University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, Institute for the Medical Humanities
Assistant Professor in Health Policy
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Texas, United States |
Position: | Assistant Professor |
Candidates should have a Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or equivalent terminal degree, with substantial training and background in health policy. The candidate should be interested in teaching and research in health policy within a setting of interdisciplinary scholarship in medical humanities, public health, and the social sciences. Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration, ability to teach both health professional and graduate students, and potential to secure external grant funding are essential qualifications. Interest and experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable: health care for the underserved; health disparities; history of medicine; comparative or international health policy studies.
The Institute for the Medical Humanities (IMH) at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary faculty in ethics, history, law, literature, religious studies, social medicine, 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.
Please apply online at http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/ and include contact information for three references. Job Opening ID# 29388.
UTMB is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution which proudly values diversity. Applicant of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Contact: |
Please apply online at http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/ and include contact information for three references. Job Opening ID# 29388. |
Website: | http://imh.utmb.edu/ |
Primary Category: | Public Health |
Secondary Categories: | Anthropology Archaeology Humanities Law and Legal History Philosophy Public Policy Social Sciences Sociology |
Posting Date: | 03/20/2012 |
Closing Date | 06/07/2012 |