Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Position Description
The Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for several Assistant Professor positions in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track.
Required Expertise
Expertise is required in the specific area of population health, which includes (but is not limited to):
- Identifying patterns and drivers of health behaviors, morbidity, and mortality and health disparities.
- Evaluating the impacts of health and social policies or environmental factors on a range of health behaviors and outcomes.
- Evaluating the effects of food and nutrition policies on diet and health.
- Evaluating the impacts of climate change on health and well-being.
- Conducting intervention studies to improve population health outcomes at local, state, national, or global levels.
Candidates with backgrounds in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply:
- Economics
- Epidemiology
- Psychology
- Demography
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Interdisciplinary methods
Experience with observational or experimental studies using statistical and/or econometric methods is necessary.
Applicants must have an M.D., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent degree.
Teaching Responsibilities
Teaching responsibilities may include courses in:
- Research methods
- Population health
- Health policy
- Food policy
Faculty candidates will have opportunities to mentor:
- Diverse graduate students
- Medical students
- Residents
- Clinical fellows
- Undergraduates
- Postdoctoral trainees
Research or Scholarship Responsibilities
Research or scholarship responsibilities may include establishing an innovative and independent research program that:
- Includes publications in leading peer-reviewed journals.
- Can be supported with extramural funding from government agencies and private foundations.
While both tenure and clinician-educator track faculty conduct methodological and collaborative research:
- Tenure track faculty focus primarily on independent, investigator-driven research.
- Clinician-educator track faculty focus primarily on collaboration.
Division Information
The position will be based in the Division of Health Policy, which is within the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
The Division has faculty who are trained in:
- Economics
- Medicine
- Psychology
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
Research areas include:
- Health economics
- Behavioral economics
- Health services
- Health equity
- Physician and patient behavior
- Aging
- Social determinants of health
- Global health
- Food policy
The Successful Applicant(s) Will
- Demonstrate their ability to develop and maintain a high-impact research program including extramurally funded projects.
- Increase the Department’s instructional and research capacity in their areas of focus.
- Contribute to the Department’s mission through collaboration with other faculty members, staff, and students.
- Engage with policymakers, healthcare organizations, and community stakeholders.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are profoundly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek candidates who foster and share this commitment and who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense.
We strongly encourage candidates from groups that have been underrepresented in medicine and population science due to discrimination and structural barriers, who have experienced socioeconomic disadvantage, or who have disabilities to apply.
Application Information
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, but full consideration will be given to applications received by November 1st, 2024.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense.
The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE.
Minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
