Assistant/Associate Professor - Internal Medicine (Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease)

Department:

SOM KC Internal Medicine - Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease

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Internal Medicine Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease

Position Title:

Assistant/Associate Professor - Internal Medicine (Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease)

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

The Division of Genetics, Environmental, and Inhalational Diseases within the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level with research programs centered around cystic fibrosis or tobacco/e-cigarettes. The GEID Division is currently undergoing expansion and is looking to increase the number of faculty to synergize with ongoing research programs in the Division, the Department and KUMC.

Job Description:

Position Overview

• Conduct D&I research in collaboration with existing faculty, departments and centers at KUMC

• Pursue new funding opportunities in D&I research that enhances the ability of providers, systems, employers and communities to achieve quality outcomes; promote primary and secondary disease prevention, promote more effective and efficient delivery of healthcare

• Train and/or teach D&I research methodology and core competencies

• Opportunity to participate in leadership in the Frontiers Institute of Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS)

• Co-appointment in a basic science department if required. 

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Education: Ph.D, Sc.D and/or M.D. or equivalent degree

Work Experience:

• Record of extramural funding and prior teaching experience

• Currently holds the rank of assistant, associate professor or professor

• Strong record in peer-reviewed scholarship as well as demonstrated excellence in teaching and educational leadership.

Required Documents

• Resume

• Cover Letter

The Department of Internal Medicine

The mission for The Department of Internal Medicine is to advance the power of medicine by providing a stimulating, supportive climate where faculty, scientists, trainees and support staff strive for excellence and collaborate freely to achieve shared goals. The Department is made up of fourteen divisions and has experienced tremendous growth in the past seven years, growing from 145 faculty in FY11 to 309 faculty in FY20 and from 67,000 clinic visits in FY11 to 158,000 in FY19.

• The Department of Internal Medicine has a thriving and rapidly expanding research portfolio that spans the entire spectrum of basic and clinical research from genes and molecules to translation of discoveries in the community. With a new Research Office, the Department has witnessed unsurpassed enthusiasm and support for research over the past year. Internal Medicine active grant funding is over $43M.

• Following a national search, as of June 1 2018, the Department of Internal Medicine has a new Chair, Dr. Matthias Salathe, a nationally recognized pulmonologist and researcher who joined KU from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

• Dr. Robert Tarran, recently recruited from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the new Division Chief of the Division of Genetic, Environmental, and Inhalational Diseases. He joined KUMC to found this new division in July of 2023.

Division of Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease

The Division of Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease is a newly-formed division that is actively recruiting faculty members and staff.  Our mission is to perform the highest quality basic and translational science to better inform scientists, clinicians and the general public. 

Our initial focus will be on the multi-organ genetic disease cystic fibrosis, and on combustible tobacco/e-cigarette exposures and other disease areas will be added as we expand.  We are also happy to collaborate on other disease areas as needed.    

GEID welcomes graduate students from the IGBPS umbrella program to rotate through our labs.  GEID faculty are exper