full time equivalent: 1.0
Tenure: Open
Rank: Open
Months: 12
Department:
SOM | Family Medicine
Salary: Commensurate
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Bree Bolin
Contact Email: briana.bolin@vcuhealth.org
Contact Phone:
