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University of Texas Medical Branch -
Assistant/Associate Professor in Medical Humanities Location: Texas, United States Institution Type: College/University Position Type: Assistant or Associate Professor Submitted: Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Medical Humanities The Institute for the Medical Humanities (IMH) at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) invites applications for three tenure-track faculty positions, with rank negotiable based on experience. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary faculty in ethics, philosophy, history, law, policy, literature, religious studies, and visual studies who engage in research and teaching of medical students, trainees, and graduate students in the biomedical sciences. The IMH also offers an ethics consultation service in the university’s hospitals. The IMH is home of the nation’s only Ph.D. program in medical humanities. Candidates should have expertise in one or more of the following areas: religious studies; health care ethics; philosophy of medicine and health care; research ethics; history of medicine and public health; literature and medicine. Those with additional expertise in other areas pertinent to the medical humanities are encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in a discipline relevant to the medical humanities. Candidates must demonstrate an ability to teach medical students and graduate students in medical humanities, conduct independent research, and to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration in the medical humanities. Potential to secure external grant funding and a scholarly interest in ethnic and cultural groups currently served by UTMB are highly desirable. Candidates from underrepresented minority backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. Please apply online at http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/ and include contact information of three references. Job Opening ID#19787. UTMB is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution which proudly values diversity. Applicants of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted until February 15, 2010. |
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Contact Info: Please apply online at http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/ and include contact information of three references. Job Opening ID#19787 Website: http://www.utmb.edu/imh |
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