Open Rank Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Position Director PhARM Pharmacy Addictions Research Medicines Program
Open Rank Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Position Director PhARM Pharmacy Addictions Research Medicines Program
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The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacys Division of Health Outcomes is recruiting for a Tenured or TenureTrack Open Rank faculty member who will also serve as Director and PI for the PhARM Program.
The PhARM program addresses systemic barriers inequities and stigma related to evidencebased substance use disorder treatment and harmreduction intervention. The future Director will be an integral leader of these efforts ensuring innovative research education resources and engagement from people with lived experience health professionals paraprofessionals academics and community members. The College is seeking a motivated and innovative faculty member to lead this research and educational programming that facilitates each patient or community members ability to achieve optimal health wellbeing recovery and choice. The Director is responsible for advancing scientific discovery and implementation education and collaborations with other UT System academic collaborators community organizations federal/state/local agencies and partners. A strong commitment to collaboration innovation scholarly teaching and scientific discovery to advance the schools mission are essential. The Director position requires alignment with our culture of excellence innovation respect accountability and leadership.
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. and/or Pharm.D. with strong academic credentials and have a distinguished record of research teaching and service sufficient to be appointed as a tenured or tenurestream in the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin including careerstage appropriate funding excellence in teaching and student mentorship. Preferred candidates will have earned a Pharm.D. degree from an ACPE accredited program plus a Ph.D. degree or evidence of equivalent research experience. The candidate will be expected to compete for independent and collaborative funding from public and private sources in support of their research program and following a startup period be able to support a minimum of 25 of their annual salary from extramural funding awards. Applicants wishing to be considered for appointment as an Associate Professor must have evidence of sustained extramural funding and a strong publication track record as a Principal Investigator equivalent with awarding of tenure at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. The director is expected to develop and sustain a research program with extramural funding as well as assume leadership of the Colleges PhARM program.
Required Skills & Responsibilities:
- Significant leadership experience in research and/or higher education.
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: comparative effectiveness research substance use disorder treatment/prevention/intervention health services research implementation science applications in health care behavioral aspects of medication use general health outcomes health care policy pharmacoepidemiology population health public health healthcare communication health economics strategic and financial planning or leadership and human resources management.
- Commitment to teaching in the curricular programs of the school and responsibility for mentoring and supervising students and postgraduate learners.
- Demonstrated success in leading large groups through team building communication and accountability for academic and scientific achievement.
- Commitment to develop meaningful collaborations with other researchers within the College of Pharmacy Dell Medical School and other schools and organizations.
- Demonstrate commitment to our schools mission to provide exemplary education training research and professional development for Pharm.D. students graduate students and postgraduates in the pharmaceutical sciences; to advance discovery innovation and patient care; and to provide service to the university professional and scientific communities and society.
Preferred Qualifications:
- An outstanding track record of expertise as shown by extramural funding publications mentoring engagement and leadership in pharmacy public health epidemiology substance use disorder or health services research or related fields (candidates with other backgrounds and experiences will be considered).
- A strong background in the development and oversight of educational programs to train the next generation of scientists pharmacists and/or other healthcare professionals.
- A consistent record of successful leadership fiscal and program management and fundraising.
- A strategic vision for short and longterm development of PhARM that supports the goals of current faculty and staff.
- Proven success in mentoring and training junior faculty members to support success including competitive funding and promotion.
- Extensive experience in creating a collaborative positive and productive work environment for all faculty staff trainees and partners.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
