Job description
UVA Provost’s Office: School of Medicine: Emergency Medicine
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Description:
The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenure-eligible faculty research position in clinical research and data analysis.
The Department of Emergency Medicine is led by Andrew E. Muck, MD, MBA, and includes adult care, pediatric care, and active air and ground transport programs. There is an established emergency medicine residency program and fellowships in Medical Toxicology, EMS, Cardiovascular Emergencies, Ultrasound, Research, Administration, Global Health, and Education. The UVA Health System is a 700-bed tertiary care and Level 1 trauma center with an annual ED census of 75,000, located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Virginia, a city rated one of the best places to live in the United States.
The department is seeking candidates who are focused on providing highly experienced strategic input, support, and leadership to research teams within the Department of Emergency Medicine and in collaboration with other teams, departments, organizations, and agencies. This position will be required to engage with department leadership, physicians, and others at various professional levels to negotiate, influence, and consult on a wide range of projects, protocol standards, effective and efficient research processing, and study techniques and standards. This position is expected to be a leader within the research team and communicate with the department leadership research findings, new available research, and designs and techniques that will improve data functionality, research methodologies, and other areas of research that could be of interest to the department.
Furthermore, this position will be required to take primary support leadership in preparation of research outcome reports, clinical research application documentation, grant application production, and other project needs such as abstracts, biosketch reviews, poster and presentation reviews, as well as publication and documentation needs. This position will be rewarded by acknowledgement with involved research outcomes, peer-reviewed scientific publications, and, as allowed, with funding and primary investigation opportunities.
Additionally, this position will be required to speak with persons individually to presentations in large groups; therefore, being comfortable and professional in these settings will be required.
Description:
The position is open to individuals with a Ph.D. or other terminal doctorate-level degree who are eligible for appointment to the University of Virginia faculty. Candidates with education in healthcare administration, data sciences, life sciences, or similar areas are encouraged to apply.
Successful applicants will need to demonstrate recent applicable research in areas directly engaging emergency medicine, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, trauma biomechanics, automotive safety, epidemiology, toxicology, trauma, cardiovascular emergency, international medical activities, nursing, or other closely related fields of study. The research may be basic, clinical, or translational in nature.
Candidates need to be experienced in grant writing, writing for publication, data analysis, and interpretation of data. Those with past success in NIH or similar awards, other significant external funding awards, and an extensive record of research or publications are encouraged to apply.
