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Senior Epidemiologist and Director, Department of Surgery Outcomes Research Group (ORG)

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Position description

The University of California, Davis, Department of Surgery

Senior Health Sciences Epidemiologist and Director

The Department of Surgery and Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine seeks to recruit a full-time academic epidemiology position at the rank of either Associate or Full Professor in the Regular (Ladder) or In Residence series depending on experience and qualifications.

The selected candidate will be the Senior Health Sciences Epidemiologist and Director of the Department of Surgery Outcomes Research Group (ORG). The individual will work closely within the Departments of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, and collaborate with research centers including the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Sciences Center, the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, the Institute for Population Health Improvement, Precision Medicine Center and others. The individual will lead the efforts to advance scholarship and practice related to surgical healthcare access, quality, costs, delivery and equity, surgical disease prevention and screening, as well as applied and clinical epidemiology. The successful candidate will have substantial opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and will be expected to leverage the strengths of UC Davis in comparative effectiveness research, dissemination and implementation science, and population health, as well as the Department of Surgery’s core surgical clinical trials data coordinating center.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate 2 or more years of experience in generating and leading new clinical/population-based research studies; and have evidence of successful multidisciplinary funding, preferably NIH, AHRQ, PCORI or other equivalent federal, peer-reviewed agencies. Research focus should be in epidemiology (including clinical epidemiology, applied epidemiology and/or disease domain epidemiologic research, including a focus on health services research, big data analysis, comparative effectiveness research, and/or surgical outcomes).

Candidates must possess a Masters in Public Health (or equivalent), or a PhD in epidemiology; a PhD is preferred. Teaching, research and university service is required. The ability to manage and support post-doctoral scholars and other trainees is expected. All candidates must have the ability to work cooperatively and collegially within a diverse environment.

Salary and level of appointment will be based upon experience and qualifications.

Qualified applicants should apply online at UC Recruit: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF01897 by uploading a Letter of Interest outlining research, educational, and administrative experience; curriculum vitae with bibliography; statement of contributions to diversity, and the names and contact info of at least three professional references.

For more information, please contact the search committee chair, David T. Cooke, MD at: surgery.jobs@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

For full consideration applications must be received by December 5, 2017
However, the position will remain open or until filled through June 30, 2018

For Ladder Rank faculty only: UC Davis supports Family-friendly recruitments. UC Davis covers travel expenses for a second person to accompany an invited faculty recruitment candidate who is a mother (or single parent of either gender) of a breast or bottle-feeding child less than two years of age. http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/work-life/index.html

UC Davis recognizes the necessity of supporting faculty with efforts to integrate work, family and other work-life considerations. To recruit and retain the best faculty, the campus sponsors a Work Life Program that provides programs and services that support faculty as they strive to honor their commitments to work, home and community.
http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/work-life/index.html

The UC Davis Partner Opportunities Program (POP) is a service designed to support departments and deans offices in the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty. Eligibility for POP services is limited, for full program details please visit http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/partner-opp/index.html. For questions regarding how these policies/programs affect academic appointees, contact: (530) 752-7643

Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain positions funded by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify.

UC Davis is a smoke & tobacco-free campus (http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).

If you need accommodation due to a disability, please contact the recruiting department.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Cover Letter - Letter of interest outlining research, clinical, educational and administrative experience.

  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Statement of Research (Optional)

  • Statement of Teaching (Optional)

  • Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Diversity contributions documented in the application file will be used to evaluate applicants. Visit http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/diversity/equity_inclusion/index.html for guidelines about writing a diversity statement and why one is requested.

Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)
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Job location

Sacramento, CA