Director of Research & Scholarly Growth

The University of Alabama; Alabama; On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (FIRM) at The University of Alabama seeks a Director of Research from among current College faculty. This role leads research and scholarship with 0.50 FTE administrative effort, reporting to the Department Chair and coordinating with the College's ADR and Research Review Group.

The Director mentors faculty, supports scholarly activity for residents, fellows, and medical students, and coordinates an annual research report while aligning with

Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in a clinical, health, behavioral, or health-services discipline.
• Qualifications for appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor.
• Sustained record of peer-reviewed publication and scholarly dissemination.
• Demonstrated experience obtaining and managing extramural or competitive internal research funding as PI or co-PI.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring faculty, residents, fellows, or students in research or quality improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in an academic, clinical, or research setting.
• Working knowledge of human subjects protection, IRB processes, research compliance, and the distinction between quality improvement and human subjects research.
• Effective written and oral communication across clinical, educational, and research missions.

Responsibilities

• Develop a departmental research and scholarship plan with a small number of priorities, aligned with College research priorities in consultation with the ADR.
• Chair the Department Research Committee and serve on the Department Executive Leadership Team.
• Mentor faculty in research, with priority on early-career faculty and faculty preparing for promotion, and expand the pool of faculty mentors for resident, fellow, and student projects.
• Advise residency and fellowship program directors on scholarly activity and help programs meet ACGME scholarly activity expectations.
• Partner with clerkship directors on scholarly opportunities for medical students.
• Identify funding opportunities and support faculty proposal development in coordination with the ADR and through established CCHS Research Review Group processes.
• Help faculty and learners use College and University research resources, including IRB and pre- and post-award support.
• Maintain a departmental inventory of projects, proposals, awards, publications, and presentations, and prepare an annual research and scholarship report for the Department Chair.

Skills

Leadership experience

Mentoring

Communication skills

Grant funding

Education

Earned doctorate (PhD, MD, DO, DrPH, or equivalent)

Job description

The Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (FIRM) at The University of Alabama seeks a Director of Research from among current College faculty. This role leads research and scholarship with 0.50 FTE administrative effort, reporting to the Department Chair and coordinating with the College's ADR and Research Review Group.

The Director mentors faculty, supports scholarly activity for residents, fellows, and medical students, and coordinates an annual research report while aligning with