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APPLICATION WINDOW

Open December 7, 2022 through Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The University of California, Irvine (UCI), Department of Family Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology is recruiting a full-time faculty member to lead geriatric research that promotes innovative clinical care for older adults, community engagement, population health and elder mistreatment This position will be in the Professor series. Salary will be commensurate with training and experience. Protected time is available for research.

The successful candidate will be expected to have significant experience and accomplishments in research, publications and grants. He/she will demonstrate a record of successful clinical research, including research design, statistical analysis, project development, and community-based research design The candidate will be expected to partner with faculty within and outside of the Division and to spearhead multi-disciplinary collaborations.

The successful candidate will be expected to bring and/or to develop an extramural funded research program at a high level of accomplishment, leading to significant programmatic developments, partnerships, national and international recognition.

UCI Geriatric Medicine is a Division of the UCI Department of Family Medicine, within the UCI School of Medicine and UCI Health, the only academic health center serving Orange County with a population of more than three million. The Geriatric Division has repeatedly been awarded as one of the top geriatric programs in the nation by US News and World Reports. The Division includes the UCI SeniorHealth Center, a site of primary care and consultative health care serving patients and communities as well as practice within skilled nursing facilities. The faculty lead a Geriatric Fellowship for Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians, all of whom are required to pursue scholarly projects. The Division has a distinguished record of education, workforce development and collaboration with faculty, staff and trainees in other departments and schools within the University, state and nation. 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.

https://www.familymed.uci.edu/geriatrics/
Requirements: Candidates must possess an MD or Ph.D. in a health-related degree. Experience in gerontology or geriatric medicine are preferred. Candidates who demonstrate the ability to be competitive for extramural funding (e.g., current funding or submitted applications for mentored or independent awards, particularly from the NIH) are desired.

We invite applicants with a record of significant research experience, including high-quality publications. Successful applicants should have demonstrated experience in effective and innovative teaching; mentorship for junior faculty, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduates in research methods is desirable.

To Apply: Interested candidates should apply through UC Irvine’s Recruit system located at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF07993

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Requirements: Candidates must possess an MD or Ph.D. in a health-related degree.

We invite applicants with a record of significant research experience, including high-quality publications. Successful applicants should have demonstrated experience in effective and innovative teaching; mentorship for junior faculty, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduates in research methods is desirable.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
  • Cover Letter
  • Statement of Research
  • Teaching Statement - See our guidance for writing a reflective teaching statement .
  • Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to inclusive excellence will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence . See our guidance for writing an inclusive excellence activities statement .
  • Authorization to Release Information Form - A reference check will be completed only if you are made a tentative offer to a Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at any rank. Download, complete, sign, and upload the form: https://ap.uci.edu/files/2020/07/AuthReleaseForm.pdf
  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 required (contact information only)

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in university programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UC Irvine conducts institutional reference checks for candidates' finalists to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer of appointment into Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full). The institutional reference checks involve contacting the administration of the applicant’s previous institution(s) to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UC Irvine requires all candidates of Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full) to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into AP RECRUIT as part of their application. If the candidate does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full) positions will be subject to institutional reference checks.

Apply link: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07993

CAMPUS INFORMATION

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.