Open Rank Academic Faculty - Child Health Outcomes Leader
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We seek innovative clinical researchers with an MD/DO/PhD and an established record of extramural funding in child health research focused upon the influence of social determinants on short and long-term health outcomes. We seek a Team Leader and up to four faculty members for a new Health Services Research Team at all levels (Assistant Associate or Full Professor) to promote world-class interdisciplinary research involving children families communities and systems to advance the health of children in diverse settings.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine has designated Child Health Outcomes as one of six prioritized research focus areas which also include Microbial Ecology & Emerging Diseases Remote Patient & Participant Monitoring Sleep & Circadian Rhythms Transformative Stroke Care and Translational Radiation & Cancer Care. The Child Health Outcomes group will provide a central structure across two large pediatric hospitals Brenner Childrens (Winston-Salem) and Levine Childrens (Charlotte). The team will enable a wide breadth of opportunities in clinical community and population health research studying disease and wellbeing rooted in childhood across the lifespan as informed by social determinants of health. The new Team Leader will play a key role in driving additional recruitment and defining research in health outcomes or health disparities. Additional faculty positions including data scientists with relevant experience and track record of working with child health data will be entertained with the engagement of those in place to enhance the success and alignment of the program.
Under the guidance of a strong Team Leader the Health Services Research Team will expand child health outcomes research across the Atrium Health Clinical Enterprise and the School of Medicine campuses thereby enhancing academic reputation increasing extramural funding and accelerating innovations to improve child health. With the support of the Chairs of the Department of Pediatrics (Clinical and Academic) as well as the Vice-Chairs for Research in Winston-Salem and Charlotte the team will have access to the full range of research centers and cores in the School of Medicine as well as the broad clinical settings from rural Appalachia and rural South/Central Georgia to dense urban environments available across the Atrium Health Enterprise.
Applicants should submit (1) a letter with statement of interest and (2) a complete curriculum vitae via the online application system. Application materials may also be emailed to T.K. at.
About Us
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school integrated with a world class health system Atrium Health. Our Enterpriseserves over 7 million patients in seven states across the Southeastern United States. Headquartered in Charlotte NC Atrium Health brings together four regional health systems that operate 40 hospitals and more than 1400 care more than $300M in extramural funding WFUSM drives the cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise. Our highly integrated academic and clinicalenvironment is deeply committed to improving health elevating hope and advancing healing for all. WFUSM is home to nationally and internationally recognized research in Alzheimers Disease Aging and Mobility Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes and Obesity Cancer Neurosciences and Regenerative Medicine. Research excellence coupled with a robust Informatics data infrastructure clinically integrated implementation and discovery science efforts and a firm commitment to the promotion of health equity renders the WFUSM a rich environment for population-based/health systems research and clinical/pragmatic trials that translate innovative findings to breakthroughs in prevention diagnosis and treatment of disease and improvements in quality of life. We are in a phase of unprecedented growth and evolution and through priorities commitments and opportunities identified in our Research Strategy for Excellence will recruit over 40 new research-intensive faculty at all stages of the translational pipeline to bolster our commitment to growing our Academic Learning Health System.
The Atrium Health Levine Childrens Hospital is ranked nationally by US News and World Report as a top 25 Childrens Hospital in 8 different clinical areas. Brenner Childrens Hospital is the focal point for pediatric healthcare at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston Salem with a 35-year history of serving this NC region. The hospital was the first of three Level I pediatric trauma centers in NC has a new NICU and Birth Center (2019) and is home to the regions first comprehensive Pediatric Obesity program (now 15 years old). Together the combined departments have more than $10 million in annual extramural funding are home to over 250 specialty faculty and more than 35 primary care practices with over 200 primary care pediatricians and APPs. We serve families with a range of diverse racial ethnic and economic characteristics alongside differing health outcomes. Through unprecedented strategic investments we aim to transform our understanding of the contributions of age intensity of exposure and the impact of the range of social determinants of health to the distribution of illness disease and good health at the population level.
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- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
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