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Precision Public Health - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

Work type: Multi-Track Faculty

Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Medicine/Physicians

Department: 30010100 - JX-DEAN-ADMINISTRATION

Classification Title:AST/ASO/FULL PROF

Classification Minimum Requirements:

AST PROF: Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess equivalent qualifications based on professional experience. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

ASO PROF: Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess professional qualifications above those equivalent to the highest degree relevant to their field. They are expected to have produced creative work, professional writing, or research and successful teaching or professional experience. A candidate for this rank must have a distinguished record of achievement beyond the assistant professor level.

FULL PROF: Candidates for this faculty rank shall be qualified for the rank of associate professor and, in addition, be a recognized national or international authority or an outstanding teacher in their field or specialization. A candidate for this rank must have a distinguished record of achievement beyond the associate professor level.

Job Description:

The Office of Research Affairs at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville invites applications for a full- time faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level to further grow our research focus on precision population health. We are seeking established, extramurally-funded researchers who will enhance and expand our move toward a more targeted, precision approach to maintaining the health and wellness of the large and diverse population we serve. Moreover, we seek to provide value-add to our existing federally funded programs in the specific areas of population genomics, biomarker discovery, preventative health screening, and implementation science. As our mission is to translate groundbreaking research to our patients and community, expanding access to cutting-edge precision technology and testing is a key area of focus for our college. This is an excellent opportunity to join a vibrant academic community and contribute to advancing research within a supportive, interdisciplinary environment.

This position offers opportunities for both tenured and non-tenured academic tracks, depending on the candidate's experience, background, and whether or not the candidate is a clinician.

The University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville’s research ecosystem is thriving with a growing reputation in the southeast and nationally. Over the last five years, total funding has grown by 63% through strategic integration with the main campus in Gainesville, investments in access to healthcare data, enhanced data analytics (through our Center for Data Solutions), and machine learning through partnerships with the University of Florida’s Integrated Data Repository and HiPerGator high-performance computing system. To support successful candidates, the Office of Research Affairs houses robust services for grant management, finances, and compliance as well as patient.

About UF Health:

UF Health (https://ufhealth.org/) is the Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.

About College of Medicine – Jacksonville (COM-J):

TheUF College of Medicine – Jacksonville (https://med.jax.ufl.edu/) is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visithttps://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.

Expected Salary:

Academic appointment will commensurate with training and level of experience; benefits are excellent.

Required Qualifications:

Candidates should have an MD/DO/PhD in a relevant field.

Preferred:

Ideal candidates will be at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank with an established record of federal funding as principal investigators. Preference will be given to candidates with 3–5 years of experience conducting their own original research.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified. Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae.

The final candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found athttp://www.naces.org/.

The University of Florida is a public institution and subject to all requirements under the Florida Sunshine and Public Records laws. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call (352) 392-2HRS or the Florida Relay System at (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required:No

Advertised: 13 May 2025 Eastern Daylight Time

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